December has too many invitations. Yours should be the easy one.
One tap to read, one tap to reply, and a count you can trust while you are still shopping.
Match the form to the format
Open house
No fixed seating, so the number that matters is peak head count — ask which hour guests plan to arrive.
Seated dinner
Cap capacity at your table size and collect meal choices while you still can change the order.
Office holiday party
Track staff and partners separately, and collect dietary needs for the venue's final numbers.
Gift exchange
Ask if each guest is joining the exchange, so the pairing list matches the people in the room.
Competing invitations change how you should ask
In December most guests are holding three tentative plans at once. Two things help more than a nicer card: a clear date early, and a reply that takes one tap rather than a written response. Leave the "maybe" option on so people can be honest instead of silent, and treat maybes as a separate bucket rather than a yes.
For phrasing, the wording examples include casual holiday lines. For the artwork, see the invitation maker.
Questions people ask
- How do I send holiday party invitations with RSVP?
- Describe the party in a sentence and publish the page. Share the link by text, email or chat. Guests reply without an account, and you get a running count of who is coming and who they are bringing.
- Can I ask guests to bring a dish or a gift?
- Yes. Add a question for what they are bringing, or a gift-exchange question with a spending limit in the answer options. Answers export as a column, so nobody brings the fourth dessert.
- Can I run several holiday events at once?
- Yes. Neighbours' drinks, the office party and the family dinner can each have their own page and their own head count, all tracked from one dashboard. Paid plans allow multiple active events.
- How late can guests reply?
- You choose. Set a deadline and the form closes on that date, or leave it open until the day of the party. December has more competing invitations than any other month, so a deadline a week out is usually enough.
- Can I see how many people are still undecided?
- Yes. Attending, declined, maybe and no-reply are separate numbers, so you can chase only the people who never answered instead of messaging everyone again.