Digital invitation for a retirement in Bilbao: the price

It's a Tuesday afternoon in Indautxu and someone has done the sums on the back of an envelope: a lunch for fifty, a few printed cards, stamps to Getxo and Santurtzi. Then the sensible question turns up — how much does a digital invitation for a retirement in Bilbao actually cost? €29.99, paid once. You pick a design from the catalogue, write the cover and send the link the same afternoon.

No quote to wait for, no minimum order, no trip to the print shop on the other side of the river. Here is the whole bill, and what happens when the txoko falls through and the meal moves to a restaurant two streets away.

How much does a digital invitation for a retirement in Bilbao cost?

€29.99, one payment, one invitation. The price doesn't move with the guest list: no charge per head, no monthly fee, nothing to renew once the lunch is over. That figure has no printing, no envelopes and no courier in it, which matters when the crew is spread across Bilbao, Getxo and Santurtzi. Nobody has to work out stamps. And before you pay anything, the cover is free to try: you edit it in the browser and only unlock the rest of the scenes when you buy.

• €29.99 as a single payment: no subscription, no renewal after the celebration.
• No printing, no envelopes, no postage: guests get a link, a QR code or a message.
• The cover is free to test; buying unlocks every scene of the invitation.
• Replies arrive in one ordered list inside the invitation, so nobody chases answers one by one.

What's inside the €29.99, scene by scene

Each scene is a handful of fields: label, names, date, phrase and place. Every field has a character counter, so the text stays inside the frame instead of spilling over the edge. You can use up to 6 of your own photos — the one of the retiree in the work coat on the cover, five more of the crew or the family — and they crop themselves into the frame. Swap the cover photo later and the layout holds.

Music and the confirmation questions are yours to set. Ask who's staying for the meal and who's only coming for the final toast; the answers land in the invitation itself, in one list. The label on the cover settles who is inviting: 'The Indautxu office' or 'The Sunday family' ends the classic 'and who's behind this?'. The gift fits in a single line on the closing scene — 'no gift, just your company at the meal on the 14th' — with no lists and no odd links.

A retirement invitation needs three things: a date, a place and a link that still works when one of them changes.

Digital invitations that update without a second message

If the meal moves from the txoko to a restaurant, you edit the invitation and the link stays the same; guests who open it again see the new time and the new map. Change the dress code or the wording and there's nothing to reprint and no second message for the group chat. Guests open it in any mobile browser, no app to install, which works the same for the 30-year-old colleague and the 78-year-old sister. The page runs in 7 languages and the invitation content can be set per language, handy if part of the family flies in for the tribute. It's digital from start to finish: if someone wants paper, the sensible version is the link for everyone plus a few printed copies for whoever keeps them. Pick a design, test the cover for free and publish the link as soon as the date is fixed.