Reception
An invitation for everybody you could not fit in before.
The reception is usually the widest guest list of the wedding: colleagues, neighbours, parents' friends, the relatives who could not come for the week. Many of them are invited to nothing else, and should not be sent the whole programme to find the one line that is theirs.
Just the reception, for the people invited to just the reception
Every guest has their own link and sees only their celebrations. Somebody from the office opens an invitation to the reception — the date, the venue, the dress code — and nothing about a Haldi they were never part of.
Replies you can hand to the caterer
Guests reply with how many of their party are coming and, if you offer a choice, their meal — vegetarian, Jain, or whatever your menu has. The replies arrive as counts, not as messages.
Called what it is
Reception, Walima, Mooh Dikhai, Aashirwad — the name is yours to set, and a Muslim wedding's invitation calls it the Walima from the start.
Where the Reception starts
Tick it when you create your invitation and it is filled in for you — then change any of it.
- When
- 7:30 pm, the day after the wedding, for about 4 hours
- Dress code
- Indian formal
- For guests
- Dinner, family and dancing, to celebrate the newlyweds.
What families ask
Can we invite colleagues to the reception only?
Yes. Each guest sees only the celebrations they are invited to, so a reception-only guest sees the reception and nothing else.
Can guests choose a meal when they reply?
Yes, if you list meal options. The replies show how many chose each one.
Can the reception be a different city from the wedding?
Yes. Each celebration has its own date, venue and map, and times are shown in the wedding's local time.