Punchbowl Blog

This post written by Stephanie Fader, Marketing & PR Manager

As the leader in start to finish party planning, we try to take care of the small stuff so that you don’t have to. Perhaps no part of “the small stuff” is more maddening than giving out directions.

Guests come from all over, and busy hosts rarely have the time to sit down and dole out custom directions to friends coming from all different locations. MyPunchbowl gives you the ability to eliminate the stress of giving out directions: include a map with your invitation!

If you’d like to include a map with your invite, the first thing to do is make sure you enter the correct address of your venue (whether it’s a restaurant, park, or even your house). The address you populate in the Event Details section is the address that displays on your invitation.

Once you’ve finished designing your invitation, proceed through the workflow. You’ll want to go to the Invitation Options page to turn on the map feature (select “Yes”, you do want to include a map for guests). Then, confirm that the address is correct.

When guests receive the invitation and respond, they will see a Google map where they can easily click a link to get directions from their location.

Here’s one other thing to consider - when you’re on the Invitation Options page you can enter a different address than the one on your invitation if you need to. Whatever address is in the Map section of the Invitation Options page is what will show up the invitation for your guests.

Hopefully you’ll use this feature to include a map with your next invitation. Doing so will likely save you time providing guests with directions so you can focus on the details that really matter!