Ways to send names

Write it the way you already do.

Paste a list into Quick add, write in the team chat, or share a message straight from WhatsApp. Here is every way GuestlistX understands, and exactly what each one puts on the list.

The examples are worked out as if today is Thursday 12 November; “tonight” is that Thursday.

What happens next

Check before it’s added. Quick add and chat show the names first. Change any line: name, night, number of people, Regular or VIP, a note.

From WhatsApp, straight on. Shared names go on the list at once. Anything unclear (no names, a past date) waits for you to check.

Managers’ guests wait in Pending until an admin confirms them and picks Regular or VIP.

“×3” is three people on the list under that name, ready for the door to check in one by one.

Names

One person per line, or several on a line.

Someone writesOn the list

```
Anna Kowalski
```
On the list:
Anna Kowalski · tonight
```
anna kowalski
```
On the list:
Anna Kowalski · tonight
```
Anna, Petra, Tomas
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight

Petra · tonight

Tomas · tonight
```
Anna and Petra
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight

Petra · tonight
```
Anna & Petra Novak
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight

Petra Novak · tonight
```
Anna Kowalski + Petra
```
On the list:
Anna Kowalski · tonight

Petra · tonight

How many

A count after or before the name, plus-ones and friends.

Someone writesOn the list

```
Sean x 3
```
On the list:
Sean ×3 · tonight
```
Sean x3
```
On the list:
Sean ×3 · tonight
```
3x Sean
```
On the list:
Sean ×3 · tonight
```
Sean +1
```
On the list:
Sean ×2 · tonight
```
Sean + 2
```
On the list:
Sean ×3 · tonight
```
Sean and 4 friends
```
On the list:
Sean ×5 · tonight
```
Sean + girlfriend
```
On the list:
Sean ×2 · tonight
```
Sean and his wife
```
On the list:
Sean ×2 · tonight
```
seans 4 friends
```
On the list:
Sean ×4 · tonight
```
Sean's 4 friends
```
On the list:
Sean ×4 · tonight
```
add 3 for Sean
```
On the list:
Sean ×4 · tonight
```
Sean wants 5
```
On the list:
Sean ×6 · tonight
```
Sean wants 5 vip
```
On the list:
Sean ×6 · tonight VIP

When

No date means tonight. Weekdays, words and dates in English or Czech.

Someone writesOn the list

```
Anna
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight
```
Anna tonight
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight
```
Anna tomorrow
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 13 Nov
```
Anna fri
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 13 Nov
```
Anna friday
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 13 Nov
```
Anna next tuesday
```
On the list:
Anna · Tue 17 Nov
```
Anna sat
```
On the list:
Anna · Sat 14 Nov
```
Anna 20.1
```
On the list:
Anna · Wed 20 Jan 2027
```
Anna 20.1.2026
```
On the list:
Anna · Tue 20 Jan
```
Anna 20 jan
```
On the list:
Anna · Wed 20 Jan 2027
```
Anna Jan 20
```
On the list:
Anna · Wed 20 Jan 2027
```
Anna 20th
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 20 Nov
```
Anna 21/11
```
On the list:
Anna · Sat 21 Nov
```
Anna dnes
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight
```
Anna zítra
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 13 Nov
```
Anna pátek
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 13 Nov
```
Anna v sobotu
```
On the list:
Anna · Sat 14 Nov
```
Anna 20. ledna
```
On the list:
Anna · Wed 20 Jan 2027

A date for several lines

A date on its own line applies to the lines under it.

Someone writesOn the list

```
Friday:
Anna
Petra x 2
Saturday:
Tomas
```
On the list:
Anna · Fri 13 Nov

Petra ×2 · Fri 13 Nov

Tomas · Sat 14 Nov
```
sean x 2 20.1
conor x 5 20 jan
john 20.1.2026
gary Jan 01
```
On the list:
Sean ×2 · Tue 20 Jan

Conor ×5 · Tue 20 Jan

John · Tue 20 Jan

Gary · Thu 1 Jan

VIP

Only admins choose the type; a manager's VIP request is a hint for them.

Someone writesOn the list

```
Anna VIP
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight VIP
```
VIP: Anna, Petra
```
On the list:
Anna · tonight VIP

Petra · tonight VIP
```
Sean x 4 vip fri
```
On the list:
Sean ×4 · Fri 13 Nov VIP

You: I, me and my

In chat or Quick add, “I”, “me” and “my” mean whoever wrote it. Here, Marek wrote these.

Someone writesOn the list

```
I want to add 5 people for tonight
```
On the list:
Marek ×6 · tonight
```
can I bring 4 fri?
```
On the list:
Marek ×5 · Fri 13 Nov
```
me + 2
```
On the list:
Marek ×3 · tonight
```
me x 3
```
On the list:
Marek ×3 · tonight
```
4 for me tonight
```
On the list:
Marek ×5 · tonight
```
put 3 under my name
```
On the list:
Marek ×4 · tonight
```
put me down for 2
```
On the list:
Marek ×3 · tonight
```
add me
```
On the list:
Marek · tonight
```
I need 3 spots sat
```
On the list:
Marek ×4 · Sat 14 Nov
```
I'd like two more
```
On the list:
Marek ×3 · tonight
```
chci 5 lidí
```
On the list:
Marek ×6 · tonight
```
přivedu dva v pátek
```
On the list:
Marek ×3 · Fri 13 Nov

Not names

Questions and chat are ignored, or flagged when they ask for people without naming them.

Someone writesOn the list

```
Is the 20th still open or blocked?
```
On the list: Nobody: read as conversation
```
thanks!
```
On the list: Nobody: read as conversation
```
ok see you tonight
```
On the list: Nobody: read as conversation
```
same as last week
```
On the list: Asks you for the names
```
5 people sat
```
On the list: Asks you for the names
```
the usual for friday
```
On the list: Asks you for the names

Pasted from WhatsApp

Exported chat lines: the time and sender are removed.

Someone writesOn the list

[12/11/2026, 21:04] Sean Murphy: Anna x 2 fri

Anna ×2 · Fri 13 Nov

```
12.11.26, 21:05 - Lucie: Petra + 1 sat
```
On the list:
Petra ×2 · Sat 14 Nov

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