Can I keep my party off the public map?
Yes. Set the event to Private and only invited people can see or join it.
How do I plan a house party with friends in one app?
Create the party in Hoot Me, pin the address, set the date and time, and invite your group. The Event Hub then holds the RSVP list, the group chat, polls for the playlist or the food, the shared photo album and the bill split — so nothing lives in four different apps.
Step by step
1. Create the event
Add a title, pin the address on the map and set the date and time. Choose Private so the party stays off the public map.
2. Invite your people
Invite friends and watch RSVPs update live so you know how much food and drink to buy.
3. Decide together
Run polls for start time, playlist, food order or theme instead of a 200-message group chat.
4. Split the costs
Add the drinks run, the cake and the cleaner to the bill splitter and settle up afterwards.
5. Keep the memories
Everyone drops photos in the shared album, ready to post the next morning.
Why house parties fall apart in group chats
A group chat is a bad event tool: the address scrolls away, RSVPs are guesses, the poll is a message nobody replies to, and the cost of the drinks run quietly falls on one person.
Event Hub replaces all of that with one screen per party — plan it, meet up, capture it, remember it.
Private events stay private
Any Hoot Me event can be set to Private. Private events never appear on the public map, and only invited people can see the location, the chat or the photos. Public events are for meeting new people; private events are for your own crew.
Related questions
Can I track who is actually coming?
Yes. The participant list shows who is in, who is out and who has not answered yet.
Can I collect money for a shared cost?
Yes. Add shared costs to the built-in bill splitter, split evenly or item by item, and mark people settled as they pay.
Get Hoot Me free on iOS and Android — join events near you, plan hangouts and split the bill.