Using Google Maps and Waze in a wedding invitation

A venue name may lead to the wrong gate or building entrance. For a large hall, select the guest entrance or parking point and include a short note if the route is not obvious.

Check the pin at the time guests are likely to arrive. A venue may have a separate entrance for weddings, a one-way road, a basement car park or a drop-off point that is not obvious from the venue name alone.

Open each link on a different phone and confirm the destination, address and final approach. Recheck after a venue or traffic-management change.

Test the links while signed out or on a different account so you do not accidentally rely on a saved private place. Confirm that the app opens the intended destination rather than a similarly named venue in another town.

If the venue or access route changes, update the invitation and tell guests who already received the link. A web invitation can show the latest published details, but important changes still deserve a direct message.

Keep a short version of the access note in the WhatsApp message for guests travelling from outside the area. Mention a landmark, parking instruction or gate only when it has been confirmed by the venue.

Ask someone unfamiliar with the venue to follow the link and explain where they would stop. This catches missing directions that the couple may overlook because they already know the location.

A map can take a guest to a venue while still leaving them unsure where to park or which entrance to use. Add one or two confirmed instructions when the venue has a separate wedding entrance, a basement car park, a one-way approach or a security checkpoint.

Keep these notes short and place them near the map actions. If the route depends on temporary road closures or a traffic marshal, ask the venue for the latest instruction rather than copying an old event message.

A couple who visits the venue often may not notice that a first-time guest cannot see the entrance from the road. Ask someone who has never been there to follow the link and describe where they would stop, park and walk in.

Use their questions to improve the location note, not to add a long paragraph by default. The best instruction is the smallest one that removes a real point of confusion.

Choose one venue address and arrival point as the source for the invitation, WhatsApp message and any printed card. Copying a venue name from one message and a different map pin from another can send guests to different entrances even when the wording looks similar.

If the venue supplies a preferred map link, compare it with the pin you plan to publish. A venue's official link may point to a reception entrance while a generic map search points to the loading bay or office address.

Guests may arrive by car, e-hailing, public transport or as a passenger who needs a drop-off point. Add only the access notes that are confirmed, such as a parking level, a gate name or a landmark visible from the road.

For venues outside a town centre, mention an estimated travel buffer or a known road condition when the family has confirmed it. Do not promise a journey time that depends on traffic; help guests plan without pretending the map can predict the wedding-day queue.