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Ideas for unforgettable events

Candid, editorial guides on gathering every photo, video, and voice from the people who were there.

Event table with a QR code card and a guest uploading photos to a private albumGuide
Guides

How to collect photos from your event guests (the easy way)

A printed QR code on the table collects more photos than any link in a group chat -- here is why, and how to set one up in two minutes.

Gathmo TeamMay 12, 2026
6 min read
Wedding guest recording a voice message on a phone at a reception tableStory
Weddings

The most underrated wedding keepsake: guest voice messages

Photos freeze a face; a voice keeps the person. Why recording short voice notes from guests is the memory couples treasure most.

Gathmo Team
5 min
Secure EU cloud storage visual with event media flowing into European data infrastructureGuide
Guides

Collecting guest photos in the EU without the GDPR headache

Consent, data residency, and erasure -- the three things that make event-media GDPR-compliant, and how to get them right by default.

Gathmo Team
5 min
Wedding guest photo app comparison cards with phone album previews and rating cuesRanking
Weddings

Best wedding guest photo apps of 2026

We compared the wedding guest photo apps couples actually use -- on price, friction, and what you keep afterward. Our ranked best-of for 2026.

Gathmo Team
8 min
Split comparison between disposable cameras and a QR-based event photo albumComparison
Parties

Gathmo vs disposable cameras: which is better for your party?

Disposable cameras have nostalgia. Gathmo has everything else. A head-to-head on cost, photos, sharing, and what you keep.

Gathmo Team
5 min
Wedding guest scanning a QR code table sign to record an audio guestbook message on her phoneGuide
Weddings

Audio guestbook for weddings: skip the rental

An audio guestbook used to mean renting a retro phone for hundreds of euros. How to collect wedding voice messages with a QR code instead.

Gathmo Team
6 min
Print-ready wedding QR code table cards and an A4 sign arranged on a styled tableGuide
Weddings

Wedding QR codes: invitations, signs and the album

Where a QR code belongs at a wedding -- save-the-dates, invitations, table signs -- and how to set up the photo album behind it.

Gathmo Team
5 min