Digital invitation: Halloween haunted forest walkthrough

It's 00:12 on the Friday before Halloween. A guest opens your link in bed, half asleep, and scrolls for one thing: what time do I turn up? If the first thing they read is the name of the party in a curly font, they message you. You'll answer the same question eight times before breakfast. A digital invitation for a haunted forest walkthrough puts the time above the decoration, and you can build it from the catalogue and send the link tonight.

Here's the order that works: entry time first, tone second, the gate with the pumpkins third. After that, the link takes over the admin while you're still out hanging fake cobwebs.

The entry time goes above the haunted forest walkthrough

Put the time in the cover label, not in the small print. The cover is what a guest sees before tapping anything. Write 'Entry 21:30' or 'Entry 22:15' there and let the event name sit underneath. On the next line, one sentence for tone: 'Pretend scares, no gore.' Use the phrase field for the forest hook — 'bring a torch and boots' — and the place field for the real address, the one with the gate covered in pumpkins.

• Entry time in the cover label — 21:30, 22:00 or 22:30 — not 'from around eleven'.
• The tone note on one line: 'Pretend scares, no gore.'
• The full address with a landmark you can see: street, number, the gate with the pumpkins.
• Dress code in real words: boots, dark clothes, a small torch, no heels on wet ground.

One time slot per group, not a 'we'll see'

If you're 25 or 30 people, the walkthrough runs in groups. Write 'Group A 21:30 / Group B 22:00 / Group C 22:30' in the invitation text so each guest hunts for their letter. A fixed slot per group is what separates a haunted forest from a queue at the gate. And changing a slot doesn't mean resending anything: you edit the invitation, the link stays the same, and everyone sees the corrected time the next time they open it. No reprinted cards, no second round of messages.

Set the scare level by who's coming, in the same place. If there are kids in the group, 'fun mystery'; adults only, 'corridor scares, nothing explicit'. Add the dress code right underneath, because that's the question you'll get the night before, and don't promise anything the route can't deliver.

Write the time, the tone and the gate. Boots, a torch and turning up on time are the guest's part.

Photos of the porch, not of the scare

You can add up to six photos of your own; the editor frames them for you, you mark which one is the cover, and you can swap any of them after sending. Use the decorated house, the carved pumpkins by the step, the dark cloth over the lamp in the hallway. Nothing that shows the route, and nobody in a costume who hasn't agreed to end up on a link. Don't wait for the perfect decoration either: publish with last year's porch photo and change it the afternoon you set up.

Why a digital invitation runs the night

It's your own web page with its own link, not a PDF: send it by WhatsApp, QR code or message and guests open it in a browser, no app to install. Confirmations land inside the invitation in one ordered list, and you write the questions on the form yourself, so you know who's coming in Group B without chasing the chat. Change the time, the address or the dress code after sending and the link stays the same. How much does a digital invitation cost? 29.99 EUR, one-time payment, no subscription, and you can test a design and edit the cover for free before you pay. Pick one from the catalogue, publish with one button and send the link this afternoon.