# Why Google Calendar Always Sends Invitation Emails When you invite guests to an event in Google Calendar or via Cowlendar integration, Google automatically sends an email to every attendee. There is no organizer‑side setting to turn off these invitation emails, so your customers will receive three emails: a Shopify order confirmation, a Cowlendar booking confirmation, and a Google Calendar invite. #### Why Invitation Emails Are Mandatory Google Calendar’s system is designed to ensure every guest is notified and can respond to the event request. This approach tracks RSVPs and prevents events from appearing on guest calendars without their knowledge. Because of this policy, Google does not provide an option to suppress invitation emails on the organizer’s end. #### What You Can Do * **Set expectations** by explaining in your Cowlendar confirmation email that a Google Calendar invitation will follow. * **Advise guests** on how to adjust their own Google Calendar notifications: go to Settings > Event notifications and update email preferences. * **Include full details** in your Cowlendar email so that the Google Calendar invite serves only as a calendar placeholder. Although we have discussed this limitation with the Google team, they currently do not allow disabling invitation emails. We are monitoring for any changes and will release an update as soon as a solution becomes available. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://penida.gitbook.io/cowlendar-help/why-google-calendar-always-sends-invitation-emails.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.