The LagosLife party can now end with more than a goodbye in chat. Shalom’s 3 November announcement adds souvenirs for weddings, birthdays and parties: the host sets up a gift while planning or editing the event, and each guest takes one home. Two companion changes also reduce the work of getting people through the door and into the conversation. [1] [2] [3]

Choose the take-home detail while planning

The announced choices are hand fans, mugs, umbrellas, tote bags, towels, plates, keyrings and cakes. Open the event’s planning or editing flow to look for the souvenir setting. The notice names the options but does not publish their prices, stocking requirements or inventory limits. [1]

For the host, the useful choice is a small part of the event’s personality. A fan fits a wedding joke; a cake gives a birthday a take-home detail. Those are theme suggestions, not different rewards or bonuses. Check the current selection and any displayed cost before confirming.

Registered guests no longer need individual door approval

A separate notice says people who have already registered for an event can now walk straight in. Hosts no longer need to manually admit each registered guest. Registration is the condition named in the announcement; it does not say that every unregistered visitor gets the same access. [2]

That gives invitations a practical job. Share the event details early enough for guests to register, and keep the event page available while the gathering starts. If someone is stuck outside, first compare their registration and the event they are trying to enter instead of repeatedly changing the household’s general access settings.

Catch the conversation at its current point

Party and wedding group chats now open at the newest messages, according to the third notice. This removes the initial trip through a long archive when joining the conversation. It is a change to where the chat opens, not an announcement that older messages have been deleted. [3]

For hosts, a short arrival message can still carry the essentials: which event people have joined and what the group is doing next. The easier entry and newer-message starting point help with arrival; they do not replace giving guests a clear plan.

A four-step host check

  • Confirm the event title, date, time and location.
  • Review the souvenir selection and any cost shown.
  • Ask invitees to use the event’s registration flow.
  • Open the group chat near the start and post the next activity.

The cover is an earlier planning example from PINK’s 1 November video. It supplies visual context for the planner, while the new souvenir and access claims come from the three later creator notices. We have not hosted an event or collected a souvenir after this update.