Don't Be Shy Booths is a London-based company providing bespoke audio wedding guest book options, where loved ones can leave heartfelt messages.

A phone sits at the wedding, guests leave messages, and you listen back afterwards.
Don’t Be Shy Booths takes that idea much further.

This is a fully hosted, beautifully styled guest experience designed around your wedding, your people and the atmosphere you want to create. From the way the set-up looks, to how your guests are encouraged to take part, to what you receive afterwards, every detail is designed to make the experience feel personal, seamless and memorable.

Your guests pick up the phone and hear a personalised pre-recorded greeting from you before leaving their own message. Some will be heartfelt. Some will be hilarious. Some will turn into stories you had forgotten existed. Others will come from people whose voices you will be incredibly grateful to have captured years from now.

That is what makes it more than a guestbook.

A Bespoke Experience That Feels Part of Your Wedding

Every Don’t Be Shy Booths set-up is styled specifically around your celebration.

The florals, colours, personalised signage and overall look are tailored to complement your wedding theme, so the experience feels like a natural part of the room rather than equipment that has simply been placed in the corner. Guests regularly assume the set-up is part of the décor.

Your personalised greeting also means the experience starts with you. The moment your guests pick up the phone, they hear your voice before leaving theirs.

Hosted From Start to Finish

One of the biggest differences with Don’t Be Shy Booths is that the experience is fully hosted.

Charmaine is there throughout your event, encouraging guests to take part, helping people feel comfortable and making sure the phone does not become something guests notice once and then walk past.

The approach is warm and natural rather than pushy. Some guests need no encouragement at all; others need a little nudge, a conversation or the right moment.

The aim is to read the room, keep the experience flowing and give as many of your guests as possible the chance to leave something meaningful behind.

Don’t Be Shy Booths has been hosted at celebrations ranging from intimate gatherings to events of 170+ guests. At larger events, around 1 in 3 guests have left a message, while smaller celebrations have achieved participation as high as 95%.

More Than Voice Recordings

After the wedding, all of your messages are carefully edited and delivered digitally so you can listen back whenever you want.

But the experience does not stop there.

Selected voice messages can also be transformed into social-ready content, while your most memorable voice entries can be woven through footage capturing the atmosphere of the day, allowing you to hear your guests while seeing moments from the celebration they were part of.

It gives you different ways to revisit the day: the full collection of voices, carefully selected moments you can share, and a film that brings those voices back into the atmosphere of your wedding.

Why Don’t Be Shy Booths?

Because the phone is only one part of the experience.

Charmaine brings more than 10 years of experience across advertising, tech, brand experiences and live events, so attention to detail, audience engagement and creating experiences people actually want to participate in sit at the heart of Don’t Be Shy Booths.

On your wedding day, that means you do not need to think about whether people are using the guestbook, whether the set-up still looks right or whether your guests know what to do. That part is being looked after for you.

It also means the experience can adapt to your guests. A busy evening reception with more than 150 people needs a different approach to an intimate celebration where everybody knows one another. Don’t Be Shy Booths is not a drop-off-and-collect service; the experience is actively managed around the room, the atmosphere and the people in it.

Most importantly, it gives your guests another way to be part of your wedding.

Photographs capture how everyone looked. Video captures moments as they happened.

Don’t Be Shy Booths captures the voices, stories, personalities and things people wanted to say to you when all of your favourite people were together in one room.

The voices you’ll smile, laugh and cry over for a lifetime.