Wedding Words, Explained
Wedding planning has a language all of its own, and no one gives you a handy dictionary. So we’ve made one. Each entry below answers a single question in straightforward English, with the details that really make a difference to what you do next. Need help with your own wedding? Browse our FAQs or email us at support@withjoy.com.
Wedding
Website
What Is a Wedding Website?
The one page with your date, venue, schedule, travel info, RSVPs and gift list, so guests stop pestering you.
What Is a Wedding Website Template?
The ready-made layout you pop your details into, the four style families to choose from, and what to check before you decide.
What Is a Custom Wedding Domain?
Your own web address instead of a platform one: what it costs, how to set it up, and when it’s worth the upgrade.
What Is a Wedding QR Code?
The handy little square that spares guests from typing out a web address, where to pop it on your invites, and what size to print.
Guests & RSVP
What Does RSVP Mean?
What the abbreviation stands for, where it comes from, and the etiquette everyone should follow when sending or receiving an invite.
What’s a Hotel Room Block?
How group room bookings work, the three types of block, and which one could leave you footing the bill for empty rooms.
What’s an RSVP Deadline?
The date when you can stop guessing numbers, how early to set it, and what to do about guests who pay no attention.
What Is Smart RSVP?
An RSVP form that adapts its questions based on the answers, so each guest only sees what’s relevant to them.
What Is a Wedding Room Block?
Rooms set aside for your guests at a special rate, the two types of contracts involved, and how many to book.
What Is a Courtesy Room Block?
The no-liability room block: any rooms not booked just return to the hotel and you don’t pay a penny.
What’s an Attrition Clause in a Hotel Block?
The bit in the contract that charges you for rooms left unbooked, plus how you can negotiate it down.
Gift List
What’s a Cash Fund Registry?
Named pots guests can put money into instead of buying gifts, and how to set them up so everyone knows what they’re contributing to.
What’s a Honeymoon Fund?
The travel-focused cash fund: how contributions get to you, the options available, and the best way to ask.
What’s a Zero-Fee Honeymoon Fund?
A honeymoon fund with no platform fee, the processing charges you’ll still need to cover, and what to look out for before you sign up.
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