15 must-know entertaining hacks for this Labor Day

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Send the invites

Snail-mail invitations are an ambitious gesture, but getting an efficient and organized response from your invitees is hard to come by this way. If you want to let your friends and/or family pick the day, use the free scheduling service Doodle. It's extremely practical for coordinating everyone's availability and simple to use, with no sign-up required. To confirm who's coming, just add a link to the availability form in your email. The list will fill up on its own with your guests' responses. Don't forget to specify whether children can come or if people can bring +1's.