The Voast Blog
Where to Cut Wedding Costs in 2026 Without Losing the Guest Experience
Wedding spending is up 8.5% this year, partly from tariffs. Here's where cutting back makes sense, where it backfires, and a smarter way to capture the day.
Why Couples Choose Guest Experience Over Extravagance
Couples now rank their guests having a good time above everything else on the planning list. Here's what the data says and where a video guest book fits.
Why Are Big Brands Like Amex and Heineken Letting Guests Create Their Own Event Content?
Amex, Heineken and 20 other brands put guests in charge of the content at the 2026 US Open. Here's why it works and how to do it at your own event.
What Should You Actually Ask Guests in a Wedding Video Guest Book?
Stuck on what to ask your wedding guests on camera? Here's a full list of video guest book questions, sorted by tone: sentimental, funny, spicy, nostalgic, and silly.
Why 2026's Biggest Wedding Trend Is Handing the Camera to Guests
Couples in 2026 and 2027 want wedding footage shot from their guests' point of view. Here's why, and how to plan for both the keepsake and the fun stuff.
Meet the Voast Camcorder
No settings, no phones, just the moment. The Voast Camcorder hands your guests the lens so every candid moment — laughs, dances, happy tears — gets caught on camera.
Why Brands Like Kayali and Snapchat are investing in interactive fan experiences
Snapchat, Burberry, and Kayali let guests personalize their 2026 activations. Here's how a video-first booth turns that into real feedback and ownership.
Should You Ban Phones at Your Wedding? Here's How to Still Capture What Matters
Considering an unplugged wedding? Here's the tradeoff no one mentions — and how real couples still capture every guest reaction, phone-free.
Why Are Video Guest Books Suddenly Everywhere at Weddings?
Pinterest's 2026 Wedding Trend Report clocked searches for "video guestbook" up 240% year over year, part of a bigger wave the report groups under "nostalgic tech," alongside wedding projectors (+625%) and camcorder videos (+90%). Couples are trading the pen for the camera. Here's why, and what guests actually say once you get them talking.
Seven Ways to Style Your Voast Booth
Get creative with your booth! Voast booths can be set up in versatile and fun ways that enhance not only the look, but the whole experience!
8 Summer Wedding Ideas We're Seeing Everywhere in 2026
Summer wedding season is officially here, and couples are getting creative. From tarot readers and lounge spaces to ice cream carts and interview booths, these ideas are helping transform weddings into experiences guests will be talking about long after the last dance.
20 questions to get your people talking
Prompts for your Voast Video Kiosk: 20 Questions that will get your people talking
Origins of the Guest Book
Guest books, born out of a rich tradition, find their roots in the grandeur of aristocratic gatherings during the Victorian era.
Graduation Party Ideas That Go Beyond the Cap & Gown
Take a walk down memory lane and don’t forget to capture every step!
Meet the interview booth — the first product designed to capture what your guests actually want to say
You've used a photo booth. You may have tried an audio guest book. Voast is different: an interview booth asking the right questions. (Because you wrote them.)
The Confessional Booth: The Wedding Trend Defining 2026 (and Beyond)
The confessional booth is redefining how weddings are captured, shifting the focus from perfectly planned moments to the real, unfiltered ones in between.
Confessional Booths Are the Wedding Trend of 2026 (Even Wedding Planners Are Stepping In)
Even wedding planners are stepping into the confessional booth, that’s how you know it’s more than just a trend. The best way to capture the full story of a wedding or event, from every angle, in real time.
How to Throw a Traitors-Themed Party (and Actually Make It Feel Real)
A Traitors-style party thrives on secrets, suspicion, and just enough structure to let the chaos unfold naturally. Add a confessional booth, and suddenly every whispered theory and dramatic inner monologue becomes part of the story, turning your night into something that feels less like a party and more like your own reality TV show.
The Confessional Booth: How to Get Everyone Talking
The confessional booth is where the real stories come out: unfiltered, unexpected, and better than any prepared speech.
Making the case for every wedding to have a blooper reel
Hours of planning. Months of going over budgets, itineraries, timelines. If you ask a bride-to-be, how wedding planning really going? Most often, you’ll be met with a gaze of bewilderment. Somewhere between managing family expectations, sticker shock of producing a pinterest-worthy event, and marrying the love of your life, it can get a bit overwhelming.
Sometimes, you just need a good laugh.
While there’s not time for everyone to give a speech (and we cannot, in good conscious, recommend an open mic), there is a way to capture this downright silly energy: on the dance floor, in conversation, and on your video booth.