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After entering guest information, the program automatically prompts you to invite them to specific events, such as the ceremony, bachelor party and so on. The way this is established is excellently organized allowing you to invite individual people to various events without inviting their spouse or guest. For example, your single best friend is invited to all the events, but her date for the wedding isn’t necessarily invited to everything. Guest information tracks all possible invite situations including spouse, children, guest and accommodations. Additionally, you can import and export all guests from a CSV or TXT file.

The online RSVP feature is unique to Smart Wedding. When you register the software, Smart Wedding will send you a user name and password. With these you can track your RSVPs, simply include your pin number and wedding date in the traditional invitation.

Of the software we reviewed, Smart Wedding included one of the better budget sections. The program includes several common budget sections like fashion, ceremony and flowers, but you cannot add additional sections. You can track cost by individual items. The main page displays estimated cost, actual cost, variance, deposit, amount paid and balance due. The payment screen includes the dates in which each payment was made.

The budget section works closely with the vendor section. You can specify, view and add a vendor from the budget screen. Vendor information includes name, address and phone, but you can also include the supplier’s email and website address. We were disappointed they did not include a field for a contact person’s name.

Smart Wedding’s tasklists and timelines section is sparse. Although they include a large list of tasks with more than 50 preloaded entries, they do not provide any kind of daily or monthly calendar feature. Additionally, you can assign tasks to different people, but your only choices are bride, groom or both.

Smart Wedding includes a simple, but effective seating section. You can assign guests to particular tables, label tables and change the number of seats at each table. Although you cannot design your table layout, Smart Wedding allows you to add guests to your list without going all the way back to the guest and invitation screen. We were disappointed that you could create and track a menu, but could not print it.

This software does not provide any tips or information regarding etiquette or invitations. Therefore, you have the ability to print invitation labels, but not invitations or any kind of fancy stationary. However, you can print table cards for your reception.