Yola comes first because everything a planner's site needs, a gallery for real weddings, a pricing section for packages, testimonials and a contact form, comes as ready-made blocks you fill in. You don't need any design experience to make it look professional. Paid plans start at $9.95/mo, and you can build on the free plan first to see your weddings on the page before paying.
Yes. You can set your own page titles, meta descriptions and URLs, which helps when a couple searches for a wedding planner along with your city or region. Name the venues and areas you work in on your pages too. Sites are mobile-optimized, so the layout adjusts to a phone without a separate version. Pair the site with a Google Business Profile so you show up in local results.
Showing a "starting at" price for each package usually saves you time, because couples whose budget doesn't fit can move on and the ones who get in touch already know your range. You don't have to list every cost. A line on what full planning, partial planning and day-of coordination include, with a starting figure, is enough. If your pricing depends heavily on guest count, say so next to the number.
Start with two or three real weddings shown in full, then your packages with starting prices, a few quotes from couples and a short FAQ covering how far ahead to book and what happens in the first consultation. Finish with a contact form that asks for the wedding date, venue, guest count and budget range, and keep a contact button near the top of each page. Yola's help center explains how to set up and edit form fields.
Yes. On Yola you open the page, add a new gallery for the latest wedding, type a short caption and publish. Changing a package price or what day-of coordination includes is a text edit, no developer involved. That makes it easy to keep the site in step with the season you're actually working.
Yes. Yola's free plan includes one website with two pages, 100 MB of storage, basic AI and limited self-service support, enough for a gallery page and a packages-and-contact page. Paid plans start at $9.95/mo and add the full AI tools. Wix, Strikingly and GoDaddy also have free plans, with branding on Wix and Strikingly and no custom domain on GoDaddy. Squarespace has no free plan, only a 14-day trial before $19.00/mo.
Very. A couple may first open your link on a phone, then pass it to a partner or a parent the same way, so the gallery needs to load well and the form has to be easy to fill in with a thumb. A mobile-optimized site resizes on its own, so you're not keeping a separate phone version. Yola's help center has guidance on checking how your pages look on smaller screens.
It depends on what you want to manage. Wix gives you more freedom and booking apps on the site, but you'll usually adjust the phone layout by hand and pay for some apps. GoDaddy has a very guided setup and 24/7 support, though its templates look generic for a business sold partly on taste. Yola sits between them. Its professional templates and ready-made blocks for galleries and packages are easy to fill in, the phone version takes care of itself, and you can start on the free plan.