Wedding Words, Defined
Planning a wedding comes with its own lingo, and nobody gives you the dictionary. So we wrote one. Each entry below answers a question in plain English, with details that actually help you decide what to 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?
Everything your guests need—date, venue, schedule, travel info, RSVPs, and registry—all on one page, so they won’t keep asking you.
What’s a Wedding Website Template?
A ready-made layout where you just add your details, four style options to choose from, plus what to look out for before deciding.
What’s a Custom Wedding Domain?
Your own web address instead of the platform’s—how much it costs, how to set it up, and when it’s worth upgrading.
What’s a Wedding QR Code?
That handy little square that lets guests skip typing a URL—where to place it on your invites, and what size to print for best results.
Guests & RSVP
What Does RSVP Mean?
Find out what RSVP stands for, its origins, and the proper etiquette for both hosts and guests.
What’s a Hotel Room Block?
How group room bookings work, the three types of blocks, and which one makes you responsible for any empty rooms.
What’s an RSVP Deadline?
When to stop guessing your headcount, how early to set your RSVP deadline, and what to do if guests don’t reply on time.
What’s Smart RSVP?
An RSVP form that updates its questions based on each guest’s answers, so everyone only sees what’s relevant to them.
What’s a Wedding Room Block?
Rooms set aside for your guests at a special rate, the two types of contracts involved, and how many you should book.
What’s a Courtesy Room Block?
No-liability room block: if any rooms aren’t booked, they just go back to the hotel and you don’t have to pay anything.
What’s an Attrition Clause in a Hotel Block?
This is the part of the contract where you’ll be charged for rooms that aren’t booked, and what you can do to try to reduce that cost.
Registry
What’s a Cash Fund Registry?
These are named funds where guests can contribute money instead of buying gifts. Here’s how to set them up so guests know what they’re giving towards.
What’s a Honeymoon Fund?
All about travel cash funds: how you’ll receive contributions, the different options available, and the etiquette for requesting them.
What’s a Zero-Fee Honeymoon Fund?
A honeymoon fund where the platform doesn’t take a cut, what processing fees you still need to know about, and what to look out for before you sign up.
Time to start planning.
Let’s kick off your wedding planning the right way.