HELPFUL RESOURCES
Websites
The Knot: TheKnot.com. Free. Offers custom to-do checklists, budget planner, gift registry, guest-list manager, message boards, beauty checklist, e-cards, personal Web page.
WeddingChannel.com: Free. Offers custom to-do checklists, budget planner, gift registry, guest-list manager, message boards, e-cards, scrapbook, personal Web page.
Bridalbargainsbook.com: Wedding industry “watchdogs” Alan and Denise Fields give the scoop on saving big bucks on the big day. Their new passport is a worksheet for money-saving brides.
Partybus.com. Get 20 partiers and rent a bus for $35 a head. You’ll hit three San Francisco clubs, covers waived, and can even throw in a stripper. There’s also dine-and-dance package.
Software
My Wedding Companion: Fivestar Software, fivestarsoftware.com. $32.95 download, $37.95 CD-ROM. Windows. Offers guest lists, budget planner, attire manager, labels/envelopes manager, custom to-do lists, honeymoon planner.
My Wedding Organizer: weddingsoft.com. $24.95 download, $36.90 CD-ROM. Windows. Offers guest lists, budget planner, address book import, invitation printer, custom to-do lists, seating organizer, gift tracker.
The Organized Wedding: theorganizedwedding.com. $30 standard, $45 deluxe (download only). Windows. Offers guest lists, budget planner, custom to-do lists, seating organizer, address book import, gift tracker, specialized wedding themes. Deluxe edition allows additional events (rehearsal dinners, showers, engagement parties).
R.S.V.P. for Weddings: rsvpprogram.net. $69.95 CD-ROM. Windows. Offers guest lists, gift tracker, budget planner, custom to-do lists.
Wedding Magic: FrogWare, frogwaresoftware. $36.95 download or CD-ROM. Windows. Offers guest lists, gift tracker, budget planner, stationery designer, address book import, seating organizer, song lists, menu selections.
Wedding’s a Breeze: weddingsabreeze.com. $22.49 download or CD-ROM. Windows. Offers guest lists, event manager, gift tracker, budget planner, outfit measurements manager, seating organizer, custom to-do lists, invitation printer.
Appy Couple. Sharmeen Mitha-Sehgal created this app after the nerve-wracking experience of trying to keep track of her sister’s wedding itinerary—a wedding in Mumbai, India—using various invitation and social media websites. Appy Couple aims to provide all wedding-related services on one platform. It helps manage RSVPs, send e-mail invites and create a schedule of events. Guests can use it to book travel, share photos and submit song requests to DJs.
Lover.ly. Also billed as a one-stop-shop for the betrothed, it offers shopping and planning platforms as well as info on trends, from ‘70s-style dresses to serving doughnuts.
Evernote. A nod to keeping you and your betrothed on the same page during the wedding planning process. This organizational app—you can snap pictures, make lists and take notes— syncs on devices so teveryone knows what’s going on.