How do I set a guest limit or RSVP deadline?

Open Manage → Features and press Edit on the RSVP card. Both rules are in its sheet: Guest limit and Answer by. Search setup and features finds either one and opens the sheet at it, and once a deadline is set, the RSVPs close row in Design → Basics opens the same sheet.

Guest limit

The guest limit counts guests, not invitations. It can be from 1 to 1,000; leave it empty for no limit, which the field shows as None. − at 1 goes back to None. When some guests join later, their group has its own limit, Room for later guests, in the Some guests join later sheet. Each limit counts its own group, not everyone in the room once the later guests arrive.

Answer by

Choose No deadline, The day before, The week before or Custom, which takes a date and time. The sheet shows the date the choice lands on.

The day before and the week before are counted from the event's start, at the same time of day. When you move the start in the Design room, a deadline set that way moves with it. A custom date and time stays where you put it. Both presets need the event to have a start time.

A deadline can fall after the event starts but not after it ends. With no end time, the latest is twelve hours after the start. If you move the event so it would end before a custom deadline, change the deadline first.

Without a deadline, replies normally close when the doors open or the event starts. On an event open to anyone with the link, replies on the website stay open until the event ends, so a friend who arrives late can still answer. Archiving closes replies too. Once the event is over, there is no deadline to set.

If someone needs a late change, open them in Guests.