Planning a wedding involves tons of details, from managing the guestlist to tracking your vendors, and watching your budget brides can become overwhelmed by the process. Fortunately, there are tons of online sites to help keep track of every detail and guide you along the way. Here are my top 5 wedding planning websites and the reasons I love them.

1. WeddingWire.com
   Wedding Wire, in my opinion is by far the most user friendly and comprehensive site on the web. One feature that sets it apart from the other sites is the ability to request quotes from multiple vendors through the site without having to provide your personal information to the vendor. Wedding Wire also has the most comprehensive guest list management feature. You are able to track guests for multiple events, assign people to a list, and Wedding Wire offers reporting capabilities. Finally, Wedding Wire offers a “Binder” where you can upload and organize files related to your wedding allowing you to access them from anywhere.
2. TheKnot.com
   The Knot is probably the most well known sit. Their list of vendors is quite extensive. Some of the features that allow The Knot to stand out are the “My Wedding Ideas” section where newlyweds are able to share their weddings offering ideas to brides trying to organize their perfect day. The Knot also has a “My Shopping List” section, which allows you to create a list of items that need to be purchased. Finally, The Knot allows you to create a wedding registry checklist to make registering for gifts less daunting.
3. OurWeddingDay.com
   Our Wedding Day differentiates themselves from the competition in several ways. They offer a “BrideLine” where brides can get real-time expert advice as well as the ability to create online wedding registries with some of the most popular stores right from their website. Our Wedding Day also offers an Address Book Assistant that finds and updates mailing addresses for your wedding invitations in seconds.
4. Brides.com
   Brides.com; is the wedding planning spin-off for BRIDES, Modern Bride, and Elegant Bride magazines and therefore offers the broadest base of trends and tips. You can find all of the latest fashions and ideas on Brides.com including travel information.
5. OneWed.com
   OneWed offers most of the same basic features as the other sites but still worth a mention. Their “Savvy Blog” is another advantage to the site. One feature that stood out to me was the “Style” section where they offer the latest trends in dresses, shoes, hairstyles, and cakes.

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