Event types
A birthday and a private view do not ask the same questions.
So Winglark does not give them the same form. Guest management for each type brings its own fields, its own RSVP questions and its own reports.
25
types today
Each one changes the form, the RSVP questions and the report. Adding a type is editing data, not writing code — which is why there are 25 rather than three.
Asks about
- 01Age group
- 02Cake time
- 03Allergies
- 04Accompanying adults
These are not labels on the same form. Each one changes what the guest is asked, what the organiser plans around, and what the final report can break down.
All 25, and what each one is for.
Celebration
- Birthday
- A birthday for an adult or an older child.
- Children’s birthday
- One invitation brings a child and an adult. Counting and allergies work differently.
- Graduation
- A ceremony and a celebration, often with a seat limit.
Life events
- Wedding
- Two ceremonies, a seating plan, meals, transfers — the most demanding type there is.
- Engagement
- Two families, one evening.
- Baby shower
- Gift lists, and sometimes a surprise to keep.
Art and culture
- Exhibition
- Who came matters more than how many. Segments, visit times and interest in works.
- Gallery opening
- Doors open, work goes up, and the room fills in the first hour.
- Private view
- The opening evening of a show.
- Festival
- Several days, several areas, people coming and going.
Corporate
- Meeting
- Agenda, attendance mode and roles. The output is decisions, not a guest count.
- Conference
- Sessions, parallel rooms and per-room capacity. Guests choose what they attend.
- Business event
- The general-purpose corporate gathering: a room, an agenda and a guest list.
- Corporate event
- Departments, approvals and name badges.
- Seminar
- One subject, one speaker, a fixed length.
- Training
- Several sessions, attendance tracked, sometimes a certificate.
- Workshop
- A hard cap, materials, and usually a waiting list.
Commercial
- Launch
- Press, embargo and a demo area.
- Gala
- Tables, protocol and often a fundraising target.
- Dinner
- Seated, timed and catered, so the numbers have to be right.
- Reception
- People arrive across a window rather than at a time.
- Venue event
- The venue is the host: a run of nights, a hire, or a room let out.
- Networking
- People come to meet each other, so the profile is the point.
Anything else
- Private event
- Deliberately open-ended, for everything that does not fit.
- Something else
- Start plain and add what you need.
25 types today. Each one earns its place by asking something the others do not.
Questions
What changes between event types?
The guest fields, the RSVP questions and the reports. A conference asks about sessions and attendance mode; a wedding about meals, transfers and the table plan; a private view about the artist, the visit time and press.
What if my event fits none of the types?
Choose “Other”: the same guest list, invitations, door and reports, without the type-specific fields.
Do plus-ones work for every type?
Yes. The plus-one allowance is set per guest — none, one, several or open — and each plus-one is counted, can answer the questions, and gets a code of their own if the door is on.
Can a guest change their reply?
Yes. The latest reply counts and the earlier ones stay in the record. Silence is kept as its own state — “no answer” is never counted as “no”.
Your first event is free.
Fifty guests, real invitations, real replies. No card required.