Anniversary party RSVP
Guests reply with a headcount and a memory of the couple that ends up in the toast.
What's inside
A yes gives a headcount; everyone, coming or not, can say if they were at the wedding and share a memory and an old photo.
- 1Your name
- 2Will you celebrate with us?Yes, we'll be thereSorry, we can't make it
- 3How many of you, you included?Only if “Will you celebrate with us?” is Yes, we'll be there
- 4Were you at their wedding in 1986?Yes, I was thereNo, I came along later
- 5A favorite memory of Rosa and Luis, for the toast
- 6An old photo of them, if you have one
Turning replies into the toast
Send the link six weeks out for a 40th or 50th. Guests are often older, travel further and plan around family, so more notice means more yeses.
The memories are the toast. Pick three or four that show who the couple are, read them aloud with each guest's name, and keep the rest in a book for the couple.
Ask everyone who was at the wedding to stand during the toast. The replies tell you how many to expect, and the couple sees decades of friends rise at once.
Old photos make a slideshow or a table display. Play them on a screen during dinner, in the order of the years.
Anniversary RSVP questions
Can people who can't come still send a memory?
Yes. Memory and photo are asked of everyone, so relatives abroad and friends who can't travel are part of the night through the toast and the slideshow. A guest who says no still reaches both questions and then gets an end screen of their own. Send the link to far-off cousins too, since their stories are often the ones the couple has never heard.
Can the party be a surprise for the couple?
Yes. Send the link to guests one by one or in a group chat without the couple, and write in the intro that it's a surprise. Replies reach only you, not other guests, so the memories and photos stay hidden until the toast. Ask guests to arrive 30 minutes before the couple, and put that time in the intro too.
Which anniversaries usually get a party?
Most families celebrate the 25th (silver), the 40th (ruby) and the 50th (golden). The same form works for any year: change the title, the intro and the wedding year in the question. Each reply counts up to five people. If whole branches of the family answer together for a 50th, raise that number in the question's settings so a family of seven can reply once.
- Retirement party RSVPColleagues reply, offer a short speech and write a line for the memory book, coming or not.
- Dinner party RSVPKnow who is coming, what they don't eat and who brings a guest before you plan the menu.
- Cocktail party RSVPGuests reply, name their plus-one and vote on the signature drink, so the bar matches the crowd.
- Holiday potluck RSVPGuests reply, pick a course and name their dish, so the table plans itself.
- Graduation party RSVPCount party guests and ceremony seats in one reply, and collect advice for the graduate.
- Housewarming RSVPKnow who's dropping by and when, who's driving, and who will help hang the pictures.
- Going-away party RSVPFriends reply and leave a way to stay in touch, so the person leaving takes everyone's details along.
- Brunch party RSVPGuests pick their eggs and drink ahead, so you cook once instead of taking orders at the stove.
- Prom group sign-upYour prom group signs up with dates, limo seats, dinner orders and a parent's phone in one reply.
- Murder mystery party sign-upGuests claim a character, each one only once, and leave an email for their secret clues.
- Backyard BBQ RSVPEach guest orders off the grill, so you buy the right number of burgers and veggie patties.
- Boat party RSVPThe boat has a fixed number of seats, and the form closes itself once they're taken.
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