Here comes the wedding spam, ya girl is engaged. đź’Ť We jumped right into wedding planning, as you do. It took exactly one venue email into our wedding planning to realize that we needed a wedding email.
We decided to set up a wedding email, that we both have access to, for communicating with vendors as we plan for our special day.
Why You Should Share a Wedding Email
The greatest benefit to a shared email for wedding planning is so each of you have full access to wedding communications, and the ability to reply. You don’t have to worry about kissing an email, because there is a second set of eyes. There’s no relaying info from one to the other, everyone can see it all.
You also don’t worry about splitting communications between two separate emails. Everything is in the same spot and easy to organize and sort through. You can use the search bar on the top to quickly find any vendor you’ve emailed.
It’s exclusively wedding communications (for now). You don’t have to sort through hundreds of newsletters and advertisements. On the flip side, you won’t have wedding vendors in your personal email interfering with your own emails.
Now a days, save the dates are sent virtually. Your wedding email can be used to send digital invitations and receive those reservations. They can also be used to register for gift registries, Honeyfund, and contests at bridal fairs.
Setting Up Your Wedding Email
The most difficult part of making a wedding email is choosing the name. This is almost as difficult as choosing a wedding hashtag (though, these can actually be interchangeable).
Some Wedding Email Ideas (swap out Him and Her for yalls names, and the year for your wedding year)
- NameAndNameGetHitched
- NameAndNameTieTheKnot
- NamePlusName2000
- HerAndHimWedding (super simple)
- FutureLastnames
- NameMarriesName
If you can’t find a name that works, try switching the order of the names or using last names instead. Alternatively, try adjusting the dates. Instead of 2023, use 23. Heck, you could use the whole wedding date; 4624 or 040624.
Which name did we go for? #SincerelyTheShafers
It’s perfect for us.
Once you choose your name, create the account on any free email site (google, yahoo, etc). Be sure to go in and modify the info to reflect both partners’ info. You can also add a custom signature to include both of your personal informations, including additional contact info, and your wedding date. If you build a wedding email, add that in your signature as well.
What Happens to a Wedding Email After You’re Married
The easiest option: delete the account
Once the wedding is over you can delete the account and don’t have to worry about unsubscribing to dozens of wedding newsletters.
But here’s another idea: save it for store discount memberships. Every store asks for your phone number at the cash wrap these days. Use your shared wedding, er shared couple, email for these accounts. Same benefits as before, you won’t clog up your personal email account with all the store flyers. But also, you and your new partner can share accounts to rack up the points faster.
I’m so excited to get to work planning my wedding! Our theme… Til Death Do Us Part
