The "Spreadsheet Nightmare"
Hi, I'm Kevin, a solo developer who built tick.rsvp out of direct, personal pain. When I was planning my own wedding, I experienced firsthand the chaotic, error-prone, friction-filled loop of gathering event details.
Every event planner or couple knows the anxiety of the final weeks. Guests change their minds via text, family members email late updates, and I was left copy-pasting missing meal choices into a messy, fragile spreadsheet at midnight. It wasn't just tedious—it was stressful hoping I didn't accidentally copy a peanut allergy to the wrong table.
The Venue's Dilemma
But it’s not just a problem for the couple or the planner. On the other side of the spreadsheet is a commercial kitchen and a wedding venue dealing with constant changes and hard deadlines.
For catering staff, a Banquet Event Order (BEO) is the absolute source of truth. It dictates kitchen execution and floor management. When venues receive a fragmented spreadsheet filled with ambiguous text fields and unstructured notes, a single transcription error risks serving life-threatening allergens to a high-risk guest. That means severe medical liability, delayed service, and a frustrated head chef.
The Solution: tick.rsvp
I realized standard consumer RSVP apps were focused too heavily on invitation aesthetics and ignored critical medical dietary validation. So, I built tick.rsvp to fix the operational data pipeline between guests and the kitchen.
With tick.rsvp, the "spreadsheet nightmare" ends. I created a structured, frictionless guest intake form that explicitly separates casual lifestyle preferences from severe medical conditions. As RSVPs roll in, the operational dashboard aggregates the data in real-time, locking down automatically at your deadline.
Finally, with one click, you can generate a flawless, chef-ready BEO export—an unambiguous summary detailing raw counts per menu item and a high-contrast guest manifest pairing names, seating, and medical alerts. No more copy-pasting, and zero manual re-formatting.