Video wedding invitations

Video wedding invitations: what they are and how they work

When people search for video wedding invitations, they usually picture a short clip they can forward. What we make works differently, and for a wedding it actually works better. First, your guests tap a link, the invitation opens with a video or an animation, the music starts, and after that the page stays there with everything they need: the date, the ceremony and the reception with their maps, the dress code, a note about gifts and the RSVP button.

A web page that opens like a video, not an MP4 file

We'll be clear about this, because it matters: there is no video file to download, and it isn't made for WhatsApp Status or Instagram Stories. Instead, what you send is a link, and it opens on any phone, iPhone or Android, without installing anything. Compared with an MP4, that has three advantages. First, if the venue or the time changes, you fix it once and the same link shows the new details, so nobody needs a second message. Second, guests confirm from inside the invitation instead of texting you. And third, a link weighs nothing in the group chat, while a video eats data and loses quality every time someone forwards it.

The four designs with a real video cover

For example, in the Grand Theatre a velvet curtain opens in video onto a theatre with gilded boxes, and inside there's a playbill your guests light up with a spotlight they move with a finger. The Secret Garden starts as an embossed blush envelope with a wax seal; when it opens, the garden appears in video and guests scratch a heart to reveal the date. Similarly, the Doors of Cartagena is a colonial door with a lion knocker and bougainvillea that opens onto a courtyard. Finally, the Illustrated Hacienda draws itself on watercolor paper: the banquet table, the fountain, the lights.

Animated wedding invitations that open with a tap

If you want movement without a full video cover, the animated designs are just as fun to open. The Ring Box, for instance, is a velvet case that reveals the ring with your names. The Boarding Pass, on the other hand, is made for a destination wedding: guests tear the stub, it gets stamped "BOARDED" and the plane takes off. In the Love Lock, three taps engrave your initials before the key flies toward the river. There's also a Message in a Bottle that washes up on the beach, a Wax Seal Envelope, an Instant Photo that develops on screen, a vintage newspaper with the headline "They're getting married!" and a lake of Floating Lanterns.

What your guests see after the opening

When the video ends, the invitation keeps going: a live countdown, your cover photo and a small gallery, the schedule of the day, the dress code and your gift note. Also, each address has a button that opens the map. With Express, each family gets its own link with their name and the number of seats you saved for them, so they can't confirm more than that, and you see every answer in your guest dashboard. When the deadline gets close, one button opens WhatsApp with a reminder already written for whoever hasn't answered. If that's what you care about most, our page on online invitations with RSVP explains it in detail.

How to send video wedding invitations

Basically, anything that carries a link works: WhatsApp, text message, email or Messenger. Take Mariana and Felipe, who live in Dallas while half of the family is in Guadalajara. So they sent one message to the family group in Spanish and another to their friends from work in English, both with the same link. Then the grandparents opened it on their phones, watched the curtain open and confirmed with one tap. If your guests need to book flights, send a digital save the date months before and the full invitation later.

What video wedding invitations cost

Since all of these designs are Express, you pay $15 once, with no subscription and no fee per guest. You build it yourself in minutes, preview it free and then pay only when you publish it, by card or PayPal. If you'd rather have our team design it with your photos and your song, the made-to-order PRO costs $59, is ready in 24 business hours with two rounds of changes, and you pay once you approve it.

If you want to see the rest of our wedding designs, including the simpler ones, they're on the digital wedding invitations page. Also, to understand what makes every design something your guests can tap and use, read about interactive invitations. And to watch them open before you choose, visit our YouTube channel.