How do guest groups and sides work?

Groups are the simplest way to keep a large list readable: who belongs to which side, which family, or which table of friends.

Set a guest's group

1. 1Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Guests & RSVPs.
2. 2Choose Add guest, or the pencil icon on an existing guest.
3. 3Type anything in Group / side, such as "Family", "Friends" or "Bride's side".
4. 4Save.

A group is free text, so spell it the same way for everyone you want together. The list of groups on an invitation is simply the set of values you typed. In a spreadsheet import, a Group (or side, tag, category, family) column fills it in for every row.

What groups do

• Search: typing a group name in the search box finds everyone in it.
• Message one group: in Message guests, choose the audience A guest group and pick the group. This audience appears only once the invitation has groups.
• Exports: the Group column is in the guest list and responses CSV files.
• Responses tab: each reply shows "Invited as <name> · <group>".
• Planner: where the planner is on, groups name the parties' sides and sections for seating.

The "Replied via link" group

Someone who replies through your shared link without being on the list is added as a guest in the group Replied via link. That group also decides how many people their personal link may reply for; see shared-link replies join the list. Move them to another group once you know who they are.

Groups and tags

In the contact book a group becomes a tag, and a contact can carry several. When you add a contact to an invitation with From contacts, their first tag becomes their group.