A destination wedding website that answers the travel questions
A wedding in another country turns every guest into a traveller with questions: which airport, how far the venue is, where to sleep, whether there’s transport back at night, what the weather will be like. Answering them one by one in chats takes months.
Boda puts those answers in the order a traveller needs them, under an invitation that still feels like one: an envelope with their name, a seal with your initials, the card with the countdown. The countdown runs on the venue’s clock — Spain and central Europe, the Canaries, Portugal, the UK and Ireland, or Greece and eastern Europe — so a guest opening it from another time zone counts down to the same moment you do.
Below the card: your story, the day hour by hour, the address with a map link and notes for each way of arriving, up to five places to stay, the gifts and the reply. One site, in English or Spanish, that you send to everyone.
What your site shows
The invitation first
Their name on the envelope, the seal to break, the card with the venue and the town — Sant Sadurní, Sintra, Naxos — before a single practical detail. It should still feel like being invited, not booked.
The countdown on the venue’s time
Days and hours to the ceremony, worked out with the right offset for that day, summer time or not. On the day it says so; after it, it thanks them.
Getting there
The venue’s full address, a link that opens it in the guest’s map app, and a note for each way in: the nearest airport, the train, the drive, the coach you’ve arranged and when it leaves.
Where to stay
Up to five places, each with how far it is and a line of advice — the code for the room block, the house with the patio, the town where the bus also stops.
The long weekend
The day hour by hour, with room under it for anything else: a welcome dinner the night before, a dress code for the heat, a brunch on Sunday.
The reply, early
Yes or no, how many, the menu, allergies, and whether they need the bus — the answer that tells you how many seats to book, arriving in your inbox.
Have this ready
- The venue’s name, town and full address, and which of the European time zones it’s in.
- For each way of arriving — plane, train, car, your coach — a line of what a guest needs to know.
- Up to five places to stay, with distances and any discount code you’ve arranged.
- The day hour by hour, plus anything around it (the night before, the day after, the dress code).
- Three to six photos with a year, a place and a line, for your story.
- The reply deadline — earlier than for a local wedding — the menus and the bus options.
- Your email for replies, a free Web3Forms key and up to three phone numbers for guests.
Worth knowing
Send it earlier than feels necessary
Guests travelling abroad book flights and rooms months ahead, when prices are lower. Send the link as soon as the venue and hotels are fixed; the rest can be filled in later and the same links will show it.
Name the airport, not just the town
A guest who books into the wrong airport loses a day. Write the airport and the transfer time in the travel notes, and say whether your coach picks up there or only at the hotels.
Choose one language for the site
Each site is in English or Spanish. If your guests speak both, write the site in the language most of them share and send the few others a line in theirs next to the link.
Questions
- Our wedding is outside Europe. Will the countdown work?
- The countdown can be set to three European clocks: Spain and central Europe; the Canaries, Portugal, the UK and Ireland; Greece and eastern Europe. For a wedding elsewhere, write to us before buying and we’ll tell you honestly what would need changing.
- Can the site be in two languages?
- Each site is in one language, English or Spanish, and everything you write goes in as you write it. If you need two, ask us before buying and we’ll talk it through on the call included with the kit.
- Can we add the hotels and the bus later?
- Yes. Anything left empty is hidden, so you can send the links with the date, venue and story, then open the wizard again, add the hotels and the coach times, and upload the new version. Everyone’s link shows the update.
- Where do replies go, and what does it cost?
- To your email, through a free Web3Forms key, or by opening the guest’s own email if you don’t set one. The kit is €500, paid once; hosting on Cloudflare’s free plan costs nothing.