Groomsmen playing a prank on their favorite groom The wedding planning industry has become remarkably good at convincing couples that every wedding planning decision carries equal weight. Spend ten minutes on Pinterest and you can find heated opinions about napkin folds, welcome bag contents, seating chart displays, ceremony backdrops, and the proper shade of sage green. Entire industries exist to help couples make choices that were not even available for their parents or grandparents. After...

This guide comes from both sides of the camera: someone using the apps and someone helping other people navigate them.

Not every wedding guest list is straightforward. Sometimes parents are divorced and being in the same room is not only awkward, but too hard. Sometimes inviting one person means not inviting another. And sometimes not everyone is able (or willing) to show up for the couple getting married.