About NearlyWeds
A calmer way to plan an Australian wedding
NearlyWeds brings Australian wedding venues and vendors together in one place, so you can find, chat with, book and pay the businesses for your day without juggling emails and spreadsheets.
It's free for couples and free for businesses to list. Every business is checked by our team before it appears in search.
From first look to thank-you
Tell us about your wedding
Your date, location, guests and budget shape your search and your checklist.
Browse and shortlist
Compare venues and vendors, and save favourites with the heart.
Chat and request
Ask questions, then send a booking request for your date.
Approve and pay
Once the business approves, pay securely through Stripe.
Celebrate, then review
After the big day, leave a review to help other couples.
Why NearlyWeds exists
Planning a wedding shouldn't feel like running an office
A wedding brings a lot of businesses together: a venue, a celebrant, a photographer, a florist, a caterer and often many more. Each one quotes differently, takes payment differently and has its own rules about refunds. The details end up scattered, and it can be hard to tell what you've actually agreed to.
NearlyWeds gives all of that one home. You can compare real packages and prices, ask questions, request your date and pay, with each business's booking fee, payment due date and cancellation policy shown before you commit and kept on your booking afterwards.
Businesses get the same clarity. Requests arrive with a date, usually with a guest count and package, couples pay through Stripe, and NearlyWeds sends couples their payment reminders, so there's less chasing and more time for the work couples book them for.
Planning often looks like
- Quotes and questions spread across inboxes and text messages
- Prices you only find out after you ask
- Deposits paid in different ways, with refund rules in the fine print
- Dates, payments and paperwork tracked in a spreadsheet
With NearlyWeds
- Every conversation with every business in one Chat
- Packages and prices on listings, before you ask
- Booking fees and balances paid through Stripe, with a receipt for each one
- The cancellation policy saved on your booking when you send the request
- A planning checklist timed to your wedding date
Who it's for
For couples, and the businesses who make the day
Two sides of the same day, working from the same booking.
For couples
Planning a wedding in Australia
Look around without an account, then sign up when you're ready to save favourites, message businesses and send booking requests. NearlyWeds is free for couples.
- Search and filter by guests, price, your date and venue features, or switch to the map
- A planning checklist built for your date, including the Notice of Intended Marriage
- Every booking, payment, receipt and change kept together
For vendors and venues
Running a wedding business
List for free and pay 5% of each payment a couple makes through NearlyWeds. You set your own packages, booking fee, payment timing and cancellation policy.
- Booking requests for a date, usually with a guest count and package
- Payments through Stripe Connect, paid out to your bank by Stripe
- Your calendar, chat, reviews and earnings in one place
26 kinds of wedding business
From the venue and the celebrant to henna artists, Auslan interpreters and marquee hire. These are the categories you can browse in the app.
- Venue
- Wedding planner & coordinator
- Photographer
- Videographer
- Celebrant
- Caterer
- Cakes
- Mobile bar & drinks
- Florist
- Styling & Hire
- Marquee & tent hire
- Cultural & religious decor
- Lighting & AV
- Music & DJ
- Bands & musicians
- MC & host
- Entertainment & performers
- Photo booth
- Hair & Makeup
- Henna & mehndi
- Bridal & formal wear
- Menswear & suits
- Rings & jewellery
- Stationery & invitations
- Transport
- Interpreters & Auslan
How we keep it trustworthy
Checked, not just listed
A marketplace is only as good as the businesses in it and the way problems are handled. Here's what we do, in plain words.
Every business is checked
Before a vendor or venue appears in Browse, our team reviews its listing. If something's missing, we ask for changes and the listing stays out of search until it's approved. Changing a business name or category later sends it back for review.
Celebrants checked against the register
We check a celebrant's registration against the Attorney-General's Department register before they go live, and once a year after that. Checked celebrants show a Registered marriage celebrant badge.
Reviews only from real bookings
A couple can only review a business they booked and paid in full through NearlyWeds, and only after the wedding. Their name is shown with the review, and the business can reply publicly.
Reports go to real people
Couples and businesses can report a business, a review, a message or a person. Every report comes to the NearlyWeds team. When something breaks the rules, we can hide a review, take a listing down or suspend an account.
Secure payments through Stripe
Booking fees and balances are paid through Stripe's secure checkout. NearlyWeds never sees or stores your card details, and a business's bank and identity details are handled by Stripe too.
Terms you can see up front
Listings show the booking fee, when the balance is due and the cancellation policy. The policy is saved on your booking when you send the request, so later changes by the business don't affect you.
What our team looks for
Every new vendor and venue goes through the same review before couples can find them, and we read the description and look at the photos as well as ticking boxes. We email the business as soon as a decision is made.
Needed before a listing goes live
- At least 3 photos
- At least one active package, so couples can see what's offered and the price
- A service radius for vendors, or a maximum guest capacity for venues
- For venues, every venue details question answered, from wheelchair access to a wet weather option
- For celebrants, how they're authorised to marry couples and, unless they only run symbolic ceremonies, a registration number we've checked
Also checked
- A logo
- A valid ABN
- Stripe connected, so couples can pay through NearlyWeds
A business needs Stripe connected before couples can pay it in the app, so every payment made through NearlyWeds goes through Stripe's secure checkout.
When plans change
- If a business cancels
- You're refunded everything you've paid, whenever it happens.
- If you need to cancel
- Your refund follows the cancellation policy saved on your booking, and you see the amount before you confirm.
- If a booking goes wrong
- Tap Report a problem with this booking. If the business can't deliver, our team can cancel the booking and refund everything you've paid.
Refunds go back to the original card and usually arrive within 5 to 10 business days.
Our values
What we stand for
The ideas behind how NearlyWeds works, and the parts of the app that hold us to them.
Plain words, not fine print
Booking fees, due dates and refund rules are on every listing before you ask. On a booking, the cancellation policy reads in plain words, and you see your refund before you confirm a cancellation.
Fair to both sides
Couples don't pay to use NearlyWeds. Businesses list for free and pay a fee only when a couple pays them through NearlyWeds, and that fee is returned in proportion when a refund is made through NearlyWeds. Each business sets its own terms, and couples see them before they commit.
Trust that's checked
Every business is reviewed before it goes live, reviews come only from couples who booked and paid in full, and our team looks into every report.
Your details are yours
Download a copy of your data or delete your account from your profile whenever you like. A business's phone and email are only shown to people who are signed in, and card payments are handled by Stripe.
Room for every kind of wedding
Weddings in Australia come in every culture, size and style. That's why there are categories for cultural and religious decor, henna and mehndi, and interpreters and Auslan, alongside venues, celebrants and photographers.
Who's behind NearlyWeds
An Australian business, built for weddings here
NearlyWeds is run by Covetable Pty Ltd trading as NearlyWeds. It's built around the way weddings work in Australia, from the paperwork to the payments.
- Prices in Australian dollars, for weddings in Australia
- A checklist with the legal paperwork, including the Notice of Intended Marriage that must reach your celebrant at least one month before the wedding
- Celebrant registrations checked against the Attorney-General's Department register
- Businesses can email couples their ABIA (Australian Bridal Industry Academy) review link from a past booking
- Payments and earnings that businesses can view by Australian financial year, 1 July to 30 June
The business details
- Legal name
- Covetable Pty Ltd
- Trading as
- NearlyWeds
- The app
- everafter-app-8s4.pages.dev
Start whenever you're ready
See it for yourself
Browse venues and vendors without an account. Create one when you're ready to save favourites, message businesses and request a booking.
Free for couples. Free for businesses to list.