Children's birthdays · for parents waiting for replies
You invited the whole class.Five have answered.
Festsvar gives every family its own reply link, gathers the answers in one place and makes it easy to nudge the ones who forget. So you can book the play centre without guessing.
No app, no account, no guest list on our servers.
Ola turns 8 – the replies
Example
24
invited
5
yes
2
no
17
waiting
7 of 24 have replied · deadline October 15
Emma
Yes, coming
Noah
Can't come
Sofie
No reply yet
Remind the 17 who haven't replied →
Invitation
Ola is turning 8
Saturday, October 24 at 1:00 PM
The problem
The invitation is in the school bag. The reply never comes.
The paper slip goes missing, the group chat drowns, and parents think “I'll reply tonight” three nights in a row. Nobody means any harm. But the play centre wants a number, the cake has to be ordered, and you end up chasing people one by one. Festsvar removes that round.
How it works
Four steps. Nobody downloads anything.
Write the invitation
The child's name, date, time and place. Add the guests and one mobile number per family. Takes a couple of minutes at the kitchen table.
Send each family its own link
Every guest gets a personal reply link. You send it as a text from your own phone, already written, with one tap per family.
Parents reply with one tap
“Yes, we're coming” or “Sorry, we can't”. The reply comes as a text straight to you, and you tick it off in the overview.
Nudge the ones who forget
The overview shows who hasn't replied. One tap sends a friendly reminder. Then you can book the play centre with the right number.
Price
Free.
Not per guest. No subscription. No “premium”. The invitation, the reply links and the reminders cost nothing, because everything happens on your phone and nothing on ours.
Common questions
What parents ask
Do parents need to download an app or make an account?
No. They open the link, see the invitation and tap one of two answers. Their messaging app opens with the reply already written to your number.
Where is the guest list stored?
In the browser on your phone or computer. Not with us. The invitation lives inside the link you send, and replies travel as ordinary texts from them to you.
What does it cost?
Nothing. Festsvar is free for every birthday, never per guest. You send the reminders yourself, with one tap.
Do you send the reminders automatically?
No, and you don't need that: you get a ready-written reminder you send with one tap to the ones who haven't replied.
Can I use it for a party with the whole class?
Yes, that is exactly what it is made for. Add the whole class, send the links, and watch the count grow as the replies come in.
What happened to Bursdagsvar?
Bursdagsvar is now part of Festsvar. Birthdays work as before — a reply link per family and replies by text — and the same tool also handles confirmations, weddings and anniversaries.
Guides for children's birthdays
Concrete advice for parents planning a birthday, from the invitation text to the reminder that actually gets answered.
A confirmation, wedding or anniversary next time?
Same place. For the big parties you get a programme for the day, households, seating and allergies gathered per table.
See everything Festsvar does →Next birthday: send links instead of paper slips.
Make the invitation now. It waits on your phone until you've finished the guest list.
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Also for families keeping the everyday coordinated between them.
Also for families keeping the everyday coordinated between them.
Also in Norwegian, made by the same people.