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Which features fit my event?

A map of InviteBird's guest engagement features — the ones on every event, and the game suites that appear only for your occasion.

Last reviewed 7 min read

On this page7 sections
  1. Extras you can add to any event
  2. Game suites that match your occasion
  3. The things every suite shares
  4. Where each extra shows up
  5. Two things to know about turning features on
  6. Common questions
  7. Related articles

InviteBird has a growing set of extras that make your invitation more than a save-the-date — games, music, and keepsakes your guests join in on. Some are available on every event; others appear only when your event matches a specific occasion. This page maps them all so you can see what fits yours.

You turn on the extras you want, one at a time, from that feature's section of your event. Nothing is forced on you, and turning something off always keeps its content saved for later. (The occasion suites below give you a head start: open one before you send and the few that suit your occasion start switched on — every one of them still has its own switch.)

Extras you can add to any event

These work on any occasion — a wedding, a birthday, a reunion, a fundraiser, anything:

  • Ask — one place for everything you want to ask your guests. A quick vote (pizza or tacos?), a pick-several question, or an open box for a note — all answered in one step of the RSVP. See Polls and your own questions.
  • Quiz — one set of questions, two ways to play. During RSVP is the quiet game guests answer as they reply, scored for you. Live at the event is the big-screen, against-the-clock game with everyone on their phones. Run either, or both.
  • Music and playlists — guests request songs as they RSVP, and you can build a real Spotify playlist.
  • AI party song — write a custom song with AI, or pick a ready-made track, to play on your invitation.
  • Voice note — record a short spoken hello guests hear when they open the invitation.
  • Event FAQ — answer the questions guests always ask, right inside the RSVP.

Beyond these, most events can also collect meal choices and dietary needs, gather what guests will bring, arrange seating, and share a photo album — covered in their own guides.

Game suites that match your occasion

For five occasions, InviteBird adds a suite of games and keepsakes made for that occasion. Each suite appears only when your event's occasion matches — set the right occasion and it shows up on its own:

  • Baby shower → Baby Shower Essentials: Diaper raffle, Baby predictions (scored when the baby arrives), Who knows the parents best, Gift bingo, Advice for the parents, Letters to the baby, Books for baby.
  • Bridal or couples shower → Bridal Shower Essentials: Who knows the couple best, Gift bingo, Advice for the couple, For their new home (with printable recipe cards and date-night slips), A letter for year one, Stock the bar.
  • Birthday → Birthday Party Essentials: Guess the birthday star, Who knows the birthday star best, Guess the jar, This or that, a Prize drawing, Wishes & memories, Gift hints — chosen for the age.
  • Graduation → Graduation Essentials: Who knows the graduate best, Advice for the next chapter, The 10-year capsule, a Prize drawing, Gift hints — chosen for the level, from preschool to college.
  • Retirement → Retirement Essentials: Career trivia, The memory book, The one-year capsule, a Prize drawing.

When you first open a suite before you send, the games that suit your occasion start switched on (for a birthday, once you tell us the age). Keep the two or three that fit your party and switch the rest off. If you send first, nothing switches on by itself.

The things every suite shares

Underneath the occasion names, the same mechanics run across the suites. Each has its own guide:

  • Who knows them best — the guest of honor (or a parent, for little ones) answers privately on their own phone, guests guess, and only the guests are scored. You never see the answers before you reveal, so you get to play too.
  • Keepsake prompts — ask guests how they know the guest of honor, then serve each of them the right question instead of a blank box. With voice, and a branch for people who reply no.
  • Time capsules — the thing that arrives later: letters to the baby, a letter for the first anniversary, graduation and retirement capsules that get graded.
  • Gift bingo — for the gift opening at a shower. No setup at all.
  • A drawing — the diaper raffle, Stock the bar, or a prize drawing, drawn on the big screen. At a graduation or retirement the entries can be earned.

Each suite is occasion-only — you won't see the bridal games on a birthday, and vice versa.

Where each extra shows up

Extras surface in one of three places, which is worth knowing when you're planning:

  • In the RSVP flow — your Ask questions, the trivia round, the FAQ, song requests, and most of the shower/birthday games appear as steps a guest walks through while replying.
  • On the invitation page — the voice note, the event song, the playlist card, and notes like Books for Baby and Gift Hints show on the invitation itself.
  • At the party — the live quiz, gift bingo, the reveals, and the draws happen on the day, run from your Event Day tab.
  • Long after it — a time capsule opens on the day it's due and lands in your inbox to pass on.

One thing worth knowing about suite screens: the guessing games share one RSVP screen — the occasion's guessing game, a few quiz questions, and at a birthday the jar and a handful of This or that pairs — and each occasion collects words in one place. Switching a game on doesn't add a screen.

Two things to know about turning features on

A feature only reaches guests once it has content. Turning a module on is the first step; it appears to guests only when it also has something in it — at least one poll question, one trivia question, one FAQ, and so on. This is deliberate: it means a guest never lands on an empty step. If you've turned something on but it's not showing in Preview, check that you've added its content.

Occasion suites depend on your event's occasion. The baby, bridal, birthday, graduation, and retirement suites appear only when your event is set to that occasion. If a suite's tab is missing, your event's occasion is set to something else.

Common questions

How do I turn a feature on? Open your event and find the feature (Ask, Quiz, Playlist, Song & Music, Voice note, FAQ, or your occasion's Essentials). Each starts with a simple yes/no question; tap yes and follow the short setup.

Where did the Polls, Trivia and Live Quiz tabs go? They merged into two. Polls and your own questions are now one Ask tab, so guests answer everything in a single step instead of two. Trivia and the live game are now one Quiz tab with two play modes. Nothing was lost — your existing questions, answers and votes all moved with them, and old links still land in the right place.

Can I use several at once? Yes. Mix and match freely — a birthday could run a couple of Ask questions, a live quiz, and the Birthday Party Essentials suite all together. Just keep the guest's RSVP from getting too long; a few well-chosen extras beat a dozen.

Why don't I see the shower or birthday games? Those suites are occasion-specific. Make sure your event's occasion is set correctly — a baby shower for the baby games, a bridal shower for the bridal games, a birthday for the birthday games, and so on.

Do any of these cost extra? No — the engagement features are included on every plan. You're only ever billed by guest count when you send your invitations, per Plans and pricing.

A feature is on but guests aren't seeing it. Almost always because it has no content yet. An enabled-but-empty module is hidden so guests don't hit a blank step. Add a question, a track, or an answer, then check Preview.

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