Dinner invitation wording
Name the host, the occasion, the date, the time and the address, and say whether partners are welcome, because places at a table are counted. If the evening has a shape guests should know, put the drinks, the courses and the speeches in the running order.
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Collecting meal choices and dietary needs
Ask each guest to choose meat, fish, vegetarian or vegan, renamed to match the menu, and leave room for allergies in their own words. Set a deadline that suits the kitchen; replies stay changeable until then, and the export gives the chef one column per question.
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The dinner guest list
A dinner list is short but exact. Keep plus-ones off unless the evening welcomes partners, use a saved list for a regular supper club, and add newcomers later knowing that only they receive the invitation. Draw the tables in the seating plan, or import a list with a table column and the guests arrive already placed.
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Greeting dinner guests
For a small table your list is enough: greet guests by name and show them to their places. For a larger dinner, door check-in scans a QR code on any phone and shows each guest’s table and seat from the seating plan, so nobody wanders the room looking for a place card.
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