# How to remind guests about your event

Parties and events · https://lfg.gm/how-to-remind-guests-about-an-event · Updated 2026-11-01

You sent the invite, people said yes, and now it's three days out and you're wondering who still remembers. Reminding them shouldn't feel like nagging, and one more text can get buried in a group chat.

Here's how to remind guests about your event: send a few short messages at the right moments, then put a real alarm on the phones of the people who matter most. LFG Alarm does that last part. Your guests tap one link, and it rings on their phone like an alarm clock when it's time to get ready or leave.

## When to remind your guests

For most parties and events, three reminders do the job:

| When | What to send | Why |
|---|---|---|
| **About a week before** | A friendly note asking them to confirm | Catches anyone who forgot while they can still plan around it |
| **A day or two before** | The time, the address and anything they need to bring | This is when people decide what their weekend looks like |
| **The day of** | A real alarm, an hour or two before it starts | A text can sit unread. An alarm goes off |

Want the wording? We wrote [event reminder texts you can copy](https://lfg.gm/event-reminder-text-examples).

## How to put an alarm on your guest list

1. In LFG Alarm, tap **Got a link?** and paste your event's page. Rocco reads the name, picture, place and start time.
2. Under **Goes off**, pick when it rings: at the start, or 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours before.
3. Choose who it's for, then tap **Create alarm** and copy its link. It looks like `lfg.gm/a/xxxxxxxx`.
4. Send that link in your reminder. Guests tap it and join in the LFG Alarm app, and it rings on all their phones.

No event page? Make a [time alarm](https://lfg.gm/wiki/time-alarms) for the moment you want it to ring, and share that link the same way.

## Which reminder fits your kind of event

Different hosts have different problems, so here's where to start:

- **Birthday, house party or dinner on Partiful:** it's your friends, so a friends alarm fits. Start with [turning a Partiful invite into an alarm](https://lfg.gm/partiful-event-alarm).
- **Club night, day party or VIP list on Posh:** you've got a door and a table list to protect. See [ringing your Posh guest list](https://lfg.gm/posh-event-alarm).
- **Ticketed event on Eventbrite:** people paid, and you want a full room when it starts. See [ringing an Eventbrite crowd](https://lfg.gm/eventbrite-event-alarm).
- **Meetup group:** free RSVPs drop off the most. See [getting Meetup RSVPs to show up](https://lfg.gm/meetup-event-alarm).
- **Luma community or launch event:** see [making sure Luma guests show up](https://lfg.gm/luma-event-alarm).
- **Going to a show with friends:** you're not the host, but someone has to organize the group. See [getting your group to a Ticketmaster show](https://lfg.gm/ticketmaster-group-alarm).
- **Wedding, reunion or anything with no event page:** make a time alarm for each moment that matters, like the shuttle, the ceremony or the group photo.

## Let your AI set it up

**Try this.** Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or another AI agent that has the LFG Alarm connector (https://mcp.lfg.gm), not into the LFG Alarm app. The person needs the LFG Alarm app on their phone.

> Use LFG Alarm to set an event alarm from [your event link] that rings 2 hours before it starts, then give me its link and a short reminder text I can send my guests.

Why it works: You get the alarm and a message ready to paste, in one request. Connect LFG Alarm to your AI app first: see [AI agents](https://lfg.gm/agents).

## Common mistakes

- **Only reminding people once.** One message is easy to miss. A short schedule isn't nagging.
- **Sending the same long message every time.** Each reminder should do one job.
- **Leaving out the address.** On the day, people want the time and where to go, nothing else.
- **Sharing the alarm on the day.** Send the link a day or two ahead so people have time to tap it.

## Questions

### What's the best way to remind guests about an event?
A few short messages, then something they can't miss on the day. Texts work for details, and a real alarm works for the moment they need to leave.

### How many reminders should I send?
Three is enough for most events: about a week before, a day or two before, and the day of.

### Can I set an alarm on my guests' phones without them doing anything?
No. A guest has to tap your link and join in the LFG Alarm app. That one tap is also useful, because it shows you who really means to come.

### Do my guests need an account?
Yes. They need the free LFG Alarm app to join, because that's what rings their phone.

### Does this replace Partiful, Posh or Eventbrite?
No. Keep hosting where you already do. LFG Alarm adds the alarm on top.

## Learn more

- [Event reminder texts you can copy](https://lfg.gm/event-reminder-text-examples)
- [How to get party guests to actually show up](https://lfg.gm/get-party-guests-to-show-up)
- [Reduce event no-shows](https://lfg.gm/reduce-event-no-shows)
- [Event alarms](https://lfg.gm/wiki/event-alarms)

## Sources and further reading

- [Cvent: event reminder emails](https://www.cvent.com/uk/blog/events/event-reminder-emails)
- [Eventtia: how to prevent no-shows at your events](https://www.eventtia.com/how-to-prevent-no-shows-at-your-events-tips-and-strategies/)

## Keep exploring

- [How to get party guests to actually show up](https://lfg.gm/get-party-guests-to-show-up.md): Turn your Partiful or Luma invite into an alarm that rings every guest who joined.
- [How to turn a Partiful invite into an alarm](https://lfg.gm/partiful-event-alarm.md): Paste a Partiful link and LFG Alarm makes the alarm for your guests.
- [How to ring your whole Posh VIP guest list at once](https://lfg.gm/posh-event-alarm.md): Turn your Posh event into a real alarm, send it in a text blast, and ring your VIPs before doors.
- [How to ring everyone coming to your Eventbrite event](https://lfg.gm/eventbrite-event-alarm.md): Reminder emails get buried. Add a real alarm to your Eventbrite event, or drop one in your group chat.
- [How to get your Meetup RSVPs to actually show up](https://lfg.gm/meetup-event-alarm.md): Twenty RSVPs, six people. Give your Meetup group a real alarm and turn more yeses into a full room.
- [How to make sure Luma guests actually show up](https://lfg.gm/luma-event-alarm.md): Paste a Luma link so attendees get a real alarm before doors.

## About LFG Alarm

LFG Alarm is a social alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and Android. It rings for times and for moments (a post on X, a stream going live, a token price, a wallet buying, an event starting), and one shared link makes every phone that joined ring together. Rocco, the cat inside the app, keeps watch and wakes you up.

- Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gm.lfg.app
- Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6821089085
- Use it from an AI agent: add the MCP server https://mcp.lfg.gm as a connector, then ask in plain words.
- Every page for agents: https://lfg.gm/llms.txt