Some of the best moments at a wedding happen when the photographer is somewhere else.
It might be the laughter while everyone is getting ready, a quiet message from a grandparent, the reactions before the ceremony or the conversations happening around the tables while you are busy greeting guests.
For 2027 weddings, Phone Memories is introducing a new way to preserve those moments: the Wedding Vlog Kit.
The idea is simple. Give the cameras to the people who know you best and let them capture your wedding from their point of view.
Your wedding through your guests’ eyes
Professional photographers and videographers do an incredible job of capturing a wedding beautifully. However, even the best professional cannot be in every room or part of every conversation.
Your friends and family see a different side of the celebration.
They are with you while you are getting ready. They hear the stories being shared at the bar. They see the reactions around the room during the speeches and experience the dance floor from inside the party.
The Wedding Vlog Kit helps capture these informal, spontaneous moments alongside your professional wedding photography or videography.
It is not intended to replace a wedding videographer. It gives you another, more personal perspective of your day.
What is a Wedding Vlog Kit?
The Phone Memories Wedding Vlog Kit is a guest-operated camera package designed for weddings.
The kit contains easy-to-use compact cameras that can be passed between trusted friends and family throughout the celebration.
Guests can record:
- Wedding-morning preparations
- Personal messages for the couple
- Guests arriving
- Reactions before the ceremony
- Behind-the-scenes moments
- Table conversations
- Speeches and reactions
- Evening celebrations
- Dance-floor footage
- End-of-night messages
There is no camera operator attending your wedding. Your guests decide what to record, creating a candid collection of memories from the people closest to you.
How does wedding vlog camera hire work?
1. Reserve your wedding date
Book the Wedding Vlog Kit as a standalone service or add it to a qualifying Phone Memories Audio Guestbook booking.
2. Receive your prepared kit
Your kit is supplied in a protective case with straightforward instructions, charging equipment and everything needed for your guests to start recording.
3. Choose your guest vloggers
Select a few reliable friends or family members and ask them to pass the cameras between trusted guests during the day.
You do not need one person to film everything. In fact, using different guests helps create a much more personal record of the wedding.
4. Return the equipment
After the wedding, return the kit to Phone Memories using the provided return process.
Your raw, unedited footage will then be prepared for digital delivery. If you would also like a finished film, add our optional editing service.
What makes guest-filmed wedding footage different?
Wedding vlog footage is not supposed to look like a traditional cinematic wedding film.
Its appeal comes from its spontaneity.
Guests are more relaxed around their friends, so the cameras can capture conversations, jokes, reactions and emotional messages that might not happen in front of a professional camera crew.
You may also discover moments that you never knew happened until you watch the recordings afterwards.
The result is a wedding keepsake that feels informal, personal and genuinely connected to the people who shared your day.
Optional wedding highlight-film editing
Both kit prices include your raw, unedited footage: every clip your guests record, exactly as it was captured. Some couples will love receiving it just like that.
Others may prefer a finished film that brings the best usable moments together.
For an additional £129, Phone Memories can review the usable footage, select the strongest moments and assemble them into an edited wedding highlight film.
Editing is completely optional.
The finished result will always depend on how much footage your guests record and the quality of those recordings. Editing can organise and improve the material, but it cannot recreate moments that were not recorded.
Combine video with an Audio Guestbook
The Wedding Vlog Kit works particularly well alongside a Phone Memories Audio Guestbook.
Your Audio Guestbook captures the voices, stories and heartfelt messages your guests leave for you. The Wedding Vlog Kit captures the candid activity happening around the celebration.
Together, they let you hear what your guests wanted to say and see more of what they experienced.
Couples with a qualifying Phone Memories Audio Guestbook booking can add the Wedding Vlog Kit at a reduced price.
Wedding Vlog Kit prices for 2027
Standalone Wedding Vlog Kit — £299
Hire the Wedding Vlog Kit without booking another Phone Memories product. Includes your raw, unedited footage.
Audio Guestbook add-on — £249
A reduced price for couples adding the Wedding Vlog Kit to a qualifying Phone Memories Audio Guestbook booking. Includes your raw, unedited footage.
Optional edited highlight film — add £129
Have the strongest usable clips selected and assembled into a finished wedding highlight film.
Dates are limited, so check availability for your wedding date and we will confirm the next steps.
Is the Wedding Vlog Kit right for your wedding?
The service may be ideal if you:
- Love candid and informal wedding memories
- Want to see parts of the day you might otherwise miss
- Have friends or family who would enjoy recording footage
- Already have a photographer but want more behind-the-scenes memories
- Want guest-filmed video without hiring another person to attend
- Are booking a Phone Memories Audio Guestbook
- Would enjoy receiving both the original recordings and an optional edited film
The cameras should be entrusted to responsible friends or family members, with an adult supervising any use by children.
Limited introductory availability for 2027
Phone Memories is initially releasing a limited number of Wedding Vlog Kits for 2027 weddings.
This allows us to carefully introduce the service, support each booking and ensure every kit is fully prepared before it is sent.
If you would like to use the Wedding Vlog Kit at your wedding, we recommend checking your date early, particularly for popular spring and summer Saturdays.
See the moments you missed
Your wedding day will pass incredibly quickly.
The Phone Memories Wedding Vlog Kit gives your favourite people a simple way to preserve the laughter, messages, reactions and behind-the-scenes moments happening all around you.
Check whether the Wedding Vlog Kit is available for your 2027 wedding date.
Reserve it as a standalone hire from £299, or add it to a qualifying Phone Memories Audio Guestbook booking for £249.