Digital invitation cost for a christening with catering

The caterer's quote arrives on a Tuesday. Price per head, service, bread, drinks, a line for the extra hour, and one sentence in bold: final numbers two weeks before the date. You read it twice and still can't answer the only question that matters — is your cousin coming with two children or with four? A digital invitation for a christening with catering sorts that out in the right order. You build it from the catalogue today, send the link, and the confirmations land in one list while you are still choosing the menu.

The invitation is €29.99, once. The catering is a bill that moves with every reply. Whether you call it a christening or a baptism, the maths works the same way, and the order in which you do things is what saves you the mess.

A digital invitation for a christening with catering costs €29.99

One payment, no subscription, nothing to renew. You can try a design for free first: in test mode you edit the cover and see it as your guests will. When you buy, every scene unlocks, and you can add up to six of your own photos and set which one is the cover. The texts, the music and the RSVP questions are yours to configure in the browser, with no app to install. That €29.99 is the whole invitation line in the budget. Nothing for printing, stamps or envelopes, and nothing to reprint if the time changes.

• €29.99 once for the invitation: no subscription, no renewal.
• Free test mode: edit the cover before you pay; buying unlocks every scene.
• No printing, postage or envelopes to add to the budget.
• Edit the time, place, map or dress code after sending; the link stays the same.

How much does a christening lunch cost per guest?

Caterers price per head, so the number of confirmations is the number that decides your bill. Extras sit outside that price: aperitif, open bar, children's menu, an extra hour of service, and travel if the venue is out of town. A Saturday in high season at a country house with a drive is not priced like a Sunday in the restaurant around the corner.

Ask for the breakdown in writing — price per head, VAT, service, bread, drinks and extras — and check whether the venue wants a minimum number of adults or a minimum spend. That minimum tells you how many people you actually need to invite. Ask for the deadline of the final number too, and work backwards from it. If the caterer needs the count on a Friday, your invitation has to be out well before that.

Send the invitation first, collect the confirmations, then talk numbers with the caterer. That's the difference between an estimate and a list.

How digital invitations close the list before you sign the menu

Confirmations arrive inside the invitation itself, in one ordered list, and you decide what the RSVP form asks, so nobody has to chase replies in a group chat. Guests install nothing: they open the link in their phone browser and answer from there. The site and the invitation work in seven languages, which helps if part of the family lives abroad. If you change the time, the place, the map or the dress code after sending, the link stays the same and nobody gets a second message. Build the invitation today, send it, and walk into the catering meeting with a number instead of a guess.