Sunday Birthday Brunch Invitations: Time Slots That Work

On Saturday at 11pm, you send the Sunday birthday brunch invitations: 'Sunday, ours, 12ish.' By Sunday morning, three people have asked what time, one wants to come after her run, and one wants to know if there is coffee or only cocktails. You are still typing when the first guest rings the bell.

A Sunday birthday brunch invitation should answer those questions before they arrive. It gives people a page with their own time slot, a closing hour and a place to reply. The hungover Sunday crowd does not move as one group. Plan for that.

Give the birthday brunch invitation named time slots

Instead of one start time, write three. 11am for the early coffee, 1pm for the people arriving with last night behind them, 3pm for the long coffee. Add the closing time: the table is cleared at 4pm. Say that guests can come and go inside those windows.

• 11am: Coffee round. For the ones who wake up before the house.
• 1pm: Second toast round. For the guests who need a slow start.
• 3pm: Last table. For the long coffee and the late arrivals.
• 4pm: Table cleared. No one turns up when you are paying.

Let the RSVP ask for the time slot, not just yes or no

Set the first confirmation question as the time slot. The RSVP list then lands inside the invitation already ordered: 11am people at the top, 3pm people at the bottom. You decide the other questions too.

Add one text field for 'Are you bringing someone?' and another for 'Anything for the table?' The answers stay in the same invitation. You are not chasing replies on WhatsApp on Saturday night. If someone has not answered, you can see it in the list and send the link again.

A brunch invitation works when it says when to arrive, what is on the table and when the table is cleared.

Put the bar, the table photo and the late change on one page

Announce the bar in one line: 'Coffee, juice and Bloody Mary; help yourself if you want one.' That keeps the vodka optional and gives the non-drinkers a clear path to the coffee. If the Bloody Mary is the star, give it one photo: the jug, the celery, the ice. A picture of your actual table says more than an ingredients list.

Use up to six photos: cover, venue, host and a few decorative ones. The cover should be the table set for Sunday, not last year's birthday group shot. Coffee cups, a rumpled linen napkin, morning light. You can mark which photo is the cover and swap it later. If rain moves the brunch from the terrace to the living room, edit the place, map or dress code and the link stays the same. Guests see the current version. No resending.

A digital invitation gives you one page for the time slots, the RSVP questions, the photos and the last-minute changes. Share it with a link or a QR code. Guests open it in a browser, with no app to install. It costs €29.99 as a one-time payment, and you can edit it after you send it.