“Can I bring someone?” is one of the questions your guests ask most. Your guest list already has this covered: you decide for each person who may bring a plus-one, and the rest happens automatically as soon as they reply.
Allowing a plus-one
When adding or editing a guest, you'll find the “Plus One erlauben” switch (allow plus-one) with the note “Gast darf eine Begleitung mitbringen” (guest may bring a plus-one). When it's on, this guest can enter a plus-one in the RSVP form on your page. You can flip the switch at any time later on. When importing, the “Plus-1 erlaubt” column decides: if it says “ja” (yes), the switch is on straight away for the imported guest, otherwise it stays off.
What happens when someone names a plus-one
In the RSVP form, your guest enters their plus-one's first and last name, and both are required. From a plus-one with a name, the app creates a separate entry. In your guest list, this person appears as a full row directly below their main guest, with their own group, status and menu. You can tell they belong together by the thin vertical line between their circles and because there's no divider between them. The internal note also says “Begleitung von Vorname Nachname” (plus-one of first name last name). You can see it on the guest detail page too: on the main guest in the “Begleitung” (plus-one) card, and on the plus-one in the “Angemeldet mit” (registered with) card. These cards let you jump back and forth between the two.
The plus-one takes over the group and reply status from the main guest. At first, they don't have their own email address or invitation code. They get the code as soon as you choose “Link kopieren” (copy link) in their three-dot menu. Then you can send them a personal link too, which lets them view their reply themselves and, as long as the reply lock is off, change it as well. If the name is misspelled, simply correct it with “Bearbeiten” (edit).
If you've switched on the reply lock, the plus-one is locked as well as soon as their main guest has said yes or no themselves. If the plus-one wants to change something, they need their own permission via “Änderung erlauben” (allow change) in their three-dot menu. The main guest's permission isn't enough for that.
Good to know: If a name suddenly appears in your list that you never entered, it's almost always a plus-one from an RSVP. A reason to be happy, not worried.
Editing or deleting plus-ones
Every plus-one has a three-dot menu. That applies in your guest list and on the guest detail page in the “Begleitung” card. With “Bearbeiten”, you correct their details. With “Löschen” (delete), you remove only the plus-one after a confirmation. The main guest stays in your list, and the number of people who said yes is adjusted.
If a plus-one doesn't have a name yet, you can add it through the same menu. You can also leave the name field empty. This plus-one still belongs to the main guest's RSVP and follows their yes or no. The name you add appears in the list, in search and in the export.
A deleted plus-one won't reappear afterwards as a nameless extra row. If you only want to change the name, use “Bearbeiten”.
Children
Children aren't created as separate guests. Your guests tell you in the RSVP form how many children are coming. If you ask for names, they enter the first name for each child, and a last name only if it's different from their own. Without their own last name, a child gets the guest's. You can also add, change or remove children yourself: open the guest with “Bearbeiten”, choose the number under “Kinder” (children) and add the names if you like. To remove them, set the selection back to “Keine Kinder” (no children). This works in your guest list and on the guest detail page, for example after a phone call when the little ones are coming after all. It's even quicker with the three dots right on a child's row: “Anzeigen” (view) jumps to the guest they belong to, “Bearbeiten” opens that guest's dialog, and “Löschen” removes exactly this one child after a short confirmation. You'll find the same three dots on the guest detail page on the plus-one and children cards.
Children are visible wherever you need them: in your guest list, each child has their own indented row below their household, marked “Kind” (child). Children don't have their own page, since they belong to their guest's reply. On the guest detail page they're listed by name next to the plus-one, and on the Rückmeldungen (Responses) page you'll find them as usual. If a guest didn't give names, you'll see “Kind 1”, “Kind 2” and so on.
A confirmed plus-one without a name also gets an indented row, marked “Begleitung”. That way you can see at a glance how many people are really coming.
Where children count and where they don't
In the “Gesamt” (total) and “Zugesagt” (yes) tiles above your list, children aren't included in the big number. Instead, their count appears as a small addition next to it, for example “+ 3 Kinder” (+ 3 children).
In the number next to the “Gäste” (Guests) menu item, they're included as soon as the first yes is in. That number is about people, not entries.
On the Übersicht (overview), the “Gäste & RSVP” card shows the sentence “Das sind 84 Personen, wenn du Kinder und Begleitungen mitzählst.” (That's 84 people if you include children and plus-ones.) as soon as more people are coming than there are entries in the list.
Under Rückmeldungen (Responses), they're included in the number of people for each reply.
The search above your guest list also finds children's and plus-ones' names and then shows you the complete RSVP.
The export includes every child and every confirmed plus-one as a separate row, so you have everyone in one table for the caterer and the seating plan. The “Kategorie” (category) and “Gehört zu” (belongs to) columns tell you who belongs with whom. First and last names are in separate columns, for children too. If a child doesn't have their own last name, their guest's last name appears there.
In the Tischplan (seating plan), every child and every plus-one has a chair of their own. Children and a plus-one without their own entry automatically sit at the main guest's table until you seat them individually. A plus-one with their own entry is seated like any other guest, quickest together with the main guest via “Beide zusammen setzen” (seat both together) or “Alle 3 zusammen setzen” (seat all 3 together). If you drag the main guest to another table, everyone sitting with them comes along and gets fixed seats as close to the main guest as possible. And if you delete a child via the three dots on their row, their siblings keep their seats. You can read more in the article “Den Tischplan erstellen” (creating your seating plan).
Frequently asked questions
Can I group families into a household myself?
Linking them by hand isn't possible. You can give all family members the same household name, then you'll find them together via search. The connected block in the list comes from a plus-one in the RSVP form or from children, whether your guests register them or you enter them yourself.
I'm deleting the main guest. What happens to the plus-one?
If the plus-one has their own guest entry, you decide when deleting whether they should be deleted too or stay. If they stay, we keep them as a separate guest from then on, with everything they've already replied. A plus-one without their own entry belongs to the main guest's RSVP like the children and is removed with them. A name you've added doesn't change that.
Can I add a plus-one myself?
You can add them as a normal guest, for example with the same household name. They won't get the connecting line to the main guest, though, because that only comes from an RSVP.