Guest book: messages from your guests
Guests write a few words in your guest book from the invitation page. You choose which entries go into the book, and you can have the whole book emailed to you as a PDF, free of charge.
On this page
Open the guest book
- Open Invitation, then Guest side, then Guest experience, and make sure the guest experience is on.
- Under Online invitation visibility, set Guest book to Visible or After reply.
- Open Planning or the Invitation tab, then Guest experience, and make sure the guest experience is on.
- Under Online invitation visibility, set Guest book to Visible or After reply.
On new events the guest book starts closed. It needs the guest experience and a published invitation, so the free trial or Premium. In the guest book, Guest book link gives you a link that takes guests straight to it.
How guests sign it
On your guest page, guests open Guest book, write their name and up to 1,000 characters, and press Sign the guest book. Entries are text only, without photos, sound or links. If you chose After reply, guests reply to the invitation first.
Guests have no button to change or remove an entry after sending it, but they can write another one.
Choose what goes in the book
New entries wait under New. Guests are told that each entry is read before it appears. For each entry:
- Add to the book: it appears on your guest page and goes into the PDF.
- Hide: guests do not see it, and it is left out of the PDF. You can add it back later.
- Delete: deleted for good.
A private guest book
Turn on Private book if only you and your team should read the entries. Guests can still write, and are told that only the hosts will read it. Their entries go straight into your book, and the book is no longer shown on your guest page.
Entries written while the book was private stay private, even if you later show the book to your guests again.
Keep it as a PDF
Press Email me the book. Every entry in the book, in the order guests wrote them, is set as a PDF with a cover and sent to your account's email address. It is free, and you can ask for it again as the book grows.
Frequently asked questions
Is the guest book free?
Collecting entries needs the guest experience, which needs the free trial or Premium. Emailing yourself the book as a PDF is always free.
Can guests read what others wrote?
Yes, the entries you add to the book, unless the book is private. New and hidden entries are seen only by you and your team.
Can guests sign the book after the event?
Yes, while the guest book is open. After the event your invitation becomes a page of memories with the gallery and the guest book. See Memories page after the event.
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