Do guests get a map, directions and ride apps?

Guests never have to copy an address into another app. Wherever the invitation prints a place, it also offers a way to get there.

The map and directions

A design with a venue block shows an embedded Google map of the venue (its own address, or the event's venue when the block was left blank) with a Get directions button that opens Google Maps. The map loads only on the published page; in the studio it reads "Map preview shows on the published page".

Beside the directions sit the ride apps. A tap opens the app with the drop-off already filled in, and on a phone the app itself opens with the destination set.

Which ride apps guests see

Each place decides for itself from its address:

• India: Ola, Uber and Rapido.
• US and Canada: Uber and Lyft.
• Australia and New Zealand: Uber and DiDi.
• UK, Ireland and much of Europe, plus South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria: Uber and Bolt.
• The Gulf, Jordan and Pakistan: Careem and Uber.
• Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam: Grab.
• Any other country: Uber. A place with no country in its address gets Uber and Lyft.

Some of these apps publish no link that carries a destination, so they open their own site and the guest types the place.

Where directions appear

• The schedule prints one stop per date and place, with the venue over its address, Directions and the ride apps. The address is never repeated per function. See the schedule.
• Each place to stay card has its own Directions.
• The reminder e-mails carry the venue with Get directions.

Get the address right

1. 1On the Essentials step, type the venue's name in Venue and pick it from the search.
2. 2The Address fills itself and the place keeps an exact directions link that every function at this venue uses.
3. 3Typing a new name by hand drops that link, so pick from the search again after a change.

Calendar links and the countdown are described in Add to calendar and countdown.