Free Wedding Planner now supports Importing of Contacts, Template based E-mails, RSVPs and more..

MatrimonyPlanner's Free Online Wedding Planner just got an update, with a lot of new features.

You may now import your Contact lists from GMail/Outlook or any mail client (export your contacts to Outlook format and import them into MatrimonyPlanner) and sending out personalized Email invitations from within MatrimonyPlanner, using template-based/Mail-Merge features. Details below..

Export Contacts from your mail client
Export contacts in the Outlook CSV format. (Shown below is export from GMail)..


Import Contacts to Matrimony Planner
Now save the contacts file in your system and provide it in the import contacts page of MatrimonyPlanner..


Convert Contacts to Guests
Once the contacts are imported into MatrimonyPlanner, you may convert the Contacts to Guests, while also assigning Events, Mode of Invite and Tags...



Add Email Template
Now, add an Email Template for inviting the guest via Email. Note the parameter {{NAME}} used in the content of the email and the "Append Event Details" option enabled in the template...



Use Template to Send Invitation Emails
You may use this template in the Guest list view, to send out emails...


When sending emails to the guests using the above template, the templates parameters will get replaced. Also the event details, for all events to which the template has been associated to, will be appended. Such an Email is shown below..



Links added as a footer to the email are also displayed in the email details. This includes options to report of possible wrong email-ids and RSVP links.

Enable Guest to Respond back (RSVP) :
When the guest receives the email, they can click on the RSVP link to add their response.



Other new features :
Support for "Action Group" members : Guests can now be designated to be member of Action Group or can themselves create an new account for planning the wedding of their siblings/children/etc.,. It is important to understand that such Action Group members, will have all privileges equal to that of the Bride/Groom, in using the tool and as such can be entrusted in organizing the wedding on their behalf.