How do RSVP reminders, settings and event updates work?

Teddy sends reminders automatically: coaches who haven't answered are nudged, and coaches who said yes get a "you're confirmed" reminder before the event. You can change the timing, send a reminder yourself any time, and Teddy tells coaches automatically if the date or venue changes.

Where:

Events → RSVPs → Actions → RSVP settings, and the Send reminder button.

Automatic reminders

Who When (default) What
No response 10 days after the invitation A quick reminder to reply YES or NO
No response 10 days before the event The same reminder, with the date
Attending 7 days before the event "You're confirmed", with the calendar link
Attending The day before "See you tomorrow"

Coaches who haven't answered never get two reminders within two days of each other. Coaches without texts get the same reminders by email.

Sending a reminder yourself

Click Send reminder, choose No response or Attending (a "you're confirmed" reminder), check the preview, and send.

RSVP settings

  • Who should coaches contact with questions?: a name, email (required) and phone. Shown at the bottom of every RSVP page and email, and replies to RSVP emails go to this email. Invites and the public sign-up link can't be used until it's set.
  • RSVPs close: when answers lock. Leave it blank to close when the event starts.
  • Invite from: the name invitations come from.
  • Which venues are coaches invited to?: shown when the event has more than one venue. Invitations, the calendar entry and check-in use only the venues you check.
  • First reminder, Before the event, You're confirmed reminder and Day-before reminder: change the timing, or turn any of them off.
  • Button color: the color of the buttons on your RSVP pages, emails and website sign-up button. Use default goes back to Tourney Direct orange. Very light colors fall back to orange so buttons stay readable.
  • Public link limit: your public sign-up link stops taking sign-ups once this many coaches are attending. See RV-10.

When the event changes

  • Date or venue changes: coaches who are attending or haven't answered get an update by text or email.
  • Event cancelled: everyone except coaches who said no is told, and RSVPs lock.

Good to know

  • Reminders follow the same 9 AM to 8 PM quiet hours as invitations.
  • Changing which venues you're inviting coaches to after invitations have gone out counts as a venue change, so coaches get an update.