‘E-invite’ guests with an ease

Planning an event is not an easy task. It involves a lot of work such as ordering food, decorating the venue and of course, inviting guests. If you are hosting a family event such as a wedding or a birthday bash, inviting guests is not that difficult but if it is a corporate event in which thousands of people are expected to attend, informing people about the event and inviting them becomes the toughest task. Some websites come to the rescue of event planners and managers. There are many free websites which school and college students can use to plan events in their institutes.

Users can create events and invite people and let them respond whether they are attending or not on the customised web pages of the events. And these pages can be created on websites like eventbrite.com, Ettend and Spalshthat.

Eventbrite.com provides users with many online tools to bring people together for an event. Users can create customised web pages for their events using their logos and images and add the who, what, when, where and why details. People can register and buy tickets online from the webpage and event managers can create and send bar-coded tickets using these tools.

When users visit this website then it automatically locates them through the IP addresses of their computers and tell them about events taking place in their respective cities. The website is popular in the United States of America (USA) but users can register their events for free from any part of the world. 

Using the Facebook app of the website, users can know which of their Facebook friends are going to attend a particular event. Eventbrite mobile applications allow event managers to know who is coming, print guests list and validate bar-coded tickets. Attendees too can access information using these apps. 

Splashthat users can track RSVPs of their guests and upload photos on the customised web page of the event. According to the website, its tools allow event planners to plan, budget, schedule, brainstorm, share files with team members, and more. Ben Hindman, the creator of event planning start up, says, “I discovered something peculiar about successful events: They never die. As an event planner, you have two equally crucial jobs: generate excitement leading-up to the big day and capture memories from the event that will live on forever.” The premium features of the website are priced and event planners can subscribe to all the features for Rs. 1200 a month.

Ettend.com provides similar features for free but if tickets for the events are priced then it charges a flat fee of Rs. 50 per ticket booked on the site. Other websites that can be useful for event planners are easyeventplanning, myevent, bedouk, etc.