Sign inJoin freeFind your peopleSign inJoin freeFind your peopleOpen the next gathering, tap RSVP, and add it to your calendar. That is the whole first action, and it takes under a minute.
Open the Circle's next gathering and tap RSVP. That tells the Host to expect you and puts the gathering on your radar. The whole thing takes under a minute, and it is the single most useful first action you can take here.
On the gathering's page. Open a Circle you have joined, find its next gathering (it shows the date, time, and place), and open it. The RSVP button is right there. On a ticketed gathering that box is headed Tickets instead, and the button says Get tickets with the price on it, because buying the ticket is how you say you are coming. You will also see your Circle's upcoming gatherings in your feed, so they do not sneak up on you.
Events also show up on Space pages. Tap one there and a small window opens with the basics and the same RSVP button, so you can answer without leaving the page. Want the full details? Tap View full event.
Sometimes the button is not there yet, or is gone. A Host can set dates for when RSVPs open and when they close, and the page says which it is. Closing RSVPs only stops new answers: if you already said you were going, your own controls stay there and you can still change or cancel.
There are two, and you can change your answer right up until the gathering ends.
On a ticketed event your ticket IS your Going: buying it puts you in the room and counts you like anyone else. The box is headed Tickets, and the answer switch sits below it. Tap Going before you have a ticket and it opens the card fields rather than recording an answer nobody has paid for. Once you hold a ticket the switch behaves normally, and Can't go tells the host you are not coming without cancelling or refunding the ticket itself. Other events run on RSVP even when they have a price: first come, first served, with the cost paid at the door or covered by a membership. If the hosting Space's membership includes the event, being a member is enough: answer Going and your spot is covered.
Plans change. You can update your RSVP whenever you need to, right up to the day.
Some Hosts approve each person before they are in. On those events your answer is a request: it waits in the Host's queue until they say yes, and you are not holding a spot until they do. We email you the moment they reply, so there is nothing to keep checking. The same rule applies to everyone, whether or not they have an account.
On an RSVP event that is full, Going puts you on the waitlist instead. You keep your place in line, and if someone drops out the next person moves up automatically.
You get a confirmation email with the details and a one-tap add to calendar link. Put it on your calendar. That one step is the best predictor of whether you actually show up. We will send a gentle reminder as the date gets close, never a guilt trip.
Join the waitlist. If someone's plans change and a spot opens, the next person on the waitlist is moved to "going" automatically, so you do not have to keep checking. Some gatherings cap their size on purpose to stay small and intimate.
RSVP first when you can. It helps the Host plan (chairs, snacks, the room), and it gets you the reminder and the calendar link. For a free, open gathering, showing up unannounced is usually fine too, but the RSVP is what makes you likely to actually go.
Most gatherings are free; you just RSVP. Some are ticketed, and Hosts can price them as a set amount, pay-what-you-can, a sliding scale, or a donation. If there is a cost, it is shown clearly before you commit, and you do not need an account to pay it. A few tickets are reserved for members of the Space hosting the event; those show a small lock, and you can join the membership right on the event page. Some events also show only the city until you RSVP; the exact address appears once you register. On the map those events still show up, as a general area rather than a street, so you can tell whether something is near you before you commit. The pin is a neighbourhood, not a door.
You will also see a number on some pins, like 1+. That means one event that runs on more than one date. Open it and the other dates are listed, so a weekly gathering takes one spot on the map instead of crowding out everything around it.
It happens, and you can update your RSVP so the Host has an accurate count. But the real fix for the cold feet is knowing what you are walking into. Read what happens at a gathering first; it is almost always less awkward than your head says.
No. Open any public event and there is a short form: your email, and your name if you want to give it. That is the whole thing. You do not need to sign up first, and it works whether you found the event yourself or someone sent you a link.
Most ticketed events work the same way. If a rate costs money and the Host takes payments, the form takes you to checkout. Pay, and the ticket is yours. The receipt lands in your inbox with a link that makes you an account in one tap, if you want one. A free rate on a ticketed event takes the same short form as a free RSVP, and the same confirmation email. The one kind of rate that asks you to sign in first is a rate the Host has set aside for members. The event page says which.
We email you to confirm, and that email says whether you got a spot or landed on the waitlist. It also carries the calendar link, and a "Manage your spot" link that lets you add plus-ones, answer the Host's questions, or give the spot back if you cannot make it. Giving it back moves the next person in off the waitlist. That link works until the gathering ends. If the Host cancels, you get told. Reminders closer to the day go to signed-in members for now, so if you want the nudge, tap the link in your confirmation and make the account.
Signing in later attaches every RSVP and every ticket you bought with that same email to your account, so they are all in one place. That happens on its own the moment you sign in, and it works whether the account is brand new or one you already had and were signed out of. Nothing is lost if you wait.
Slightly. A friend's personal invite link or QR gives you a form with going or maybe on it, and your details go straight to the person who invited you rather than to a mailing list. The plain event page asks for less, because it only needs to save you a spot.
Yes. Every event gives you your own invite link and QR to share, and the people you bring can RSVP without an account. Bringing people who RSVP, show up, or join also earns you Zaps as a Connector. See Events & RSVPs for how the invite loop works.
Next: what happens at a gathering.