What a video wedding invitation actually does
Each of the 20 designs has its own opening video, full-screen and vertical, made for a phone held in one hand.
In Signature, your venue is illustrated in the style of the design and placed on the cover; in Essential, it is an extra ($29).
The cover illustration becomes a video loop: a moving sky, shimmering water, light that breathes. Included in Signature, an extra in Essential ($35).
Every design has its own music, started by the guest with a tap, never forced. In Signature, we create original instrumental music for you.
Guests in a hurry skip the intro with one tap and land straight on the invitation. Guests with time watch it to the end.
Schedule, venues and directions, where to stay, dress code, honeymoon fund, online RSVP: everything a video file cannot hold.
Video, animated, GIF: what you actually get
A video invitation, the way free tools mean it, is a file: a clip of thirty seconds or so that you send as is. It gets watched once, sinks into the chat and answers none of the questions: where to stay, what time, how to RSVP.
Ours is a page at your own address, such as yesandyesagain.com/emma-and-james. The video is only the opening. Behind it, your guests find everything they need and RSVP online; you follow the replies from your portal, with the guest list and the seating chart.
An animated invitation is something else again: what the guest does with it, the card they scratch, the sleeve they open. Our designs combine both; the details are on the animated invitations page.
Sent on WhatsApp, opened full screen
You send one link. Right in the chat, your guests already see your envelope, your names and the date; one tap, and the video opens, vertical, with no app and no download, on iPhone and Android alike. The same link goes by text, by email or inside a QR code for your printed cards.
20 designs with a video intro
Every demo opens exactly as your guests will receive it. Pick the one you love: our team builds it with your details, at the level of your plan.
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The video in each plan
The intro and music of the design, as in the demo, with your names, wording and photos. Venue illustration, animated cover and original music as extras, or all three as a bundle ($59).
See this plan →Your venue illustrated on the cover and animated in the intro, original music created for you, the design reworked in your palette. A save the date from the collection included.
See this plan →A video intro of your own, found nowhere else, created from scratch with your designer, with editorial art direction.
See this plan →Take it further
How to send a digital save the date by text, WhatsApp or email: individual or group, broadcast lists, link previews, avoiding spam, and messages to copy.
Guide · 6 min readDigital vs. paper save the dates: which one fits your weddingDigital vs. paper save the dates: cost, timing, etiquette and which guests still need a card. A side-by-side table and the mixed approach many couples use.
Frequently asked questions
How long is the video intro?
A few seconds: long enough to open the envelope or the shutters and reveal the venue. It is short on purpose, a button lets guests skip it, and the full invitation is right behind it.
Portrait or landscape?
Portrait, full screen, the shape of a phone held the normal way: that is how your guests will open it from WhatsApp. On a computer, the page sits in the center of the screen, in the same proportions.
Can I send it on WhatsApp?
Yes, and it is the most common way: you share the link, the preview shows your envelope and your names, and the video opens with one tap. Text, email and QR code work the same way.
Is there a free video wedding invitation?
Free tools let you assemble a video file from a template and send it as is. Our invitations are paid, from $69 as a one-time payment, because our designers build yours for you and it includes the whole page: RSVP, guest list management, seating chart, your own web address with your names.
How much does a video wedding invitation cost?
Essential, $69: the design with its intro and music. Signature, $199: your venue illustrated and animated, original music created for you. Bespoke, $449: an intro created for you. One payment per wedding, no subscription.
Is it a video file to send, or a page?
A page, at your own address, that starts with a video. You can update it until your wedding day (times, venues, wording) without sending anything again: your guests keep the same link.
Choose your intro
Open the demos on your phone, pick the one that feels like you: we take care of the rest.
See also: animated invitations · luxury invitations · bilingual invitations