What to put on your wedding website: the Irish checklist

Put the date and weekday, the times for the day, the ceremony and venue, how to get there and where to stay, the dress code, whether children are invited, how to reply and by when, and one contact. Add food, gifts, songs, FAQs and your story if you like. Leave off home addresses, room numbers, children's details and bank details.

The average Irish wedding has 141 guests (Weddings Online, December 2025 survey of 1,014 participants), so every open question comes back to you as a message. Guests read the page on a phone: in StatCounter's figures for Ireland, mobile made up 67.5% of web traffic in September 2026. Each section has example wording: replace anything in square brackets.

What are the must-have sections on a wedding website?

Twelve sections are must haves, three are nice to have and two are better skipped. The list works on any builder: Hitched.ie, Bridebook Ireland and weddings.ie each describe a free wedding website with RSVPs (pages checked 12 October 2026).

What should the welcome and the day's schedule say?

Welcome message

Two to four sentences: who is getting married, the date, the place, and a pointer to the rest. Friday and Saturday were the most popular days in 2025, with 61.8% of opposite-sex marriages (CSO, published 5 May 2026). Whatever your day, write the weekday beside the date so guests know whether to book time off. If this is a second marriage, or you have children, say so lightly: naming your children tells everyone they are part of the day.

Welcome to our wedding website. We are getting married on Friday 11 June 2027 at [venue] in [county], and we would love you to be there. Everything you need is below, from the plan for the day to how to reply.

The day, with times

Use a list, one time per line.

• 1.45pm: Please be seated
• 2pm: Ceremony
• 3pm: Drinks and photographs
• 5.30pm: Wedding meal
• 8pm: Evening guests join us
• 1am: Taxis and the end of the night

How do you describe the ceremony, the venue and the way there?

Ceremony type and venue

In 2025, 33.4% of marriages in Ireland were civil, 29.8% Catholic, 22.5% other religious, 6.9% Humanist and 6.3% Spiritualist Union of Ireland (CSO, same release). Whichever yours is, guests want the same answers: where, when, how long, and what they are asked to do. Name the place and the kind of ceremony, and add the Eircode. If the reception is elsewhere, give both places and the drive between them.

Ceremony: a civil ceremony at [venue], [county], [Eircode]. Please be seated by 1.45pm. It lasts about 30 minutes.

Getting there and parking

Name the nearest airport or station, give the drive as a range ("allow 75 to 100 minutes", not "about an hour"), and say where to park and how guests get home. Flying in, or marrying abroad? See guest travel for a wedding abroad.

Free parking at the venue. From [airport], allow [75 to 100] minutes by road. To get home, book [taxi firm] on [number]; they cover [town] and the venue.

What should you say about accommodation and room blocks?

Give two or three places to stay at different prices, with the drive from the venue. With a block of rooms, put the booking code and the cut-off date side by side.

Blocks are released on a set date. Amber Springs says unreserved rooms may be released for general sale after its six-week release date, and Lord Bagenal Inn releases un-named rooms four weeks before the wedding (hotel pages, checked 12 October 2026). Ask your hotel for its date, and give guests one a little earlier.

We have rooms held at [hotel] until [date]. Quote [code] when you book. Nearby: [guesthouse] and [hotel], [10] minutes away.

What should you say about dress code, children and the afters?

Dress code

One sentence is enough. If part of the day is outdoors, suggest a layer and sensible shoes.

Dress code: smart. Suits and dresses, hats and fascinators welcome. Part of the day is outdoors, so bring a layer.

Children

Say plainly whether children are invited and what you have arranged. The Weddings Online invitation guide suggests the line "Adults Reception to Follow", or a longer polite note about the children of close family (checked 12 October 2026).

We love your little ones, but our day is for adults only, apart from family named on your invitation. We hope it means a night off for you.

The afters

For evening-only guests, give an arrival time and say whether food is served. Venues can count them separately (Amber Springs asks for adults, children, babies and evening guests to be recorded separately), so your RSVP should too. Wording ideas: wedding invitation wording in Ireland.

Evening guests: please join us from 8pm for music, dancing and food.

What about food, gifts and songs?

Food and dietary needs

Skip the full menu and ask in the RSVP: each guest's meal choice, and any dietary need, allergy or coeliac need from a closed list. These answers can be health data, which the Data Protection Commission lists as a special category, so keep them off the public page. RSVPs and dietary requirements has the detail.

Please tell us about any allergy, intolerance or coeliac need when you reply, so the kitchen can plan for you.

Cash gifts or a honeymoon fund

Cash is the usual wedding gift in Ireland: RTÉ (updated 20 August 2025) reports it is the preferred option for most couples. Say it once, kindly, near the end, and leave out amounts. Share bank details privately. For cards and cash on the day, ask your venue where they can be kept: a Limerick Garda sergeant advised in January 2024 that some hotels provide a safe.

Your company is the only gift we need. If you would like to give something, a contribution to our honeymoon fund would mean a lot.

Songs

Ask each guest for one song that will get them dancing, and give the list to your DJ or band.

Which one song will get you on the dance floor?

When should the reply-by date be?

Count back from your venue's first numbers deadline. Castlemartyr Resort asks for anticipated numbers 14 days before and final numbers 7 days before. Amber Springs wants draft numbers two weeks before and final numbers 72 hours before. Lord Bagenal Inn wants numbers two weeks before and final numbers one week before (venue pages, checked 12 October 2026; Lord Bagenal's has a 2016 footer). Ask your own venue.

Our suggestion is a reply-by date about six weeks before the wedding, which leaves four weeks to chase before the earliest of those deadlines. Offer more than one way to reply: Weddings Online's invitation guide suggests text, email and post. Add a phone number for guests without smartphones. When to send wedding invitations in Ireland covers the timeline.

Please reply by 30 April 2027 so we can give our final numbers to the hotel. Tell us any dietary needs, and one song that will get you dancing.

Which FAQs, contact details and story belong on the page?

FAQ examples

Five to eight questions, one line each. Start with these, then add any on shuttles, photos, the bar or highchairs:

• Can I bring a plus one? Your invitation names everyone invited. If you are not sure, ask us.
• Is there parking? Yes, free at the venue.
• What if it rains? Drinks move indoors to the [room name].
• Is the venue step-free? [Yes or no.] Tell us if you need help getting around.

Contact

One name and number for the day, for someone who is not either of you.

Need help on the day? Ring [name] on [number].

Our story

Keep it to 100 to 150 words and one photo, below the practical sections. How you met, the proposal in a line, and what you want to say to the guests.

We met at a friend's party in [town] in [year]. [Name] proposed on [place] in [month]. We cannot wait to celebrate with the people who got us here.

What are some wedding website ideas worth adding?

• A getting-home plan: the last taxi, shuttle times and one local number.
• Three things to do near the venue, for guests staying over.
• A line in Irish if it suits you, such as Fáilte, which means welcome.
• The link on your save the date: an RTÉ interview with a wedding planner (updated 24 March 2026) says a website can be introduced early.

What should you leave off a public wedding page?

Assume a stranger could read it.

• Home addresses, yours or your family's, and when you will be away. An Garda Síochána advises being mindful of what you post if your home will be vacant, and avoiding posting upcoming travel plans (garda.ie, checked 12 October 2026). A wedding date beside an address says the same.
• Room numbers and who sleeps where. Tell the hotel and the guests concerned.
• Children's full names, ages and photos, unless you are happy for anyone with the link to see them.
• Named guests' allergy, health and access details. These can be health data, a special category under data protection law.
• Bank details, the guest list, the table plan and booking codes. On an open page, anyone with the link can read them.

Some free builders can protect the page. Hitched.ie offers an optional password, and Bridebook Ireland keeps the site to people with your link, with an optional 6-digit password (checked 12 October 2026). Put contact numbers and booking codes behind it, and share the password in your WhatsApp message.

How do you keep a wedding website short on a phone?

1. Put five things at the top: the date and place, the times, where to stay, dress code and children, and how to reply.
2. Give each section one screen, about 40 to 100 words, and link a second page for anything longer.
3. Let links do the work: a map link, a phone number that dials when tapped, a calendar link.
4. Skip PDFs and text inside pictures: they are slow to open and hard to read.
5. Test it on a real phone, and ask someone who has not seen it to find the reply button.

How Tying The Knot handles this

Tying The Knot builds a wedding invitation website for you. It opens with a short silent film, AI-assisted and checked by a person frame by frame, then gives guests the day's details: venue, schedule, dress code, a few words from you, accommodation and FAQs. A guest travel planner shows the airports near the venue, the drive from each and a map of the way in. The RSVP records each guest's meal, dietary and allergy needs and a song request. A calendar file adds the day to a phone in one tap.

It costs €750 including VAT, with a year online and two rounds of changes after you see your preview. See the twelve examples or the pricing page. Everything above works on any builder, free or paid.

Every figure and venue rule here was checked on 12 October 2026, with its source linked. Check your own venue's terms.