Build a custom RSVP form

An RSVP form decides what guests answer when they reply to your event: Yes, Maybe or No, plus any questions you add, like a meal choice or how many people they're bringing. You build the form once under RSVP Forms, then choose it on any event.

Create a form

In the menu on the left, click RSVP Forms.
Click New RSVP Form.
Under Form Name, type a name. Guests don't see it. It's how you find the form when you pick one for an event.
Under RSVP Options, keep the answers you want guests to choose from. Untick Maybe, for example, to offer only Yes and No.
Add your own questions (see below).
Click Save.

The Custom RSVP Forms page with saved forms such as Book Swap RSVP, each showing its number of questions and the Yes, Maybe and No answers, and the New RSVP Form button circled — Your forms, and the button to start a new one

As you work, the Design Preview on the right shows the form the way guests will see it.

The RSVP form editor with the form name Book Swap RSVP, the Yes, Maybe and No options ticked, the list of fields highlighted, the Add field button circled, and the Design Preview showing the heading Coming to the swap? — Fields on the left, a live preview on the right

Add your own questions

Every new form starts with Name and Email. To ask something else:

Click Add field.
Under Field Text, type the question, for example "How many books will you bring?".
Under Type, choose what kind of answer you want (see the table).
Leave Required ticked if every guest must answer, or untick it to make the question optional.
Click Save.

Type	Guests answer with
Text	Any words, like a name or a note.
Number	A number, like how many guests they're bringing.
Email	An email address.
Dropdown (Options)	One choice from a list you write, like a meal or a session.

For a Dropdown (Options) question, an Options list appears. Type each choice in Option text and click Add. Use the arrows next to a choice to move it up or down, and the bin to remove it.

The Add custom field window with Field Text Favorite genre, Type Dropdown (Options), Required unticked, and an Options list with Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction and Kids highlighted above the Option text box and Add button — A dropdown question with four choices

Change, hide or remove a question

Click the pencil next to a question to change its text, type or Required setting.
Untick a question to hide it from the form without deleting it.
Click the bin to delete it.

Change the heading and button

A new form has the heading RSVP Here and a Submit button. To change either one, click it in the Design Preview, type your own words, and press Enter. For example, "Coming to the swap?" and "Save my spot".

To see what guests see after they reply, click Success above the preview. Next to Preview as, click Yes, Maybe or No to see each message.

Use the form on an event

Go to Events, click your event, and click the Edit tab. For a new event, click New Event and fill in the details first.
Turn on Collect RSVPs.
In the menu next to it, choose your form. Default Template is used if you don't choose one.
Click Save changes, or Create Event Link for a new event.

The Collect RSVPs switch turned on and circled, with its menu open listing Default Template, Book Swap RSVP, other saved forms and Create New RSVP Form, Book Swap RSVP highlighted — Turn on Collect RSVPs and pick your form

You can use the same form on as many events as you like.

What your guests see

Your event page shows an RSVP button. Guests click it, choose an answer, fill in your questions and click your button. They can't send the form until every required question is answered. Optional questions are marked "(optional)".

The RSVP form on the event page with the heading Coming to the swap?, Yes, Maybe and No, Name and Email boxes, the custom questions How many books will you bring? and Favorite genre (optional) highlighted, and a Save my spot button — The form on the event page

After they send it:

Yes shows "You're attending" with the event name, and Add to Calendar buttons.
Maybe shows "You're interested in" with the event name, and Add to Calendar buttons.
No shows a thank-you message.

Every reply, with the answer to each of your questions, appears on the event's RSVPs tab. See View and export your RSVPs.

Common questions

If I change a form, do events that use it change too?

Yes. When you click Update, every event that uses the form shows the new version right away.

Can I make Name or Email optional?

They're questions like any other. Click the pencil next to one to change its Required setting, or untick it to hide it.

Can guests reply without RSVPs turned on?

No. Without Collect RSVPs, your event page shows Add to Calendar buttons instead of the RSVP button.