funvite builds the second kind. You pick a template — a royal scroll, an envelope with a wax seal, Instagram-style stories, a chat from the couple — change the names, dates, venues and wording, preview it on a phone frame, and publish. The link goes on WhatsApp, email or Instagram, and you can keep editing after it is sent.
Image, PDF, video or link — which should you send?
- Image (JPG): easy to forward, but text gets small, and it can't change once sent. Fine for a save the date.
- PDF: holds multiple pages, but many phones open it in a separate viewer and older guests struggle to zoom.
- Video: pretty, but large files compress badly on WhatsApp and guests can't scroll back to find the reception time.
- Link: opens instantly, stays sharp, can be updated, has tap-to-map for every venue and can collect RSVPs. This is what funvite makes.
Digital and printed, together
Plenty of families do both. Print a short run of cards for grandparents and the people you will visit in person with mithai, and send the digital invitation to everyone else. Keep the wording identical so nobody feels they got a lesser version. If you visit someone with the printed card, it is a nice touch to send the link afterwards "so you have the directions handy".
A digital invite is also the easiest way to handle guests who are invited only to some functions — make a copy with just those events.
What makes a digital invite feel personal
- Open with the guest's name — funvite links can carry it, so the invite says "Dear Riya" when Riya opens it
- A real photo of the two of you, or illustrated art in your outfits
- A line about how you met, or why this city
- A short note from the parents, in their language