A bride's confession: If you're even thinking about renting an audio guestbook, please read this first. I almost made the biggest mistake of my wedding planning… and one text message saved me.
The Text That Changed Everything
I was literally about to hit 'Book Now' on a rental audio guestbook. Cart loaded. Credit card ready. One click away from a massive mistake.
Then my phone buzzed.
"WAIT. Before you rent that phone, call me. I'm serious. Don't book anything yet."
It was from my best friend Jess, who had gotten married six months earlier.
I almost ignored it. I'd been researching audio guestbooks for three weeks. I'd read all the reviews. I'd compared prices. I was ready to check this off my list and move on.
But something in her message felt urgent.
So I called.
"Whatever you do," she said immediately, "do NOT rent."
"I Rented Mine And I've Regretted It Every Single Day"
Jess's voice was intense in a way I'd never heard before.
"Listen to me. I spent $450 to rent an audio guestbook for my wedding. It worked fine. I got all my recordings. Everything went perfectly and everyone loved it."
"Okay… so what's the problem?" I asked, confused.
"The problem is that I don't HAVE it anymore!" she practically shouted. "I had to send it back! And now, every time I want to use one — my baby shower, my parents' anniversary, literally ANY family event — I have to rent AGAIN and pay ANOTHER $450!"
She took a breath.
"But that's not even the worst part."
"What's the worst part?"
"The worst part is that I paid $450 for something I loved… and now I have NOTHING to show for it except audio files on my computer. I can't hold it. I can't display it. I can't look at that beautiful vintage phone and remember my wedding day. It's all just… gone."
There was a pause.
"Two weeks ago, I was playing my wedding recordings for my mother, and she started crying. She said, 'I wish we could do this for my birthday party.' You know what I had to tell her? 'Sorry, I don't have it. I rented it and sent it back.'"
Her voice cracked.
"I felt so frustrated, Claire. I spent hundreds of dollars on something that meant the world to me… and I couldn't even share it with my own mother."
What She Told Me To Do Instead
"There's this company called Eternal Keepsake," Jess said. "They make audio guestbooks you actually KEEP. Like, it's yours forever. You own it."
"How much?" I asked, already assuming it would be way out of budget.
"That's the crazy part — it's even cheaper than renting! Like about $300. But you KEEP IT. Forever. You can use it at your wedding, then at your baby shower, then at your kids' birthdays, then at your anniversary parties… it's YOURS."
I was quiet for a second, just processing what she was telling me.
"Claire, I'm telling you this because you're my best friend and I don't want you to have the same regret I have. If I could go back, I would've bought one in a heartbeat. But I didn't even know it was an option."
She paused - "Don't make my mistake. Please!"
The Best $300 I've Ever Spent (And I'm Not Exaggerating)
Alright. I'm writing this two weeks after my wedding.
And I need you to understand something:
The Forever Phone from Eternal Keepsake was hands-down my favourite part of my ENTIRE wedding.
Not my dress (which was gorgeous).
Not the venue (which was stunning).
Not even the food (which everyone raved about by the way).
It was the audio guestbook.
Here's why. Everything else at my wedding was beautiful… but it was temporary.
The flowers wilted. The huge cake got devoured. The decorations were all packed up.
But the voices?
The voices are FOREVER.
And because I OWN the phone — because it's sitting on my bookshelf right now as I type this — I can hear those voices whenever I want.
I don't have to dig through files on my computer.
I don't have to wait weeks for a company to send me recordings, or worse, I heard some horror stories where the rental company actually LOST the recordings!
I just pick up my Forever Phone… and I'm transported back to my wedding.
The Moment I Knew I'd Made The Right Choice
It was just after 8 o'clock on my wedding night.
I was taking a quick breather at our sweetheart table, watching my guests dance and mingle.
And then I saw my 84-year-old grandmother slowly walk over to the Forever Phone. So, of course I followed!
She picked up the handset and listened to my custom greeting.
I'd recorded a message saying, "You know how much we love you! Thank you for being here, it means the world. Leave us a message we can treasure forever!"
I stood close to her and just watched her talk.
She talked into that phone for three full minutes. I watched every second.
She smiled. Then she laughed. Then she wiped tears from her eyes. There was a lot of background noise from all my guests on the dance floor, so I couldn't hear exactly what she said.
When she hung up, she turned and gave me a huge nanna hug and a big kiss on the cheek. I will absolutely cherish that moment for the rest of my life.
Two days later, on my honeymoon, I just had to listen to her message.
Nanna told me about the day she married my grandpa. She told me what marriage taught her and what it meant. She told me how proud she was of the woman I'd become.
She told me she loved me in a way she'd never quite expressed before.
I sobbed uncontrollably. I love my nanna so much.
Then I thought about what Jess said:
"I don't have mine anymore. I had to post it back."
If I'd rented, I would've had to package up that beautiful vintage phone. The phone my nanna held in her nurturing hands.
The phone containing my dad's message.
The phone with Jess's drunken, heartfelt rambling.
I would've had to put all of that in a box, mail it to a stranger, and trust them with the most precious recordings of my life and wait weeks, praying nothing went wrong.
Instead?
It's right here. Right now. In my hands. FOREVER.
"Bestie! Send Me that Forever Phone site! We're Getting One For My Baby Shower"
This is the text I got from my VERY pregnant girlfriend, Sarah, yesterday and she was SERIOUS. So I called her.
After she saw the wedding photos on Instagram, after I sent her my nanna's message, we both cried.
Not gentle tears. Ugly crying. The kind where you can't breathe.
Because Sarah understood immediately.
Sarah's been trying for a baby for three years. THREE YEARS. This wasn't just a baby shower — this was the miracle they'd been praying for. She didn't want to borrow my Forever Phone. She needed her OWN. For her daughter's journey.
"I'm obviously ordering the baby pink! I want everyone to tell her something special, to say hello, before she's even here. Messages she can listen to forever. We'll play these at her 21st!"
And then we cried again.
That's exactly what The Forever Phone does — it makes you understand that some moments are too precious to risk.
- ✨ I can use it at my own baby shower (no pressure, Steve!)
- ✨ I can bring it to family reunions
- ✨ I can set it up at holiday dinners
- ✨ I can use it at my parents' anniversary party
- ✨ I can have it at my future kids' milestones
- ✨ I can literally use it for THE REST OF MY LIFE
This isn't just a one-time wedding expense.
It's a lifetime investment in capturing the voices of everyone I love.
And every single time I use it I'm adding to this incredible audio archive of my life. All of them captured on the same beautiful vintage phone.
They're mine to keep, to hold, and treasure.
The Messages I'll Replay For The Rest Of My Life
Out of 87 guests, 47 left messages. That's a 54% participation rate. At a WEDDING. Where people are busy dancing, drinking, and eating.
Let me tell you about a few:
My dad's message: He tried to be funny at first, doing this terrible phone voice. Then he got serious. He said, "I've watched you grow from a little girl who was afraid of the dark into a woman who lights up every room she enters. I am so proud to be your father."
I've listened to that message eleven times.
Jess's message: She was pretty tipsy. OK, she was drunk. Well and truely! She told an absolutely mortifying story from our last year in high school that I can't repeat here. But then she said, "You're the sister I got to choose. I love you so much it's stupid."
Every time I listen to it, I laugh until I cry.
The Best Man's message: He talked about the first time my husband Steve told him about me. How Steve's whole face changed. How he'd never seen his best friend look at anyone the way he looked at me.
Even Steve cried when he heard it! He tries to act tough but he's really just a big teddy bear underneath.
A message from three of my bridesmaids together: They were all talking over each other, giggling, clearly a few too many cocktails in. Luckily the Forever Phone's audio is super clear. Though it didn't help their completely off-key version of our favourite song. It was chaotic and beautiful and perfectly THEM!
My nanna's message (the one I mentioned earlier): I can't even talk about this one without crying. But I know I'll listen to it on every anniversary for the rest of my life.
Messages from guests I barely got to talk to: This might be my favourite surprise. At a wedding, you're pulled in a thousand directions. There were people I only got to hug quickly. But they left messages. And now I get to hear the things they wanted to say but didn't have time to. I love it.
Every single one of these voices would have been at risk if I'd rented.
Every single one could have been lost in shipping, corrupted in processing, or stuck on a device I had to return.
I read one rental horror story where a bride waited 6 weeks for her recordings. The rental company went out of business. She never got them back. Her grandmother's last message — gone forever.
That's not a risk I was willing to take. Not with my nanna's voice. Not with my dad's toast. Not with memories I can never recreate.
Instead, they're forever safe.
They're forever mine.
They're an ETERNAL KEEPSAKE.
What My Guests Kept Saying All Night
"Oh my God, this is so cool!"
"Wait, wait, wait! I want to do this again, I messed up!"
"This is the best wedding idea I've ever seen!"
"Hey Claire, are you going to let me listen to these??"
"This is THE BEST wedding I've ever been to!"
Honestly? The audio guestbook became a focal point of my entire reception.
People LOVED it.
Three separate guests asked me where I got it. One of my cousins literally ordered one from the reception venue bathroom. I'm not kidding.
My younger cousins thought it was hilarious and kept going back to leave progressively sillier messages.
My older relatives I don't see often got super emotional and treated it like a real ceremony.
My friends turned it into a game to see who could leave the funniest (I use that term loosely!) message.
It was interactive. It was meaningful. It was FUN. And it IS FOREVER.
And here's the best part:
It was SO, SO easy.
I followed the instructions and had it set up in like five minutes. Once it's plugged in and charged, turn it on and you're good to go.
Now, I'm not techy AT ALL. If I can set this up in 5 minutes while stressed about my wedding, anyone can.
The custom greeting I'd recorded made it super clear what to do.
The phone worked flawlessly all night because it's got a huge power standby so there's no issues whatsoever.
And the next morning, I just plugged it into my laptop and instantly had all 47 messages.
No waiting. No hoping. No stress.
Just pure, beautiful, captured memories.
The Real Reason I'm Writing This
I'm not trying to sell you anything.
I'm just a bride who almost made a really big mistake… and who wants to save you from potential regret.
Because here's the truth:
If Jess hadn't texted me, I would've rented.
I would've spent around $450 on something I'd have to return.
I would've mailed those precious recordings to a stranger and hoped for the best.
I would've gotten the audio files back (fingers crossed) and filed them away on my computer.
And I would've spent the rest of my life wishing I'd done it differently.
But I didn't.
Because Jess, someone who loved me, warned me in time and helped me make the best decision I've ever made.
All I'm doing is the same for you.
If You're Planning A Wedding Right Now, PLEASE Listen
Don't rent. I'm begging you. Please don't make Jess's mistake. Please don't risk losing voices you'll never get back.
You're going to love your audio guestbook so much that paying $450 just to use it once will feel insane in retrospect.
I promise you, you're going to want to use it again.
You WILL display it in your home.
You're going to want to OWN the thing that holds some of your most precious memories and has been held by the most precious people in your life.
And if you rent, say goodbye to all of that, because you'll have made a permanent decision that you can't undo.
But if you buy The Forever Phone?
- ✅ You'll use it at your wedding (obviously)
- ✅ You'll have it forever (no returns, no shipping stress)
- ✅ You'll control your recordings from day one (no waiting weeks)
- ✅ You'll display it proudly in your home (it's absolutely GORGEOUS)
- ✅ You'll use it at future events (baby showers, anniversaries, birthdays)
- ✅ You'll build a lifetime audio archive of your family
- ✅ You'll never have the regret Jess has
It's cheaper than most rental companies.
And it's yours FOREVER.
So why would you choose anything else?
This Is Your "Jess Moment"
My best friend saved me from a decision I would've regretted for the rest of my life.
Now I'm trying to do the same for you.
If you're reading this and you're planning a wedding…
If you've been looking at audio guestbook rentals…
If you're about to click "Book Now" on a dodgy unreliable rental…
Stop.
JUST STOP!
I promise you — hand on heart— you will be so much happier owning a Forever Phone audio guest book.
You'll use it on your wedding day and think, "This is phenomenal."
You'll use it at your baby shower and think, "I'm so glad I OWN this."
You'll prepare for your second baby shower and say, "It's time to take our Forever Phone off the shelf!"
You'll use it at your 10th wedding anniversary and think, "This was easily the best decision I made during our wedding planning."
Let me be your Jess.
So here I am and I'm telling you: Don't rent. Own it. Keep it FOREVER.
You'll thank me for it.
The Forever Phone Is Waiting For You
I chose the Ivory White because it matched my wedding colours perfectly.
But they also have Baby Blue, Baby Pink and Piano Black for a real elegant theme. Rumour has it they're developing an antique style that should be available soon.
Each one is gorgeous. Each one records crystal-clear audio. Each one becomes an instant family heirloom.
And each one costs roughly the same as a single rental…
…but you keep it for life.
When you click below, you'll see all the colours, all the features, and everything that makes the Forever Phone from Eternal Keepsake different from every boring rental out there.
And then you'll understand why I'm so grateful Jess stopped me from renting.
The Forever Phone is a lifetime memory vault that starts at your wedding and grows with your family FOREVER.
Don't rent your memories.
Keep them.
👉 [BE THE JESS IN YOUR FRIENDSHIP GROUP - GET YOUR FOREVER PHONE HERE]
"P.S. — My grandmother asked me the other day if she could "borrow the phone" for my aunt's birthday party next month. I said of course. And then I realised: This phone is already becoming a family treasure. It's been part of MY wedding, and soon it'll be part of my aunt's birthday, and eventually my baby shower, and my kids' milestones… This isn't just MY forever phone. It's becoming our FAMILY'S forever phone. And it all started because I chose not to rent. Make the same choice. You won't regret it."
All My Love, Claire 💕
👉 [I'M READY TO KEEP MY MEMORIES FOREVER - SHOW ME THE FOREVER PHONE]
BRIDE TIP: Order now and you'll have it in your hands in about 7 to 12 days. That means plenty of time to practise, customise your greeting, and get comfortable with it before your big event. No last-minute shipping panic. No wondering if it'll arrive in time. Just pure peace of mind. And after all the stress of planning, PEACE OF MIND IS EVERYTHING!
"P.P.S. — Three years from now, you'll either be holding your Forever Phone, playing your grandmother's voice for your children... or you'll be wondering why you didn't spend $300 to keep the voices of the people you love. One of these futures is permanent. Choose wisely."