Whatever you’re celebrating
Whatever you’re celebrating, capture every voice
No app to install: your guests share their video messages, photos and kind words with a simple link or a QR code. You keep it all: the videos, the photo album, the written messages and two edited films.
$49 one time · link and QR code sent instantly
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What is a celebration video guest book?
A celebration video guest book replaces the card with a link and a QR code, for an anniversary, a reunion, a farewell or an achievement. Guests in the room or far away record up to 3 videos of up to one minute, send photos and write a note, with no app and no account, before, during and after the event. Photos can play as a live slideshow. You keep the videos, the photo album, the written messages and two films: the first arrives within 24 hours after the collection closes, then a personalized film. It costs $49 for the event, with no limit on guests.
How it works
Get your link and QR code
By email, right after you order. Send the link by WhatsApp, text or email, including to those who can’t make it, and print the QR code for the tables and the entrance.
Your guests take part
A minute of video, photos from every decade, a written note, from their phone.
You receive everything
The videos, the photo album, the written messages and two films: the first film within 24 hours after the collection closes, then your personalized film.
What you keep from the celebration
Whatever the occasion, everything in one place.
The video messages
What people had to say, from the ones in the room and the ones far away.
The photo album
Photos from thirty years ago next to tonight’s. They play on whatever screen is there, after your approval if you like, and you can choose to open the album to your guests.
The written messages
Notes from those who would rather write, gathered in a PDF message book.
Two edited films
A first film within 24 hours after the collection closes, then a personalized film mixing old and new photos with the notes. One link shares them with a group about to scatter; photos and videos download as ZIP files and stay for 3 months after your first film.
Picture it
Anniversaries
People who were at the wedding and people not yet born, answering the same question.
Graduations and qualifications
The people who supported it finally get asked to say something.
Reunions and farewells
This group will not be in one room again, which is when a card is not enough.
From anywhere
Half the people who matter cannot attend? They record from home and land in the same film.
Which occasions this is actually worth doing for
The test that matters
The question is not how important the occasion is. It is whether this group of people will be in one room again.
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A weekly dinner does not qualify. A leaving party, a fortieth anniversary, a reunion or someone emigrating does.
The occasions people forget to mark
The ones that go unmarked are the achievements that took longest: qualifying as a doctor, finishing a degree at fifty, becoming a citizen, ending treatment.
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Contributors are often surprised by how much they had wanted an occasion to say something.
One question, chosen carefully
With no prompt people say congratulations. With a prompt they tell a story.
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For an anniversary: “what do you remember about them from back then?” For a farewell: “what will you miss?” Write it yourself, for that person.
When there is no party at all
Nothing here requires a venue. Plenty of collections run entirely through a group chat over a fortnight, then arrive as a surprise, which suits occasions people are reluctant to celebrate publicly.
What this is not
This is not a videographer: the film is made of messages, photos and notes people sent from their own phones.
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If you want footage of the day, hire someone. If you want what people had to say, that is the part usually 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.
Send the link, print the QR code
- ✓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.
The link goes to your guest list by WhatsApp, text or email, before, during and after the event; the QR code goes on your signage.
Everything included
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.