For the couple and whoever's hosting
The engagement party is the first gathering under both families' names. Put the date, the place, and the tone on one page, invite everyone with the same details, and watch replies land on a single guest list.
An engagement party is the first time your two sets of people are in the same room, so the invitation weighs more than it looks. Guests arrive wanting to know who they're celebrating, whether their partner is included, and how formal the evening is. Put those answers on one page and the room settles before anyone walks in.
There isn't a dedicated engagement-party design in the app yet, so you begin from the closest celebration setup and rewrite every line in your own words. What comes with it is the part a first gathering actually needs: a shareable page both families can open, replies tracked against names, plus-ones inside a limit you set, and reminders for whoever hasn't answered.
Both families, a few friends on each side, and nobody wondering whether they may bring someone. Each guest replies against their own name and adds a partner within whatever limit you set, so the two sides stay balanced and you can see the shape of the room before you book it.
A parent will say a few words, maybe a friend, maybe the couple. Note roughly how the evening runs — arrival, a short toast, dinner or drinks — so guests know when to be quiet and when to sit down without someone asking mid-sentence what happens next.
Engagement parties often outgrow the restaurant corner you had in mind. Because replies and plus-ones land on one list, you get a working number early enough to move tables or change rooms before the deposit is spent.
Keep it short. Guests read an engagement page on their phone between other things.
Adapt these rather than inventing the whole invitation from a blank page.
Marta and Tom are engaged, and we'd love to mark it before the wedding plans take over. Come for dinner, drinks, and the first toast.
Saturday 12 October, from 7:00pm. The Garden Room, 14 Riverside Walk. Dinner and a short toast, then we'll keep the bar open.
Partners are very welcome. Please add their name when you reply so we can seat everyone together.
Let us know by 20 September. If anything changes on the day, this page will carry the latest.
How it works
Start the event in the web app, or message Jitabi on WhatsApp with who's celebrating, the date, and the place. Since there's no engagement design, pick the nearest celebration type and change the headline and details into your own party.
Add the names you expect from each family, decide whether plus-ones are open, and set a reply-by date. These are the settings that turn scattered messages into one countable list.
Share the page to both family groups by WhatsApp, SMS, or email, or print its QR code on paper cards for the relatives who won't open a message. Everyone lands on the same details.
Replies tick names off as they come in, reminders reach the quiet ones, and if the time or room moves you change it on the page so every guest reads the corrected version.
Questions
No. One page carries every detail, and you send the same link to each group however they prefer to be reached — WhatsApp to one side, email or a printed card to the other. Everyone sees the identical date, address, and plan, so no one works from a rumour.
That's your call, and you set the limit. When you allow plus-ones, a guest adds their partner's name on the reply and it lands on your list counted. If the venue is tight, close plus-ones and the page simply says the invitation covers named guests.
There isn't a dedicated engagement design yet. You begin from the nearest celebration setup and rewrite the wording as your own party. The tools that matter for an engagement — a shareable page, tracked replies, plus-ones, and reminders — come with it.
Because each reply attaches to a name on your list, you can see who's confirmed from each side while there's still time to act. If one family is answering more than the other, a quiet reminder to the silent names balances the room.
Change it once on the page. Every guest who opens the link afterward sees the corrected details, and you can send a short note through WhatsApp or email to anyone already invited so no one arrives at a locked door.
Get Started
Start the engagement page with the details you have now, share one link with both families, and let replies build the guest list while you plan the rest of the evening.
