RSVP for multi-day weddings
Indian wedding RSVP website
One yes is not enough when a guest might come to the sangeet and reception but not the haldi. Duva collects a separate response for every function, reaches family here by text and in India by WhatsApp, and gives your caterer an exact count per event.
Illustrative example with fictional guests.
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- separate headcounts
- +91
- reached on WhatsApp
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- languages for elders
- Free
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An Indian wedding RSVP website collects a separate response for each function. In an illustrative 350-person invitation plan, everyone could be invited to the reception, 200 to the ceremony, 150 to the sangeet, and 60 to a haldi at home. These are invitation counts; attendance depends on each guest’s submitted answer. Duva tracks responses per invited party member and event. SMS and WhatsApp messages deliver links to a browser form, with no Duva account required. RSVP collection is free; sending invitations and reminders requires the one-time $10 messaging unlock.
One wedding, four different headcounts
Take that New Jersey wedding as the running example. The reception is the full 350 — the open, formal event everyone is asked to. The pheras under the mandap draw 200: close family, the friends who are part of the couple’s life, the relatives who flew in. The sangeet is 150 — the crowd who will actually dance until 1 a.m. The haldi is 60, held at the family home the morning before, just the innermost circle. Four events, four completely different numbers, and no way to derive any of them from the wedding "total."
A single yes-or-no RSVP throws all of that away. Duva keeps every function as its own question: each guest sees only the events they were invited to and accepts or declines each one, so a college roommate can confirm the reception while an aunt confirms everything from the haldi onward. Your dashboard carries all four live counts side by side — no spreadsheet gymnastics to figure out how many plates the sangeet needs.
- Accept each event on its own. A guest can say yes to the reception and sangeet while declining the haldi — every function is answered separately.
- Different circles per function. The full 350 at the reception, 60 at the home haldi — each event invites exactly who belongs.
- Four counts, one screen. Live attending, pending, and declined totals for every ceremony at once.
Reach family here by text and in India by WhatsApp
A desi guest list is split across continents, and no single channel reaches all of it. Duva looks at each number and routes accordingly: a US mobile gets a text, a +91 number in Mumbai or a +44 cousin in London gets the same invitation on WhatsApp — the app they open a hundred times a day. That is the reach no US-only builder can match, and it is why the relatives who would never open an email invitation still end up on your reception count.
Choose English, Hindi, or Gujarati for the wedding-site interface. Review the exact page you will share and write your event descriptions and travel notes in the languages your guests need. The standalone party RSVP link currently uses English.
- +1 numbers get a text. Guests here reply on a mobile browser page — no app, no login.
- +91 and abroad get WhatsApp. Guests with supported numbers outside +1 receive a WhatsApp link and answer in a browser form.
- Preview the page language. The site interface supports Hindi and Gujarati; standalone party links use English.
The numbers your caterer keeps asking for
Vendors do not want a guest count — they want the right one for their event. Your caterer needs the sangeet number to size a buffet and a separate reception number to plate a seated dinner; the decorator sizes the mandap to the pheras crowd; the venue needs each room’s capacity checked against its event. Duva hands each of them their own figure because every function already tracks its own responses, complete with the meal breakdown attached to it.
That meal detail is collected in the same reply. Guests note whether they want vegetarian or non-vegetarian, and you can capture Jain, halal, or specific dietary needs, tied to the guest and the event. When it is time to give the caterer final numbers, you filter to the sangeet attending list or the reception meal counts and export — no second spreadsheet, no reconciling two versions the week of the wedding.
- Veg, Jain, halal, dietary. Collect meal preferences and restrictions per guest, per event, alongside the RSVP.
- A count per vendor. Export the sangeet buffet number and the plated reception count separately, each caterer-ready.
- One source, no reconciling. Every function’s numbers live in one dashboard, so there is no second list to keep in sync.
One reply for the whole family
Indian families RSVP as families. A single invitation often covers a couple, their kids, and a visiting grandparent, and asking each person to respond alone is how a 600-name list turns into 600 half-finished replies. In Duva the head of a household answers for the entire group in one response and marks which members are coming to which functions — so the parents make the haldi while the whole family makes the reception.
A party form lets one guest answer for the invited family members, with different attendance for each event. Review the roster for duplicate guest records and incorrect invitations before sending; a link-based response is not an identity guarantee.
- The household answers once. One person confirms the whole family and sets each member’s attendance per function.
- Reviewable attendance. Responses stay attached to the invited guest and event; review your roster for duplicates.
Deadlines and reminders across a multi-day schedule
A multi-day wedding does not have one RSVP deadline — it has a cascade. The home haldi needs numbers earliest because it is catered small and personal; the sangeet venue wants its count next; the reception can take replies latest but involves the most people to chase. Duva lets you set the timing you need and then does the nagging, re-messaging only the guests who have not answered, on the same text or WhatsApp thread their invitation used. You are not personally texting sixty relatives the week before the haldi.
You can also carry the conversation past the RSVP. Schedule a "one week to go" note or day-of logistics — where the baraat gathers, when the shuttle leaves — to just the guests attending a given function. The same tool that collected the response walks each guest all the way to the event.
- Nudges the quiet ones only. Reminders reach guests who have not replied and leave everyone who has alone.
- Timed per function. Set earlier deadlines for the small home events and later ones for the reception.
- Same thread to the day. Follow-ups and day-of logistics ride the same text or WhatsApp conversation.
Built for a 300–600-guest list and beyond, free to run
Everything here is built for scale from the first import. Bring your list in from a spreadsheet or add guests by hand, tag each to the functions they are invited to, and send; household replies keep the responses consolidated and reminders handle the follow-up, so hundreds of guests never become hundreds of chores. Invite a parent or your planner to help manage it all so it does not rest on one person.
And running it costs almost nothing. The website, the guest list, and per-function RSVP collection are free — no subscription, no fee that climbs with your guest count. Messaging is a single $10 unlock: the invitations and reminders Duva sends by text and WhatsApp never use credits, and credits exist only for a separate broadcast you write yourself, like a morning-of "the baraat leaves at four" — the unlock puts 100 of them in your account.
- Scales to 800+. Import a big list, assign guests to functions, and send at full scale.
- Share the load. Invite a parent or planner to help manage responses across every function.
- No subscription. RSVP invitations and reminders never use credits; credits only cover your own broadcasts.
An RSVP built for the whole celebration
Per-ceremony responses, two channels, two languages, one dashboard.
Per-ceremony RSVP
A separate response and headcount for the haldi, sangeet, pheras, and reception.
WhatsApp to India
Relatives on supported +91 numbers receive an invitation link in WhatsApp.
Hindi & Gujarati
Preview the language of the page you will share with relatives.
Meal preferences
Veg, Jain, halal, and dietary needs, per guest and per event.
Timed reminders
Earlier deadlines for small events, later for the reception.
Guest-linked responses
Attendance stays attached to the guest and event it belongs to.
Frequently asked questions
How do guests RSVP to each ceremony separately?
Each guest sees only the functions they were invited to and accepts or declines each one on its own. In a 350-guest wedding, everyone might answer the reception while 200 answer the pheras, 150 the sangeet, and 60 a home haldi — and Duva keeps all four live counts side by side for your vendors.
Can relatives in India RSVP without a US phone?
Yes. Duva sends the invitation to +91 and other supported numbers outside +1 over WhatsApp, the app most family abroad already use daily, while Guests with +1 numbers get a text. Both land on the same dashboard, so a guest in Mumbai and a guest in New Jersey answer the same way from your side.
Can elders respond in Hindi or Gujarati?
Duva supports English, Hindi, and Gujarati for the wedding-site interface. Preview the exact guest page and write your own event descriptions and travel notes in the languages your guests need. The standalone party RSVP link currently uses English.
Will my caterer get a count for each event?
Yes. Because every function tracks its own responses and meal preferences, you can export the sangeet buffet number and the plated reception count separately, each with vegetarian, Jain, halal, and dietary breakdowns. There is no second spreadsheet to reconcile.
Can one person RSVP for the whole family?
Yes. The head of a household confirms everyone in the group in a single response and marks which members attend which functions, which keeps a list of several hundred guests consolidated instead of scattered across individual replies. Responses are stored against the invited party members and events. Guests should check the names and event choices before submitting; hosts can review and correct attendance in the dashboard.
Is the RSVP website really free?
Yes. The website, guest list, and per-function RSVP collection are free, with no subscription and no per-guest fee. A one-time $10 unlock covers the invitations and reminders sent by text and WhatsApp — they never use credits — and includes 100 credits for a separate broadcast you write yourself, like a day-of baraat time.
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Collect Indian wedding RSVPs free
Assign guests to each function and collect separate responses on a browser form. Messaging is a one-time $10 unlock covering invitations and reminders, with 100 credits included for your custom broadcasts.
Last updated September 12, 2026