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Digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party

Dinner ends at 11, the after party starts at 11:30 somewhere else. A digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party shows both times on the first screen

Send The Joy · October 30, 2026 · 3 min read

Digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party open on a phone resting on a cleared gala table
Dinner ends at 11, the after party starts at 11:30 somewhere else. A digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party shows both times on the first screen

The dinner starts at 8:30 and ends at 11. By 11:20 everyone is on the pavement with a coat over one arm, asking the same question: where now? If the answer lives in a group chat, half the table reads it at midnight, after they have already decided to go home. A digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party puts both times on the opening screen, and you can build and send yours today from the collection.

It comes down to one line per place: dinner at 8:30, after party at 11:30, and the second address written where the first one ends. No small print, no "details to follow", no message at midnight.

Put the dinner time and the after-party time side by side

Most digital invitations spend their length on the menu and leave the second half of the night to guesswork. Guests do not read the page twice. They scan for the time, the place and what to wear, then close the tab. Two times on one line, each next to its own address, does more than a paragraph of explanation.

  • One line, both times: Dinner 8:30 · After party 11:30, somewhere else.
  • The after-party time sits next to the name of the venue, so the taxi decision takes two seconds.
  • No footnotes. On a phone, small print lands under the confirm button and gets read after people have already replied.
  • Dress code by stage: black tie for dinner, trainers allowed once the tables are cleared.

Digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party: two scenes, not two sends

Each scene is a page with its own text and its own photo. Build "Long dinner" with the entry time, the room name and the dress code. Then "Last dance" with the club's address and a picture of the dance floor before anyone is standing on it. A photo of the set table for the first scene, the lights already on for the second.

The invitation opens as a web page. Nothing to download, no app to install, no PDF sitting in a camera roll called invitation_final_v3. Guests swipe from the toast to the party on the link you already sent. You can use up to six of your own photos, mark which one is the cover, and swap any of them after publishing.

Digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party open on a phone resting on a cleared gala table
Dinner ends at 11, the after party starts at 11:30 somewhere else. A digital invitation for a gala dinner with after party shows both times on the first screen

The dinner ends at 11. The invitation should not end with it.

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How to create digital invitations that give the after party a real address

Write the street and the number, even if it is the club everyone goes to. The guest who flew in does not know which square you mean. Add the map link for the second location and open it on your own phone before you publish, on mobile data, just once. Then a line about what is inside: welcome drink, music until 3, nothing to eat. That sentence stops people arriving hungry and annoyed. Pick a design, type the after-party time next to the venue name and hit publish. If the club changes at 7pm, you edit the scene and the link stays the same, with no re-sending and no version three. Try it free, then unlock every scene for 29,99 EUR, paid once.

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