What it is
More than a signature line.
A traditional guestbook holds the few words people find while standing in a line at the reception. A digital guestbook holds a familiar voice, the way someone looks when they tell a story, a short clip from the dance floor, and the candid photo you did not know anyone took. Guests scan one QR code and choose: take a photo, record a short video, or leave a voice note — it all lands in one private gallery.
- *Photos, short videos and voice messages from one QR code.
- *The camera opens in about two seconds — no app, no sign-up.
- *Everything collects in one private gallery you keep.
Voices
A photo brings back the room. A voice brings back the person.
The entries couples replay years later are rarely the posed shots — they are the ten-second voice notes: a grandparent's blessing, a best friend's joke, the toast from someone who never got the microphone. A digital guestbook makes room for those voices without demanding them. Guests who would rather stay behind the camera can send a photo; guests with something to say can simply say it.
- *Voice notes record right from the same QR camera.
- *Every contribution is optional — a single photo is enough.
- *You listen when you choose; nothing plays in public.
Prompts that work
A specific ask beats a blank 'sign our guestbook.'
A blank prompt produces blank behavior. Put one concrete ask on the sign or table tent and guests suddenly know what to leave. The best prompts invite a small, personal contribution rather than a performance — and different prompts suit different moments of the night.
- *'Leave future us a ten-second note.' — dinner or after the toasts.
- *'Take one photo we will not see from the front.' — ceremony and cocktail hour.
- *'Record the best piece of love advice you have learned.' — any quiet moment.
Beside the paper book
Keep the paper book. Add the memories it cannot hold.
A digital guestbook works alongside a physical one, not instead of it. Put the QR sign beside the pen-and-paper book and say: sign this if you like, scan this if you have a photo, a clip, or a few words to add. The two invite different kinds of memory — the ritual of the signature and the texture of everything around it.
- *Signatures stay in the book; photos, video and voice go to the gallery.
- *One small sign beside the guestbook table is enough.
- *Guests choose the form that feels natural to them.
Private by default
A guestbook for the couple, not a public feed.
Guestbook entries can be personal, so Gooya keeps them that way. Guests are write-only: they send their own memory and never browse what everyone else left. The couple controls when — or whether — the collection is revealed, can hide or remove any entry, and nothing is ever posted publicly.
- *Write-only for guests — no browsing, no comparing.
- *Host-controlled reveal: seal it, then open it together.
- *Hide or remove any entry before sharing.
After the wedding
A guestbook you can actually revisit.
Paper guestbooks get opened once and shelved. A digital one becomes the second album: flip through the photos, replay the voices on an anniversary, and download every original file in one ZIP whenever you like. The Event includes three months of storage, and the vault keeps the gallery active year after year if you want it to.
- *One-click ZIP download of every original file.
- *Replay the voices on your first anniversary.
- *Keep the vault active for $49.99/year — it locks if you lapse, but is never deleted.
