How to Send Birthday Invitations by Text or WhatsApp

Why not just a group chat?

A group chat can mix conversation and replies, making a final count difficult to reconcile. A proper invitation gives you yes, no, and how many, per person, plus dietary notes if it is a dinner. It also lets you invite people who are not in the same chat without merging worlds.

Why not Evite?

Evite reserves an ad-free invitation experience for Premium. For a child's party that may not matter. For a milestone birthday, a dinner, or anything you want to look considered, an ad-free, watermark-free invitation reads very differently. Our Evite comparison lays out the differences plainly.

Surprise parties and adults-only

For a surprise, put "It's a surprise, please don't mention it to Sam" in the first line of the invitation and in the message. For adults-only, write "grown-ups only this time" on the invitation. If it is a kids' party, ask for the parent's name and any allergies in the dietary notes.

Bloomvite limits and sharing

Bloomvite is free for one event and up to 50 people, including plus-ones and children, with all ten templates and no watermark. You share guest links yourself by text, WhatsApp or your own email. Pro is $39 per event for up to 300 people and adds invitation emails and automatic RSVP reminder emails, envelope reveal, seating, CSV import and QR check-in. Large event is $79 for up to 1,000 people. Guests need no account or app to RSVP.

Automatic RSVP reminder emails are a Pro and Large event feature. They target eligible pending guests with an email address while the published event is open for replies, subject to sending limits. They are not automatic texts. Follow up manually with guests who have no eligible email address. See current pricing and RSVP features.