DEVENT planning resources
Handling Partial Family Attendance
Manage an RSVP where only some adults or children in an invited household can attend.
Name every invited person
Confirm the intended guests with the hosts. Avoid placeholder names such as “extra guest” when a known person can be entered, because individual attendance and table placement depend on a clear identity.
Reconcile the downstream counts
After a partial reply, review seating and catering numbers. A household’s reserved capacity may stay at four even when its actual attendance falls to three; those figures serve different purposes.
Worked example · illustrative details
Two adults and one child
A household of two adults and two children selects both adults and the older child. The attending total is three. Allocate three seats and check whether the child needs a distinct meal with the caterer.
Your next steps
- Check the source details with the hosts or venue.
- Review the relevant named guests and current saved information.
- Make the change in the appropriate DEVENT workspace tool.
- Confirm the result and communicate any downstream changes to your team.
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