---
title: "Invitation request declined email template"
description: "A kind no to a request for an invitation, with the option to join the waitlist. Send it when the guest list is full and you cannot offer someone a place."
url: "https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/invitation-request-declined"
---

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# Invitation request declined email template

A kind no to a request for an invitation, with the option to join the waitlist.

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- **From**
  Northwind <hello@example.com>
- **Subject**
  Your request for Winter Preview Night
- **Preview text**
  The guest list is full this time, but you can join the waitlist.

![Preview of the Invitation request declined template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/invitation-request-declined-desktop.webp?v=31ba1694a8c8)

invitation-request-declined.txt

```
The guest list is full this time, but you can join the waitlist.

{{hostName}}

Thank you for asking

There were more requests for {{eventName}} than places, and {{hostName}} cannot offer you one this time.

Places sometimes open up when plans change. If one does, people on the waitlist hear first, in the order they joined.

Join the waitlist [{{waitlistUrl}}]

If you would rather not, there is nothing you need to do. {{hostName}} would be glad to see you at a future event.

You are receiving this because you asked {{hostName}} for an invitation.
```

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

## When to send it

Send it when the guest list is full and you cannot offer someone a place. It thanks them, says so plainly and offers the waitlist without asking anything else of them.

4 values to fill

## What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

| Placeholder | Kind | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `{{hostName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{eventName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{waitlistUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{unsubscribeUrl}}` | Link | Optional | None |

API

## Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

```
import { init, nextmail } from '@nextmail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.NEXTMAIL_API_KEY }) await nextmail.templates.create({  name: 'Invitation request declined',  slug: 'invitation-request-declined',  starter: 'invitation-request-declined',  publish: true,}) const sent = await nextmail.templates.send('invitation-request-declined', {  from: 'Northwind <hello@example.com>',  to: 'maya@example.com',  props: {    hostName: 'Lumen Studio',    eventName: 'Winter Preview Night',    waitlistUrl: 'https://example.com/lumen/winter-preview/waitlist',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)
```

Events

## More templates like this

![Preview of the Event invitation template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/event-invitation-desktop.webp?v=fa1f1022665c)

### Event invitation

A formal invitation with the date, the place and one-click replies to accept or decline.

6 styles

![Preview of the Save the date template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/save-the-date-desktop.webp?v=5ec31acd4336)

### Save the date

An early notice that puts the date first and lets guests add it to their calendar.

6 styles

![Preview of the RSVP confirmed template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/rsvp-confirmed-desktop.webp?v=0bb6c75f68c3)

### RSVP confirmed

Confirms a guest's reply with their answer, the number of guests and a link to change it.

6 styles

![Preview of the Event reminder template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/event-reminder-desktop.webp?v=e4e70bb62530)

### Event reminder

A reminder before the day with the time, the place and directions to the venue.

6 styles

Start from one

## Pick a design, change anything, and send it from your code.

Every template opens in the editor as blocks you can move, restyle or delete, and sends through the API with the values filled in.

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