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One wedding planning app for the guest list,
the vendors and the day itself.

Tell Netiva’s agent how your day is shaped and watch it build a web app where replies, meal counts, vendor payments and the timeline all sit in one place.

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Starter prompt

Build a wedding planning web app for a couple and their planner. Track guests by party with an email, whether the invitation carries a plus-one, RSVP status, meal choice, dietary notes and table. Publish a public RSVP page where a guest types the name on their invitation, replies for everyone on it and names a plus-one where allowed. Keep vendors with category, status, contracted total, vendor meals owed and the signed contract, then list payments with amounts, due dates and what has cleared. Add a day-of timeline with start times, locations and the vendor leading each block, and a budget screen comparing estimates, contracts and payments.

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Overview

Who this wedding planning app is for

Wedding planning spreads itself across a spreadsheet of names, a folder of signed contracts and a group chat where the florist’s arrival time is buried. Then the replies start: a cousin adds a plus-one, two guests switch to the fish and the caterer wants final numbers by the date in the contract. A wedding planning app built with Netiva keeps guests, replies, vendors, payments and the day’s timeline together, so the head count on screen is the one you can hand the caterer without checking three places first.

Key features

What your wedding planning app can do

  • RSVPs that count themselves

    A guest opens one page, finds the name on their invitation and replies for everyone on it, meal by meal. Every answer lands on the guest records you already work from.

    • A public RSVP page bound to the guest list
    • One reply covers the party, with a named plus-one where allowed
    • Meal choice and dietary notes kept per guest
    • The collection assistant drafts guest rows and cleans up names in bulk

  • Vendors, contracts and what you owe

    Each vendor keeps its category, status, contracted total and signed PDF, with the payment schedule underneath. Filter to the categories still unbooked, or to the installments due before the day.

    • Status from researching to quoted, booked and paid
    • Contracts and riders attached to the vendor record
    • Payments with amount, due date and who is covering it
    • Saved views for open categories and upcoming dates

  • A budget that follows the contracts

    The budget screen puts what you estimated, what you have signed for and what has cleared side by side, by category, so the gap shows up early instead of in the final month.

    • Estimate, contracted total and paid, category by category
    • Rings, stationery and anything with no vendor, estimated the same way
    • A list of what falls due in the next 30 days
    • Reminder emails before each payment date

  • The run sheet for the day

    Build the timeline once — hair and makeup, first look, ceremony, speeches, cake, last dance — with the location and the vendor leading each block. You and your planner work from one page, and each vendor gets a sheet of their own blocks.

    • Start time, length and location for every block
    • Each vendor’s own blocks listed under their name
    • A morning-of email with the day’s schedule
    • Opens in a phone browser, so you can read it anywhere on the day
Data model

The collections behind it

Netiva keeps your records in built-in collections. Here’s a starting structure — the agent adapts it to your prompt, and you can change it any time.

Guests

Everyone invited, grouped into the parties that share an invitation.

  • Guest name (required) Text
  • Party (required) Everyone named on one invitation; the RSVP page replies for the whole party Text
  • Email Where invitations and reminders go; set on the guest the invitation names Text
  • Plus one allowed Yes or no on the guest the invitation names; the RSVP page then asks for a name Text
  • RSVP status (required) No reply, attending or declined; set from the RSVP page or by hand Text
  • Meal choice Your caterer’s options, plus a child plate where it applies Text
  • Dietary notes Allergies and preferences that go to the caterer with the count Paragraph
  • Table Table number or name from the venue floor plan Text

Vendors

Everyone you are quoting, holding or have booked, plus the costs that have no vendor at all.

  • Category (required) Venue, catering, photography, florist, music, cake, officiant, transport Text
  • Business name (required) Or the name of a cost with no vendor, such as rings or stationery Text
  • Contact Name, email and phone for the day; where that vendor’s run sheet goes Text
  • Status (required) Researching, quoted, booked or paid in full Text
  • Estimated cost Your planning figure before anything is signed Number
  • Contracted total The signed figure and what it buys — hours of coverage, staff, overtime rate Number
  • Vendor meals How many hot meals the contract owes their team Number
  • Contract The signed PDF and any rider or addendum File

Payments

Every deposit and installment, with the date it falls due and the date it cleared.

  • Vendor (required) The vendor or cost row it belongs to; every payment hangs off one Relation to Vendors
  • Item (required) Deposit, second installment, final balance, gratuity Text
  • Amount (required) Number
  • Due date (required) Date
  • Paid on Blank until it clears; the due list watches this field Date
  • Paid by Which household or account is covering it Text
  • Receipt File

Timeline

The run of show: what happens when, where it happens and who is leading it.

  • Starts at (required) Date & time
  • Length in minutes Used to space the blocks and show where the gaps are Number
  • What happens (required) First look, ceremony, speeches, cake, last dance Text
  • Location Getting-ready room, ceremony lawn, barn, terrace Text
  • Lead The vendor leading this block Relation to Vendors
  • Also on it Names with no vendor record — the best man, the friend cueing music, a family helper Text
  • Notes Cues, songs, names to announce and anything the crew needs Paragraph

Required field. Types are Netiva collection field types.

Screens

Pages and screens to start with

A typical first version. Ask the agent for more, or annotate the preview to change any of them.

  • RSVP

    A guest types the name on their invitation, sees everyone on it, replies for the party, picks a meal each, leaves a dietary note and names any plus-one allowed.

    Public

  • Guest list

    Every party with its replies, plus-ones and table, meal totals for the guests attending and a filter for whoever still owes you an answer.

    Your team

  • Seating

    Attending guests grouped by table, with anyone not placed yet and the dietary notes each table brings with it.

    Your team

  • Vendor

    One vendor: who to call on the day, the signed contract, the payments made and still due against it, and the blocks they lead.

    Your team

  • Budget

    Estimated, contracted and paid by category, what falls due in the next month and the balance still to settle before the wedding.

    Your team

  • Run sheet

    The day in order, block by block, with times, locations and leads — filterable to one vendor and printable for the people who want paper.

    Your team
How it works

From prompt to a live wedding planning app

  1. Describe the day

    Tell the agent the date, the venue, roughly how many guests and which vendors are already booked. It drafts collections for guests, vendors, payments and the timeline, with the screens that sit on top of them.

  2. Put the guest list in

    Type parties into the collection grid, or ask the collection assistant to draft rows and clean up the names you already have. Then set the invitation emails, who gets a plus-one and the meal options your caterer offers.

  3. Reply as a guest yourself

    Open the live preview, work through the RSVP page as a guest and watch the counts move. Annotate anything that reads wrong — a confusing question, a missing meal — and the agent changes it while you watch.

  4. Publish and share it

    Publish in one click, put the RSVP link on your invitations and invite your planner into the workspace so you are both on the same version. Every change is checkpointed, so a bad edit rolls back.

Why Netiva

Netiva vs a traditional build

Building a wedding planning app with Netiva compared with a traditional build
Criterion With Netiva Traditional build
Collecting replies A public RSVP page that writes each answer, meal choice and dietary note straight onto the guest record Reply cards mailed back, chased by text and tallied in a spreadsheet that never matches the pile on the table
The day-of schedule One timeline the couple and the planner work from, with each vendor’s blocks listed under their own name, printed or emailed per vendor A document emailed to every vendor a week out, then sent again twice as times move
Getting started Describe what you need in chat and watch it take shape in a live preview Hire developers, or stitch together templates, plugins and a hosting plan
Content and data Built-in collections with nine field types, bound straight to your pages Set up and connect a separate database or CMS
Making changes Ask the agent; every change is checkpointed and reversible File a ticket, wait for a sprint, redeploy
Hosting and domain Global hosting and automatic SSL; connect a custom domain from the Starter plan Buy hosting, then install and renew SSL certificates yourself
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export Locked into a template, plugin or agency setup
Examples

Ways teams use it

  • A couple planning a 140-guest wedding themselves

    Both partners sign in to the same app. One works through quotes and payment dates, the other chases replies and seating, and neither has to ask which copy of the guest list is the current one.

  • A planner with a season of weddings

    Ask the agent to put a wedding field on every collection and one app covers each couple on the books. The planner filters to one wedding before a meeting, then to the payments falling due this month across all of them.

  • A 40-guest destination weekend

    Guests arrive across three days, so the timeline runs from the welcome dinner to the farewell brunch, and the RSVP page asks which of those events each party will be at as well as who is coming.

Good to know

Before you build

  • The money moves outside the app

    The app records what a vendor charges, what falls due and what has cleared. Deposits still go by transfer or card at the vendor’s end, and contracts are still signed wherever you sign documents today.

  • Reminders arrive by email

    Netiva apps send email and run scheduled jobs, not text messages. Guests with no email address need a paper card and someone to enter the reply, and some relatives will need a phone call whatever you build.

  • Your caterer’s deadline is the real one

    The count on screen is only as good as the replies entered. Final numbers, children’s plates and the vendor meals your contracts owe are due on the date the caterer set, so late replies still get typed in by hand until then.

  • Guest details live in the app

    The guest list holds names, email addresses and allergy notes, and an open RSVP lookup shows a party’s answers to anyone who knows a name on it. Ask for a code on the invitation if that matters, tell guests what you keep and clear the list once the day is done.

FAQ

Questions about building a wedding planning app

How do guests reply without creating an account?

The RSVP page is public. A guest types the name on their invitation, the app finds the party that name belongs to and shows everyone on it, so one person replies for the whole household. Each guest picks a meal, leaves any dietary note and names a plus-one where the invitation allows one. Because the lookup is open, anyone who knows a guest’s name can see that party’s replies, meals and dietary notes, so ask the agent for a code on the invitation.

Can it tell me how many chicken and fish plates to order?

Yes, if you ask for it. Meal choice is a field on each guest, so the guest list screen can group attending guests by meal and total them, children’s plates included. Vendor meals are a number on each vendor record, so what your contracts owe totals up beside the guest count. Dietary notes sit next to the totals, so the list you send the caterer carries the allergies with it.

Can our wedding planner work in the same app as us?

Yes. Netiva has real-time collaboration, so you can invite your planner into the workspace, see each other’s cursors and comment on the preview while the app is being built. Once it is published, the planner signs in as a user of the app, and the vendor payments they enter show on your budget screen without a file going back and forth.

How does the seating screen handle a table plan?

Each guest record has a table field, so the seating screen groups attending guests by table and lists anyone not yet placed. Ask for seat counts and the app adds a small Tables collection with a seat count per table, then flags any table over it. Moving a guest is an edit to one record, which matters in the week the last replies land.

What happens when a guest changes their answer late?

Update the reply on the guest record, or let the party open their RSVP link again if you asked for that. The counts, the meal totals and the seating screen all read the same records, so the three move together. The app can also email you a weekly note of the counts and who still has not answered.

Do we own the wedding planning app once the day is over?

Yes. Netiva writes clean, framework-standard code that you can read, edit and export whenever you want, with no proprietary runtime. Every change is checkpointed, so an edit that goes wrong rolls back. You can start on the free plan; putting the RSVP link on your own domain needs the Starter plan or higher.

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Drafted with AI assistance from Netiva’s product pages and reviewed by the Netiva team. Example data models, screens and prompts are illustrative starting points, not customer projects.

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