Digital invitation for your Bilbao christening

It's raining in Bilbao and there are three things on the kitchen table: the parish leaflet with the date circled, a screenshot of the restaurant in Deusto, and the family group chat where two aunts have already asked what time it starts. Nobody can answer, because the restaurant hasn't called back. That's where most christenings in Bilbao stall — and it's exactly where a digital invitation earns its keep, because you can build it today from the catalogue and publish it the same evening the venue says yes.

You don't need the final headcount, the menu or a seating plan to send it. You need a date, two times and an address. Everything else gets edited inside the same link later, without resending anything to anyone.

Three things get settled before the invitation goes out

The parish sets the hour. Noon at the neighbourhood church means lunch at half past two in Deusto or Abando, and the invitation has to say both in one place, not spread over five messages with screenshots. Meanwhile the list moves between the family group and the cousins in Getxo. And almost nobody fixes the restaurant menu before the date is locked, so whatever you send has to be publishable the day the venue confirms.

• The exact time of the ceremony, and the time you actually sit down at the restaurant.
• The baby's full name exactly as you want it to appear on the cover.
• The restaurant address with a map, plus one short line if parking in the centre is a problem.
• A cover photo picked from the six you can upload — checked on a phone, not only on the laptop.

How a digital invitation meets the Bilbao christening deadline

No trip across the river to a printer, no waiting on proofs. You choose a design from the collection, test the cover for free in the editor and publish straight from the browser, with nothing to install. You share one link, a QR code or a message. Guests open it on their phone and reply without downloading an app.

If the restaurant in Neguri moves lunch from 14:00 to 14:30, you change the scene and keep the same link: whoever opens it sees the updated version. Replies arrive in a list inside the invitation, so there's no chasing answers in the group chat the week before. The cover photo can be replaced after it has gone out, too.

Edit it once, and the link everyone already has shows the new version.

What does a digital invitation for a christening cost?

29,99 EUR per invitation, paid once. No subscription, and no per-copy arithmetic like the paper quotes that change the moment the guest list grows. Same price whether you send it to thirty people or a hundred.

Paper for the grandparents, a link for everyone else

The invitation is digital, so nothing gets printed or posted. If someone wants something to hold on to, the sensible version is both: a link for everyone and a handful of printed copies for the grandparents who will keep theirs in a drawer. Your guests only need a phone, a tablet or a computer with a connection — no account, no download. The site runs in seven languages and the invitation content can be set per language, which matters if you have uncles in Argentina or Italy reading it in their own.

Get the design picked and the cover tested before the restaurant confirms the hour. Then you publish the same afternoon and the link goes out with both times, the map and the reply form already in it. The digital invitations in the collection are the place to start — pick the one that looks like the day you're actually having.