How do plus-ones and passes work?

Two numbers decide how many people one reply can cover. Which one applies depends on the link the guest used.

Passes: for personal links

Every guest on your list has Passes (max headcount), set when you add or edit them. It is the most people their personal link can reply for, counting themselves. A guest at their maximum sees "Your invitation is for N guests. Need more? Ask the hosts." and the plus button greys out.

To change it:

1. 1Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Guests & RSVPs.
2. 2Choose the pencil icon on the guest.
3. 3Change Passes and save.

A guest keeps the passes you set whatever they reply. Lowering passes after a guest replied does not change their saved headcount until they reply again.

Plus ones: for the shared link

In RSVP settings, Plus ones is None, or Up to 1 through Up to 10. Anyone replying through the shared link may reply for themselves plus that many. Someone who joined your list by replying on the shared link keeps the larger of their passes and 1 plus Plus ones, even on their personal link, so they can still change their party when they come back. See shared-link replies join the list.

Collect the names

Switch on Require names under Plus ones and the form asks for Guest 2 name, Guest 3 name and so on, one for each extra person. The names appear in the Responses tab ("with Priya, Arjun") and in the responses export.

Where the party shows

• The Party column on the guest list reads "3 of 4" once a guest replied Yes or Maybe, or "Up to 4" before that.
• The headline of the summary card counts everyone coming, not just the guests who replied.
• The host alert e-mail names who they are bringing.

No headcount at all

If the RSVP block in the studio does not ask for a headcount, every reply counts as one person, whatever the passes.