# Send invites

> Email invites to some or all of your guests, or print QR cards to hand out in person.

- Where: Event → People
- Console path: https://aaa.attend.vip/{org}/{event}/people
- Do first: [Add your guests](https://www.attend.vip/help/organizers/add-guests.md), [Test it before you invite anyone](https://www.attend.vip/help/organizers/test-run.md)
- Attend MCP tools: `guests__guestsSendInvite`, `guests__guestsSendInviteBulk`, `guests__sendBulk`, `guests__guestsIssueHandoutCode`, `guests__guestsRevokeHandoutCodes`, `guests__guestsSendCalendarInviteBulk`
- Updated: 2026-10-19

When your guests are added and you've [tested the invite](https://www.attend.vip/help/organizers/test-run.md), you're ready to send.

> The event must be **published**. New events are published when you create them. A [duplicated event](https://www.attend.vip/help/organizers/create-event.md) starts as a draft, so select **Publish event** on its home page first.

## Email invites

**Several guests at once**

1. On **People**, tick the guests to invite. Tip: group by **Status** and tick the **Draft** group to select only guests who haven't been invited yet.
2. Select **Send invites** in the bar that appears.

The button only appears when everyone selected is in the same state: all new guests (**Send invites**) or all previously invited (**Resend invites**). It's hidden if any selected guest has declined or cancelled. For guests waiting for approval, the bar offers **Approve & send invite** instead.

**One guest**

Open the guest, or use the **⋯** menu on their row, and choose **Send invite**.

![Guests selected on People, with the bar of bulk actions](https://www.attend.vip/help/img/organizers/send-invites-bulk.webp)

These guests have already been invited, so the bar shows **Resend invites**. New guests show **Send invites**.

Each guest gets their own email with a personal QR code and a 6-digit, single-use sign-in code. The code lasts about 2 hours; if it expires, resend the invite.

Guests who have already confirmed and opened the app get a "You're going" version. Confirmed guests who haven't opened the app yet are asked to finish joining in the app.

**Resending** sends a fresh code and doesn't change whether the guest has confirmed. Use it when someone can't find their email.

## Hand out QR cards instead

For guests you'll see in person, or to avoid email altogether, print invite cards.

1. Tick the guests on **People**.
2. Choose **Invite codes / QR sheet**. No email is sent.
3. Select **Print**. Each card has the guest's name, email, QR code and code, plus "Download Attend from the App Store or Google Play, then scan this code to join."

For a single guest, open their record and choose **Invite code / QR**.

> **A QR card is a key.** Anyone holding it can enter the event as that guest. Hand cards to the right person, and never put them on name badges or public screens. If a card is lost, open the guest, choose **Invite code / QR** and select **New code**. The old card stops working. Use **Revoke** to cancel a card without making a new one. Cards expire after 30 days.

## Calendar invites

To put the event in guests' calendars, select guests and choose **Send calendar invite**. They receive a calendar file with an all-day entry. If your dates change, send the calendar invite again.

## Billing

A guest counts toward your bill the first time you invite or confirm them, or when they confirm themselves. Resends are free, and your plan's included guests are free. If sending is blocked with a billing message, your event needs activating. [Contact us](https://www.attend.vip/help/contact.md).

## Do it with Claude or ChatGPT

With Attend connected (https://www.attend.vip/help/organizers/connect-ai/), paste:

```text
Using Attend, show me every guest on my event [event name] who hasn't been invited yet. After I confirm, send them their invites, then tell me how many were sent and whether any failed.
```