How to send a wedding invitation on WhatsApp and know who is coming
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A wedding card sent as an image gets lost in family groups. Guests scroll past it, the venue location is somewhere else, and you have no idea how many people are coming until the day. An invitation page fixes that: one link with everything on it, and a reply button.
What the invitation page holds
- The couple's names, the muhurat and a note from the family.
- Every event with its own time and place: haldi, mehendi, sangeet, the wedding and the reception.
- The venue with Open in Maps and directions, and an Add to calendar button for Google Calendar or the phone calendar.
- Dress code, parking, food and answers to the questions guests always ask.
- A countdown to the day.
Guests open it in their browser. They do not need an app or a sign-up.
Replies in a tap
Each guest answers "Will you come?" with Going or Maybe, says how many adults and children are coming, and can choose a meal preference. You see the count go up as replies come in, instead of calling every uncle and aunty.
If you prefer, the venue can stay hidden until a guest replies Going.
Updates, wishes and gifts
If a time changes or you want to share the parking details, post an update and pin it. Everyone who opens the link sees it.
Guests can leave wishes for the couple. If you turn on gifts, they can send one by UPI, an e-gift card or something from your wishlist, and you keep a register of every gift. LokMilo never handles the money: guests pay in their own app.
Step by step
- Pick a design from the wedding invitation designs. Open any one to try it as a guest would.
- Add your names, events, venues and the starting words. You can write them in English, Telugu, Hindi or Tamil.
- Share the link on WhatsApp: to family groups, to friends, and to anyone you would have handed a card to.
- Watch the replies come in, and post an update when plans change.
The same works for the engagement, haldi, mehendi, sangeet and reception, or any other occasion.