Wedding invitation card with map: put the venue location on your shadi card

A wedding invitation card with a map is the difference between a guest who arrives at the Baraat on time and one who phones from the wrong hall. In Karachi and Lahore the hall's name alone is not enough: there are two or three venues with the same name in different areas, marquees sit along roads with no numbers, and traffic punishes a wrong turn. A digital shadi (shaadi) card puts a Google Maps button under each function; a printed card can carry a QR code to the same pin. Here is how to add it and what to write beside it.

Why a map pin matters in Karachi and Lahore

• Same names, different places: a 'Royal' or 'Grand' banquet exists in Gulshan, on Shahrah-e-Faisal and in North Nazimabad. The pin ends the argument in the car.
• Marquees on Raiwind Road, Canal Road, Super Highway or Ring Road have no house number; the pin is the address.
• Traffic: Karachi's Shahrah-e-Faisal at 8 PM, Lahore's Canal Road on a Saturday. The map's route and time estimate lets the guest leave at the right hour.
• Out-of-city and overseas guests do not know the landmarks. 'Near Nadir Hotel' means nothing in Dubai; a pin works from the airport.
• Farmhouses and home Mehndis in narrow streets: a dropped pin at the gate saves twenty phone calls.

Area-by-area venue notes are in the Karachi and Lahore guides.

How to add a Google Maps pin for each function

• 1. Open Google Maps on your phone and search the hall or marquee by name. Check the area in the result, not just the name.
• 2. Tap Share, then Copy link. That is the pin.
• 3. For a home or farmhouse, press and hold on the exact gate to drop a pin, then Share and copy.
• 4. In your Dawatnama panel, paste the link into the venue field of that function. Each function (Mehndi, Nikkah, Barat, Walima) has its own, because each is usually at a different place.
• 5. Open your own card and tap the map button once. If it opens at the gate, you are done.

What to write next to the map

• The gate or entrance: 'Gate 2, from the service road', 'Entrance from Khayaban-e-Shaheen'.
• Parking: 'Valet at the main gate', 'Parking in the ground opposite, bring the car to the gate after 11'.
• A landmark for guests without data: 'Beside the Shell pump after Nagan Chowrangi'.
• The hall inside a complex: 'Marquee B, left of the fountain'.
• Time to leave: 'Baraat departs 8:30 sharp from the groom's house' saves the hall two hours of waiting.

Sample lines

Urdu: بمقام: [ہال کا نام]، [ایریا]۔ نقشے کے لیے نیچے بٹن دبائیں۔ گیٹ نمبر 2 سے داخل ہوں، پارکنگ سامنے گراؤنڈ میں۔

Roman Urdu: Venue: [hall], [area]. Map ke liye button dabayein. Gate 2 se andar aayein; parking samne ground mein hai.

English: Venue: [Hall], [Area]. Tap the map button for directions. Enter from Gate 2; parking is in the ground opposite.

Printed card with a QR code vs a link card

A printed card can carry a QR code that opens the same Google Maps pin; print it large enough to scan, and test it on two phones before the print run. Its limit is that it is one pin for the whole card, or one QR per function in a crowded corner, and it cannot change after printing. A link card keeps a map button under each function and, if the hall changes, every guest's link updates the same day. Most families do both: QR on the 20 printed cards for the elders, link for everyone else. What else to check in a digital card is in video, PDF or a real page.

Aam sawalat

• Hall Google Maps par nahi hai? Gate par khade ho kar pin drop karein aur share link copy karein.
• Kya mehman ko Google Maps app chahiye? Link browser mein bhi khulta hai; app ho to seedha us mein.
• Do jagah ek hi function? Venue field mein dono likhein aur notes mein 'mardana/zanana' ke saath dono pins ka zikr karein.
• Hall badal gaya? Panel mein pin badlein; sab bheje hue links update ho jate hain.

Try the map button on a real card: Elegant Wedding with your own venue, free. For guests travelling from abroad, read wedding card for overseas guests; for the card itself, digital shadi card. Designs by function: wedding invitations.