Digital invitation for a lighthouse gala dinner

The last two hundred metres to the lighthouse are gravel, and nobody mentioned it. So you're in the car park at 8:40 pm with your heels in one hand, guessing whether dinner is on the terrace or in the lantern room. A digital invitation removes the guessing: you can build it and send it today from the catalogue, with the dress code, the map and the arrival time in a single link.

A gala dinner at a lighthouse is a good idea with a few sharp edges. Shoes, wind and parking all get decided before anyone leaves the house, and that is exactly what the invitation is for.

At a lighthouse, the etiquette starts with the ground

Long dress, gravel path: they don't mix. If the access is stone or dirt, say so and suggest a low heel or a wedge, with the heels kept for the photo. On a headland the wind lifts skirts and tablecloths, and a wrap or a light jacket is more use than a wide-brimmed hat. Skip "smart casual" on its own: if dinner is at 9 pm on the terrace, write "dark suit, low shoes" and let everyone get it right without calling you.

• Shoes that survive the path: write "low heel or wedge" and note that heels are for the photo, not the walk.
• Start and finish: "dinner at 9 pm, last toast at 12:30 am", so each guest can plan the drive home.
• The map pin on the actual car park, not just the name of the headland.
• One dress code line you can copy: dark suit, wrap in case it blows, no stilettos.

The dress code goes into the digital invitation, and you fix it without resending

The editor gives each piece of information its own field: heading, names, date, message and place. The dress code belongs in the message and place lines, so it appears inside the dinner scene instead of buried in a footnote. There's a character counter, so "dark suit, low shoes, wrap in case it blows" fits without being cut.

If the forecast moves dinner from the terrace indoors and everyone suddenly needs a coat, you edit and the link stays the same. Nobody gets a second message and no envelope goes in the post. That's how digital invitations work: one link, always the current version.

Time, the map and the questions guests ask at 11 pm

A lighthouse usually sits at the end of an unlit road. Put the arrival time and the exact pin in the invitation, and mark when the night ends. RSVPs land inside the same invitation in an ordered list, so you see who's coming without chasing anyone on WhatsApp; guests install nothing and reply from a phone browser. Friends abroad can read it in Spanish, English, Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese or German, and you can set the content per language.

The dress code for a lighthouse isn't improvised at the door: it's written in the invitation, corrected without resending, and confirmed from a phone.

How much does a digital invitation for a lighthouse gala dinner cost?

29.99 EUR per invitation, one payment, no subscription. You can try it free by editing the cover, and buying unlocks every scene. You get up to six of your own photos — the lighthouse at sunset on the cover works well — and you can change the time, place, map, dress code or message after sending. Start your invitation today, and let the only surprise of the night be the view.