Digital invitation: birthday at a restaurant with allergies

You've booked the restaurant for your birthday. The set menu looks good, but then someone mentions a gluten intolerance, and you realize you need to ask everyone. A digital invitation lets you do that in one link: you write a line asking about allergies, guests reply there, and you call the restaurant with a clean list. You can create and send yours today from the catalog.

Here's how to set it up so the restaurant gets the right numbers and you don't spend the week chasing replies. The trick is to ask for the right information in the right place.

First the numbers, then the menu

Before choosing the menu, write two columns: how many people are coming and what someone can't eat. With 14 confirmed and two celiacs, the restaurant knows what to cook. Ask just enough: 'Anything you can't eat?' works better than a ten-field form that nobody finishes. Set a deadline: 'let me know by Thursday the 8th' so you can call the restaurant on Friday with the final number.

• Confirmed diners, with first and last name, so you can give the exact number to the restaurant.
• Allergies and intolerances noted one by one: who, what, and whether it's mild or severe.
• Special or kids' menus that need to be ordered in advance.
• Your phone number for the morning of the birthday, in case the restaurant needs to reach you.

How a digital invitation asks about allergies for a birthday at a restaurant

In the editor there's a phrase field: write 'If you have any allergies or intolerances, let me know and I'll talk to the restaurant before we finalize the menu.' It appears on the same page as the date and place. The confirmation arrives in the invitation's ordered list: you see who's coming and how many without opening five different chats. You can also configure the RSVP questions to suit your event, so you get the information you need in one place.

If you prefer details in writing, put your phone number in that phrase and ask the guest to message you. No one needs to install an app for that. The RSVP form doesn't have a checkbox for allergies. That information is a conversation, not a checkbox. A note like 'no traces' is different from 'I'd rather avoid', and that nuance gets lost in a form but understood in a chat.

The allergy isn't a checkbox: it's a conversation.

Why a digital invitation closes this birthday

You can edit after sending: if the restaurant changes the time or menu, the same link shows the new version and no one has to resend anything. Confirmations arrive inside the invitation, in an ordered list, so you close the number with the restaurant without chasing anyone on WhatsApp. 29.99 EUR, one-time payment, no subscription; guests don't install anything and you can add up to 6 photos, music and your own RSVP questions. It's all inside the same link, so you don't have to send anything twice. Ready to close the menu? Create your digital invitation and send it today.