Whatever you’re celebrating
Whatever you’re celebrating, capture every voice
Anniversary, graduation, reunion, farewell: guests scan a QR code to record a message, send photos and write a note. Within 24 hours after the collection closes you receive a first film, then you build a personalized film with the photos and notes.
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What is a celebration video guest book?
A celebration video guest book is a QR code that guests scan with their phone to leave a message for the person or the occasion being celebrated, whether it is an anniversary, a reunion, a farewell or an achievement. With Video Message, each guest can record up to 3 videos of up to one minute, send photos several at a time and write a note signed with their first name, in the browser with no app and no account. People who cannot attend use the same link from anywhere, before, during or after the event, and photos can play as a live slideshow on a screen. Within 24 hours after the collection closes you receive a first film of the video messages, then build a personalized film with the photos and notes and download every file. It costs $49 for the event, whatever the number of guests.
Picture it
Anniversaries
A tenth or a fortieth gathers people who were at the wedding and people who were not yet born. Asking both groups the same question produces a film that spans the whole marriage.
Graduations and qualifications
Finishing medical school, passing the bar, qualifying after years of evening classes. These are usually marked with a dinner and a photograph, and the people who supported it never get asked to say anything.
Reunions and farewells
Someone emigrating, a team disbanding, a house being sold. The defining feature is that this specific group will not be in one room again, which is exactly when a written card is not enough.
From anywhere
Any occasion where half the people who matter cannot attend. They record from home and land in the same film as the room.
How it works
Place the QR code
On the tables, the welcome sign, or the invitation.
Guests scan & record
No app to install. They record a message, send photos or write a note straight from their phone.
Receive your films
Within 24 hours after the collection closes you receive your first film, plus each individual video. Then you build a personalized film with the photos and notes.
Old photos, a slideshow on the wall, two films
Whatever the occasion, the same QR code collects three things: videos, photos and written notes.
Photos from every decade
For a fortieth anniversary or a class reunion, the photos from thirty years ago matter as much as tonight’s. Everyone sends theirs from their phone, several at a time, into one album.
A slideshow on whatever screen is there
A TV in the restaurant, a projector in the hall: open the slideshow link on it, with a browser and internet, and photos appear as guests send them, automatically or after you approve each one.
Two films, the second shaped by you
The video messages become a first film within 24 hours after the collection closes. The personalized film then mixes old and new photos with the notes you pick, with the order, the music, the color look, the transitions and an opening and closing text of your own.
For a group that is about to scatter
One link shares the films with everyone, wherever they end up. Photos and videos download as ZIP files and the notes as a PDF message book. Files are kept for 3 months after your first film, with the date in your dashboard and an email reminder before deletion.
Which occasions this is actually worth doing for
The test that matters
Not every gathering needs one of these, and it is worth being honest about which do. The question is not how important the occasion is. It is whether this particular group of people will be in one room again.
A weekly dinner does not qualify. A leaving party, a fortieth anniversary, a graduation, a reunion, someone emigrating, a team disbanding: these do, because the specific combination of people is temporary and everybody in the room quietly knows it.
The occasions people forget to mark
Weddings and funerals are obvious. The ones that go unmarked tend to be the achievements that took the longest: qualifying as a doctor after a decade of study, finishing a degree at fifty, becoming a citizen, ending treatment.
We have seen films made for a medical appointment and for a tenth wedding anniversary, and in both cases the surprise was how much the contributors had wanted an occasion to say something and had never been given one.
One question, chosen carefully
Whatever the occasion, the single biggest factor in the quality of the film is the question written next to the code. With no prompt people say congratulations. With a prompt they tell a story.
For an anniversary: “what do you remember about them from back then?” For a graduation: “what did it take to get here that nobody saw?” For a farewell: “what will you miss?” Write it yourself, in your own words, and make it specific to the person.
When there is no party at all
Nothing here requires a venue. Plenty of collections are run entirely through a group chat over a fortnight, then delivered as a surprise.
That works well for occasions people are reluctant to celebrate publicly, or where the person is far away, or where the whole point is that they did not expect anything.
What this is not
This is not a videographer. Nobody is filming your event, and the finished film is made of messages, photos and notes people sent from their own phones, not coverage of the day.
If what you want is footage of the occasion itself, hire someone. If what you want is what people had to say about it, that is a different thing, and it is the thing that tends to be missing afterwards.
When to set up & how to share
When to activate your space
Set up your space about a week before: name the occasion, choose your music, and print your QR code.
Spread the QR code as widely as you can
- ✓Place the QR code on the tables and at the entrance.
- ✓Drop the link in the group chat before the day.
- ✓Send the QR code and link to your guest list through WhatsApp, SMS, or your group chat so anyone who can’t attend in person can still send a video, photos or a note.
- ✓Ask the host to remind everyone to record a message.
Put it on your signage and send the guest link privately to your guest list (WhatsApp, group chats, SMS), before, during and after the event, so even the people who can’t be there in person add a video, photos or a note.
What you receive
Made for your event
Simple pricing
Digital QR code
One event, delivered instantly, everything included
$49
or 3 for $99, for 3 separate events
- ✓ Videos, photos and written notes
- ✓ Live photo slideshow
- ✓ Two films, the album and the message book
- ✓ No app and no limit on guests
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Questions
What kinds of events does this work for?
Anniversaries, graduations, reunions, farewells, retirements, citizenship celebrations, end-of-treatment parties, house moves. The useful test is whether this specific group of people will be together again. If not, it is worth doing.
What should we ask people to say?
Write one specific question and put it next to the code. “What will you miss?” or “what do you remember about them from back then?” gets a story; no prompt at all gets forty people saying congratulations.
Can people join from far away?
Yes. Share the link and they can send a video, photos or a note from anywhere, before, during or after the event. Their message appears in the film alongside everyone who attended.
Can we do this without an event?
Yes. Many collections run entirely through a group chat over a week or two, with no venue and no party, and are handed over as a surprise.
Is someone going to film our event?
No. This is not a videography service. Guests record their own messages and send their own photos from their phones, and you receive those messages edited into a film. If you want footage of the occasion itself, you need a videographer as well.
How long can each message be?
Up to one minute per video, and each guest can record up to 3. They can also send photos, several at a time, and write a note.
Do guests need to install anything?
No. They scan the code and record in their browser. No app, no account, no sign-up.
What do we receive?
A first film made from the video messages, delivered within 24 hours after the collection closes, plus every individual video to download and keep. Then a personalized film with the photos and notes, every photo and video as ZIP files, and the notes as a PDF message book.
Can the photos play on a screen during the event?
Yes, if there is a screen, TV or projector with a web browser and an internet connection. Open your slideshow link and photos appear as guests send them, automatically or once you approve them. Only photos play on screen; the videos are kept for the films.
Can people send old photos?
Yes. Guests send whatever is on their phone, recent or scanned, several at a time. Old photos join the album, the slideshow and, if you choose, the personalized film.
Does this work outside the United States?
Yes, anywhere in the world. Nothing ships to you: your QR code and guest link arrive by email the moment you pay, and your guests take part in their phone’s browser. It works the same in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, across Europe and anywhere else. This page shows US dollars; we also have pricing pages in pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Swiss francs and euros, and you pay in the currency of the page you buy from.
What language is it in?
Each event runs in the language you choose: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German or Portuguese. The guest page, your dashboard and the wording in your films follow that language. Your guests can speak or write in whatever language they like; nothing is transcribed or translated, so each message stays exactly as they recorded it.
Can we collect for longer?
Yes. Guests take part before, during and after your event, from the moment you share the link. You set the closing date, a few days after the event if you like, and can move it from your dashboard.