Digital Invitation for an Afternoon Hen Party

It's a Thursday night, twenty-one messages into the group chat, and nobody has decided anything. Someone asks if it's dinner or just drinks. Someone else can't do the whole weekend. The bride has said twice that she doesn't want a house in the countryside. That's when an afternoon hen party starts to look sensible: first drink at 5pm, last toast at 10pm, everyone home, nobody booking Monday off. You can build a digital invitation from the catalogue today, try the cover before paying, and send the link the same evening.

Five hours is plenty for a toast, one workshop and a long table — or for nothing but a terrace and small plates. It is not enough for five activities and a taxi between each one. Pick one thread and the afternoon plans itself.

From 5pm to 10pm: the plan is built by the hour

Let the clock do the work. At 5pm you want daylight and a table you can stand around, not a reservation that makes everyone sit down and behave. If there's dinner, book it for 8pm and order plates to share, so nobody watches the clock or waits for a main. At 10pm you ask for the group photo, split the bill and leave.

• 5pm: vermouth or a spritz on a terrace with high tables and a plate of pickles.
• 6.15pm: a short cocktail workshop in a bar in town; you leave knowing three drinks.
• 8pm: dinner at a table booked in the bride's name, small plates in the middle.
• 9.30pm: karaoke or a playlist at home until 10pm, with one last toast standing up.

Five afternoon hen party plans, no Monday off needed

Choose one. A terrace and a long table. A workshop followed by a late dinner. Karaoke in a private room from 8pm. A 45-minute dance class, then food. Or dinner at someone's flat, everyone bringing a dish, playlist agreed in advance. Stacking all five in one night is what exhausts people, not the hour.

Send the exact address and the meeting time in the same message. If someone is late, they walk in and join; no calls, no 'where are you'. Give a finishing time even if it's flexible. 'We're done at 10pm' hands everyone an exit and nobody has to invent one.

Five hours, one address and a clear finishing time: that's the whole afternoon hen party.

What to write on an afternoon hen party invitation

Keep each detail in its own field, because that's how the layout holds together: label, names, date, one line and place. So 'Marta's hen party' sits above '5pm to 10pm' without either one breaking the frame. Upload up to six photos — a cover shot of the bride, then cocktails, confetti or the last time you were all in the same room — and they frame themselves. Add music, and set your RSVP question to something you'd actually text: 'Are you in?' Confirmations arrive inside the invitation, in one list, so you know who's coming without chasing replies.

The digital invitation takes the last-minute changes

So pick the plan that fits your afternoon and set up the invitation: time, address, photos, RSVP question. One payment of 29.99 EUR, one link to send, confirmations in a list you can read the next morning. Add a printed copy only for the person who'll keep it.