LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Although the economic mood is a lot
scarier this year Evite, (http://www.evite.com) the leading online invitation
and social event planning service on the Web, reports that Halloween party
plans are up 40% versus last year, with over 3.7 million Evite invitations
sent for more than 140,000 parties across the country.
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In the midst of these uncertain times, Halloween is emerging as a welcome
respite to the somber atmosphere, as families and friends make plans to gather
for the traditional fun of costumes and candy for the kids and sometimes
raucous celebrations for adults. To help plan these Halloween festivities,
Evite.com offers not only a wide variety of fun, free online invitations but
also countless party tips and creative ideas to set the Halloween scene --
from creepy decorations to spooky snacks to inventive costume themes and
activities.
"Even on a budget, it's easy to make Halloween a fun holiday for both kids
and adults," said Lariayn Payne, Vice President of Marketing for Evite. "At
Evite, we're always looking for new and exciting ways to help our users throw
creative parties, and for Halloween our Evite Party Blog
(http://blog.evite.com/evite/parties) features some really clever party ideas
that are fun, inexpensive and easy to execute."
In addition to spook-tacular party ideas, Evite offers an expanded
collection of 35 photographic, graphic and illustrated Halloween-themed
invitation designs that range from the ghoulishly grim to family-friendly, and
which include over a dozen new additions. Like all Evite invitations, the
Halloween designs are free and easy-to-use. Some of this year's user
favorites include:
Pumpkin Patch
http://tinyurl.com/6q38g2
Psycho Skeleton
http://tinyurl.com/55ux8d
Halloween Cupcakes
http://www.evite.com/app/invitations/create/event.do?template=trickandtreats
About Evite
With 19+ million registered users, Evite (http://www.evite.com) is the
leading online invitation and social event planning service on the Web. Evite
helps hosts get their parties started with hundreds of stylish invitation
designs that are free and easy to use. Evite facilitates more than 6 million
parties, get-togethers and gatherings every year, for which over 200 million,
forest-friendly Evite invitations are sent -- that's over 24,000 invitations
every hour! In addition to invitations, Evite also offers a wealth of
creative party ideas, planning checklists and other tools, which save hosts
both time and money. Launched in 1998, Evite is headquartered in Los Angeles
and is a wholly-owned, operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI).
SOURCE Evite