One of the keywords we stress when talking about wedding planning is ORGANIZATION! Organize, organize (and organize some more) your vendors, planning timeline, wedding day timeline and your GUESTS! Yes, don’t forget that attending a wedding is an experience and you want to make it a memorable time for your guests!
Whether you are having a destination wedding or inviting guests from all over the country (or world), streamlining their experience, from the time they receive a wedding invitation to the time they touch down in your city, is one of great importance. Not only does it make for a great experience, but it also cuts out time wasted on answering Uncle Abraham’s questions about airport shuttle arrangements or Aunt Elsa’s concerns about timing of all the different activities and locations set for your 3 day wedding celebration.
Cultural weddings, with an average guest count of 700-800 people, can especially be hard to organize and make for an efficient guest experience. (Is this why half the wedding guests show up late at cultural weddings…? We’re still pondering this one, because it’s 2017 already, so can that habit be gone already…? Okay, done venting, lol ☺).
Because of the large guest counts and multiple days of ceremonies and activities involved in most cultural weddings, we are especially excited about a new event app that’s going to be a game changer- Enter Whova.
Whova is an all-in-one event manager and organizer that we feel is the BEST solution to organizing your large wedding guest for your Big Day! How awesome would it be if all of your wedding guests, upon RSVP’ing for your wedding, were able to view all of your wedding timeline information including airport shuttles/pickups and hotel info on a bulletin board as well as an agenda of various ceremonies, rehearsals, receptions, after-parties, etc….? Well, that is EXACTLY what the Whova app can do for you and your wedding guests. You can even make announcements about any changes or updates to your wedding that will be sent as both an e-mail and push notification. And guess what…. It’s a free app for your wedding guests to download, sign-in and start learning about your line-up for your week long wedding celebration, or amazing destination wedding half way across the world!
This year, during our 2nd annual cultural wedding show, we are using the Whova app to help organize and manage all of our show attendees! All of our attendees, upon purchasing a ticket, will have access to our entire wedding show agenda, have access to all of our vendors (and which booth they will be located at) and sponsors while being able to simply click on their business name to navigate to their website, learn about the different prize giveaways and the times they will be announced, logistics on parking and so much more!
Umm, can you say completely awesome? Oh and get this, all of the attendees (or your future wedding guests) will have the ability to see who is in attendance at the event, send instant messages, participate in a group chat, as well as snap photos from within the app to share them with the entire event goers. You can also use a Live Slideshow to show those photos and other wedding activities on a big screen. THAT is pretty awesome!
We can’t wait to share this amazing app- the answer to every bride’s wedding guest struggles! We will be sharing more on this App leading up to our wedding show, so stay tuned for more on Whova and how we are using it to make our wedding show 10 times more amazing!
Will you be in attendance at our wedding show this year? Please do let us know what you think about the app- we’d LOVE to hear your feedback!
Looking to learn more about the Whova app? Click here to visit their site and learn more about their event packages and, P.S. Don't forget to watch the awesome tutorial on their site!
Website: Whova.com
Email: event@whova.comDownload: http://whova.com/download/
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Tickets to the wedding show can be found at: bit.ly/herbigday2017
It's crucial to use the right tools while planning an event. As it states in the post, organization is a feature that almost all planning tools offer. However, when you are at the phase of picking an online event planning software, check if it's an all in one platform. This will help you collaborate with your vendor, host, caterer, photographer and anyone who would involve to your event planning more efficiently. Another important criteria is the ability to arrange venue floor plans while picking an event planning tool.
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