Wedding guest communication on WhatsApp — end to end

Import your guest list into Weddingkart, write a single message with merge fields like first name, ceremony and hotel, and the platform dispatches a separately-personalised WhatsApp to every guest via the WhatsApp Business API. You get per-guest delivery receipts, read status, and one-tap RSVP responses on the same dashboard — no manual copy-paste, no group chats, no guesswork about who actually saw it.

No. Guests only need WhatsApp, which every one of them already has. They receive messages, tap RSVP buttons, and forward tickets from inside their normal WhatsApp. The Weddingkart app is only for you — the couple, parents, or wedding planner running the list.

Yes. Tag each guest as brideside, groomside, or both at import time — then target your broadcasts by that tag. Most couples run at least four separate threads: brideside-ceremony, groomside-ceremony, brideside-reception, groomside-reception. Scheduled messages and reminders filter the same way.

The message arrives with tappable buttons — "Attending — 2 People", "Can’t make it", "Attending — just me" — rendered natively by WhatsApp. No forms, no external link, no typing. The guest’s tap updates their status and headcount in your dashboard in real time. Response rates typically run 3–4× higher than link-based RSVPs because there’s nothing to load.

Works the same. WhatsApp Business API is international. Guests on +1, +44, +971, +61 numbers receive, RSVP, and forward documents exactly like Indian guests. The only difference is message template approvals for first-touch messages — that’s handled on our side, not yours.

Yes. Every broadcast can be scheduled for a specific date and time in your local timezone — 7-day reminders, 3-day reminders, "day-of" messages with venue coordinates. You set the schedule once at the start of the planning window and the platform fires the sequence for you.

Failed sends are flagged per-guest with the reason — number not on WhatsApp, number deactivated, blocked, or template rejected. Your coordinator sees a filtered list of failures, can edit the number or switch to SMS fallback, and retry with one click. Nothing silently disappears.

Yes. Every guest has a single profile that holds their RSVP status, headcount, hotel assignment, forwarded travel ticket (with AI-extracted flight/train details), and ID documents. Everything a guest sends to the wedding WhatsApp number files against their profile — no spreadsheet maintenance on your side.

Any language WhatsApp supports — which is effectively all of them. Hindi, Hinglish, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi and more work natively. For Indian weddings we recommend Hinglish for family and English for professional contacts; the platform lets you author message variants per segment.

No practical cap. We have run weddings with 2,400+ guests across five ceremonies without throttling. WhatsApp Business API has its own rate limits which we handle invisibly — your experience is "hit send, it goes out."

Yes. Guest communication on WhatsApp is the core of the Weddingkart platform, not a separate tool. Use it at app.weddingkart.co in your browser, or download the iOS and Android apps. Sign up is free; the full guest communication toolkit is included in the ₹8,499 Standard plan.

WhatsApp’s native broadcast lists cap at 256 recipients, don’t personalise, don’t give you delivery receipts, and can’t show RSVP buttons. Running a 400-person wedding through them means splitting into two broadcasts, no merge fields, no read tracking, and typing every guest’s number into the broadcast list manually. Weddingkart handles all of that — plus you keep a per-guest dashboard.