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Best Wedding Website Builders

Having a wedding website is hands-down the best way to communicate all those important, special little details before your big day.

However, choosing who to use for your wedding website isn’t an easy task. There are dozens of wedding website providers out there all claiming to be the “best wedding websites.” But are they?

Your best wedding website builder depends on YOU.

Think about what features you want as well as how much you are willing to pay. Don’t worry if the answer is $0 because there are a lot of free wedding websites out there that can build you a gorgeous wedding website for nothing.

On TheAlternativeBride.com, we did a rundown of the best wedding website builders on the web… you can check out out favorites there!

In the meantime, here are a few cool options to check out:

#1 eWedding: A free, premium wedding website with gorgeous templates and colors.

#2 Wedding Track by The Knot: a full-service wedding website builder with all the bell and whistles – this one is top-rated! BONUS: Get 25% off with coupon code AFF25! (plus get a free 2-week trial)

#3 Wedding Paper Divas: Get a free wedding website that matches your wedding stationery. Awesome designs you will be proud to showcase to your wedding guests.

Don’t forget to check out our full article on TheAlternativeBride.com on the very best wedding websites. Then have fun choosing the perfect wedding website for YOUR wedding.

(Also fun, you can work on your wedding website whenever you want, so if you’re excited about the wedding but don’t have any tasks to tackle, just upload some new pics to your site, tell your engagement story… whatever you want!)

Insider Tip: Save BIG on your wedding limo!

Your wedding limo is normally one of the priciest parts of your day. Isn’t that crazy? It just doesn’t make sense to me.

Why on earth should something like that be so expensive? Wedding limousines shouldn’t have to cost so much and, in fact, if you know where to look, it’s possible to save huge on your wedding transportation – more than you might expect.

Wedding limousine providers can normally get away with charging you through the nose for your wedding transportation, simply because they know it’s a special day for you and they feel like you’re willing to pay anything for your perfect day.

(But you’re not… right? )

Your smart, easy, negotiation-free negotiating (yup, you heard me!) starts online. Check out Limos.com, which allows you to conduct a quick, easy search for your wedding transportation, with one awesome difference:

Limos.com promises to save you up to 40% on your wedding limousine. Pretty cool, right?

How do they do it? Simple: by giving you the opportunity to conduct one easy online search on just one website, they force the limousine companies in your area to compete for your wedding business. You search, then you’ll see a list of the providers in your area, with all their prices, so it’s beyond easy to compare companies at a glace. That means that wedding limo companies need to drop their prices in order to look more attractive to you.

Goodbye overcharging for wedding limos!

Take advantage of  Limos.com. It’s free to use and you might just be shocked at how much lower their quotes are than the ones you get out of the Yellow Pages.

FREE Wedding Website to Match Your Invites!

Wedding websites are hands-down the best way to let your wedding guests know what’s going on with your wedding, without having to pay a bundle in postage by sending a bunch of mailouts to everyone on your guest list.

Wedding Paper Divas rocks my world because they offer 100% FREEEEE wedding websites that are not only stunning in design and easy to use, but that ALSO MATCH your wedding stationery: your save the date cards, wedding invitations, thank you notes… everything! It’s completely free to use, easy to set up and maintain, and also pretty stinkin’ fun.

A free wedding website from Wedding Paper Divas is the exact way to set the tone for your wedding. Choose from over 40 designs and give your wedding website visitors a sneak-peek of the colors, formality, and theme of your wedding. Their designs go along with their most popular wedding invitations, so it’s easy to set the stage with your wedding website and then follow up later on with gorgeous, MATCHING wedding invitations and more.

Check out the features of Wedding Paper Divas’ best free wedding websites:

• Match your site to over 40 of Wedding Paper Divas bestselling invitation designs.
• Super easy to set up – fun too!
• Custom Domains. Instead of getting a long, dumb URL for your wedding website (that’s what most free sites do), Wedding Paper Divas gives you a custom, personal one (like jillandsteveswedding dot com), for free. (Most wedding website providers charge for this premium service.)
• Unlimited Photos – don’t forget to add your engagement photos!
• Guest comments
• Online RSVP, Blog (love this idea – most free ones don’t have this), Password protection, guest list manager, and much more.

Get started now to ensure that everything will be beautifully designed and perfectly coordinated as you prep for your big day.

Free Wedding Stationery from Cardstore.com!

From now until Wednesday the 14th, claim your 100% complimentary wedding card from Cardstore.com!

This offer is limited to the first 25K items ordered each day – you have to hurry to get in on this awesome deal!

USE YOUR COMPLIMENTARY CARDSTORE CARD FOR:

• Thank-you card for your parents
• Wedding card for your FI
• “Will you be my bridesmaid?” card
• “Will you be my groomsman?” card
• Special save-the-date for your MOH or other VIP

The coupon code for this deal is CCE2246 – make sure to use it at checkout for your free card!

Remember, this code is valid for 1 card for free with complimentary shipping, valid today through Wednesday, March 14th. Your card has to be $6 or less and the offer applies only in the United States and Canada.

Cardstore is home to radical wedding paper stuff, including bridal shower invites, bachelorette invitations, wedding invitations, thank-you cards, save the date cards, wedding congratulation cards, and pretty much all the wedding stationery you’ll ever need.

You will love their innovative, original, customizable designs, easy-on-the-wedding-wallet prices, and great customer service. And if you aren’t sure, why not use this FREE card offer to order your sample wedding stationery and see for yourself?

Hurry up Mrs. to be!! You only have March 12th-14th to claim your free card from Cardstore.com!

Your card is $0, your shipping is $0… it’s all free, so you have nothing to lose and at least one fab card to gain. Don’t miss out! Check out Cardstore.com for your free card now:

Free Cards from Cardstore.com! Use code: CCE2246, Valid 3/8 thru 3/14 for the 1st 25,000 Cards Ordered Daily!

Dessy Coupon Codes Expire 02/29 – Hurry!

Hooray! New Dessy coupon codes are waiting for you! Take advantage of a Dessy coupon code to get free gifts (like a tote bag for your bridesmaids or your honeymoon), free shipping and more.

Dessy rocks my world. They are totally on the ball with bridal and bridesmaid fashion (their Spring 2012 collection is amaaaazing!) AND their prices are super affordable. They’re just the best. Seriously.

AND they just started selling their After Six Bridal Gowns through their website, so you can save your cash by buying your wedding and bridesmaid apparel direct from the designer, which is cheaper than real-life retail prices.

Check out these fabulous Dessy coupon codes and deals:

Free Shipping on Dessy Orders Over $50 with Code FREESHIP50 through 2/29.

Free Shipping on all Dessy Swatch & Pantone orders more than $15 with code DGSWATCH through 2/29.

Free Tote Bag with Dessy Orders More than $25. No code is required and it expires 2/29.

All of these promotions are ending in just a couple of days, so please don’t miss out!

Dessy has the famous Twist Wrap Dress for bridesmaids as well as awesome apparel for flower girls, groomsmen, ring bearers and cute accessories, too. Everything is available in bridesmaid colors so it’s easy to coordinate your whole wedding party.

Make sure to check out their cool Pantone initiative, which allows you to figure out exactly what colors you want, like, EXACTLY. And don’t miss out on the free shipping coupon code, either!

UPDATE: Dessy’s Spring 2012 collection selling (like hotcakes!) online now! Check it out right here, right now.

16 NEW Wedding Coupon Codes This Week!

Wow – Valentine’s season is already kicking into overdrive and wedding vendors are offering TONS of new coupon codes.

Today, AlternaBrides got coupon codes like:

1. The Knot Wedding Shop:  Our best-selling Colorblock Tote is now a steal at only $5.99 — its lowest price EVER! Plus take 20% off $100+ – no coupon code!
2. Wedding Paper Divas/Tiny Prints: FREE VALENTINE’S DAY GREETING CARDS – TODAY ONLY!
3. Fine Jewelers: Save up to 60% on Valentine’s Day gifts from FineJewelers.com!
4. Bachelorette.com: Bachelorette.com has free shipping on orders $40 with coupon code CJ!
5. Super Jeweler: Three Diamond Heart Pendant now only $19.99 with code SUPER30 at SuperJeweler.com!! Offer ends 1/23
6. VistaPrint: 6 Free Products
7. American Bridal: Wedding favors + Bridal Party gifts! Take a bonus 15% OFF $125! Use code cart125 at checkout.

In total, there were 16 rad wedding coupon codes – all valid, all super good weddingy deals.

You can expect a lot more wedding coupon codes coming your way… it’s Valentine’s season now and that means wedding vendors are gearing up for the Christmas engagements as well as the whole new batch of proposals that will be happening on Valentine’s Day!

So get on board with the wedding coupon codes. If you do any online shopping at all for your wedding, there is zero reason to pay full price – ever. Whether it’s free shipping, dollars off, a gift-with-purchase… you should always get more for your money!

Our wedding savings and wedding coupon code book, The Alternative Bride’s Guide to Wedding $avings, is here to show you how.

REAL ABG BRIDE: Brigitta

Hey all!

I wanted to introduce you to Brigitta, a fab friend of mine from Calgary, Canada, who tied the knot in July 2011. Her wedding was absolutely stunning in every way. Here are a few details:

Wedding Gown Designer: Pnina Tornay

Color Scheme: Violet and crimson; the perfect combo of regal and just a touch of vamp

Bridal Bouquet: Calla lilies, roses, and orchids – all in a deep, moody violet

Brigitta’s photographer truly did some amazing work capturing the theme of the wedding. The pictures are fun and some dabble in the intense, which just gives you the best shivers. The wedding was all glam and I just couldn’t be happier for Brigitta and her new Mr.!

You can read all about Brigitta’s wedding on our blog over at TheAlternativeBride.com. Brigitta and her new hubby, Simon, are our featured wedding of the month!

TheAlternativeBride.com has new blog posts every week, plus our special wedding of the month the first week of every month, so make sure you stop by often to check it out. The site also has tons of money saving ideas for brides on a budget plus lots of ways that brides can shop smarter. There’s also a wicked photo gallery – so prepare to get inspired!

Here’s to your own fabulous spin on your perfect wedding day – happy wedding planning!

PS – Don’t forget to pick up your copy of The Alternative Bride’s Guide to Wedding $avings while you’re here. I promise, it’s got all the coupon codes you need for the major online wedding shops, so you will never, ever have to pay full price for a single wedding purchase. Brides, fight back!

Cyber Monday Wedding Coupon Codes

Happy Cyber Monday! It’s the best shopping day of the year, especially when you use these Cyber Monday Wedding Coupon Codes!

Our Cyber Monday wedding coupon codes are only valid TODAY, November 28th, 2011, so get shopping before the deals are gone.

1. Dessy: Take 25% off Dessy’s black Twist Wrap Dress – the bridesmaid dress you style yourself – with coupon code DGBF25!

2. The Knot Wedding Shop:  Cyber Monday – Take 25% off $125+! Check out the sale at The Knot Wedding Shop – up to 70% off!

3. A Gift Personalized: 25% off PLUS free shipping – personalized bridesmaid gifts, groomsmen gifts and more

4. Little Things Favors: Free Shipping on $100+ Coupon Code: CyberShip

5. Beaucoup Wedding Favors: Save $15 on orders $100+, free shipping too! Coupon code: CYBER15

6. American Bridal: Use code cyber25 for $25 off + free shipping on orders $100+ at American Bridal. Check out their awesome wedding favors and unique wedding supplies

7. Minted Stationery: Get free shipping and free backers on your holiday card order with code CYBER2011

8. Cardstore.com: Christmas Cards just 49 Cents Each. No minimum. Free Shipping. Limited to first 100,000 cards sold. (Perfect for holiday thank-yous cards. Kill two birds with one stone! )

9. Paper Source: Attention DIY Brides! Take 25% Off Custom Stamps Cyber Monday only.

10. Super Jeweler: Cyber Monday Specials! Save up to 90%!!.

11. My Jewelry Box: Get 25% OFF (wow!) with Promo Code: CYBER25

12. Ultra Diamonds: Cyber Monday Sale – 10% OFF instantly! Use Coupon Code: CYBR1011

13. ShindigZ: Get 75% off Personalized Vinyl Banners – use code BLKFRDY at checkout!

14. Mixbook: WOW! Save up to 50% off at Mixbook with code CYBERSALE11. Awesome alternative to the traditional wedding album – cheaper too!

15. Neckties.com: 40% OFF EVERYTHING plus FREE Shipping at NeckTies.com -11/27 – 11/28

16. e.l.f. cosmetics: Get 50% off $25+. Use code 50WIDE from 11/27-11/29 and save up to $100!

17. Stila Cosmetics: stila’s annual cyber monday warehouse sale starts now – up to 80% off!

ADULTS ONLY! Vibrators.com: Holiday Sale at Vibrators.com today! Up to 70% off!

ADULTS ONLY! EdenFantasys: Up to 60% OFF Sexy Toys + a FREE GIFT!