Technology and Weddings
April 13, 2006 by Lesley-Ann Graham
Filed under Wedding Tools
There are many traditions in weddings. There are also many changes. Many innovations have made it possible for there to be greater variety and options in weddings.
Just imagine, in the old days when people relied on horses, you’d really have to plan to have months before your wedding, waiting for some of your guests to arrive. Now, there is no guess work on when they will arrive. You can easily confirm flights and most people can get to you in a matter of days.
Thanks to the internet, you now have an inexpensive way to extend your invitation to your family and friends who live far away. You can simply create an e-card of your wedding invitation and email it to them. They will no longer have to wait for snail mail to get it to them. They get your message instantly. Of course you may still prefer to send the actual card to make it more personal.
You can now create a personal wedding site online. This is a wonderful tool for sharing information with all your guests without having to call each of them one by one. You can simply put your announcements and updates online as your wedding progresses. Your guests can check your site at their convenience without having to constantly call you.
Best of all, you can get your wedding research and planning done online with the help of sites like this. You have access to all the tools and information you’ll need to achieve your dream wedding in the comfort of your home. Sure is more comfortable than running ’round town hunting for possible vendors.


This is a very good point. We wouldn’t have known where to begin if we hadn’t had the internet available. We’d have probably spent loads on magazines and books to help us plan, not to mention weekends spent visiting wedding exhibitions and possible photographers, florists, venues etc. As our wedding plans are largely being conducted by distance, the net has been a saviour for us, even for simple things like communicating with the priest by email and finding cheap flights and car rental for the necessary trips to the region. And we’ve also started to put together a blog, which after the wedding will be used to host the photos that we and our guests take. So access to the net in my opinion is the first thing that you should get if you’re planning to get married. Of course, if you’re reading this, you already have net access, so I’ll shut up…