Halloween invitations for happy little haunts

Three to four weeks before the party, early October for a Halloween-weekend date. Costumes take time to plan, and late October calendars carry school events, trunk-or-treats and competing parties. For a big bash, or one on Halloween night itself, lean toward the four-week end.

Say it on the invitation, plainly and with the stakes: "Costumes required, prizes involved" leaves no room for a jeans-and-a-headband arrival. Then add a custom RSVP question asking what each guest is coming as; answers land beside their names, and the contest practically runs itself.

Whichever you choose, say so on the invitation. Halloween is the one holiday where guests genuinely can't guess. "Little monsters welcome" and "adults only after dark" set completely different evenings. If you want both, split the day: a family afternoon, then a grown-up party after bedtime.

Yes. Each guest opens their own private link and replies right in the browser: no app, no account, no password. Their answer, plus-ones and costume plans appear on your dashboard immediately, and they can update the reply if their October changes.

Yes. Every guest gets a private invitation of their own, and Guest Privacy (included on every plan, free ones too) means no public list and no name search by default; name search stays off unless you open the event yourself. Handy when the list mixes school families, neighbors and coworkers who don't need to browse each other.

Start free with up to 40 guests. Every invitation design, the Card Studio and RSVP tracking are included, with no ads or credit card required. Per-event plans are one-time purchases for a single event. Paid plans add guest capacity and planning tools, with different features and limits at each tier. Yearly passes cover unlimited events while your subscription is active. They renew annually; the guest limit and features of your pass apply to each event.