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Our guests are pretty good about sending back their RSVP cards (so far)! I'm getting a lil nervous though... currently, we have 60 accepts and 7 declines. With a guest list of 195, we were hoping to be around 160 once the dust settles! Hopefully, a few more declines come later :) If not, we'll deal.
How about you guys... getting your RSVPs back already? More accepts or regrets?
OMG we are date twins, and I'm wearing those Manolos for the wedding: Major difference though: I have not even sent invitations yet-yikes!
Yay date twin! :) Good taste in shoes, though mine are the Martinez Valero ones, not the Manolos.
You still have time! I just wanted to make sure mine were out by the 2 month mark, since our RSVP date is May 21.
we got a rush at the beginning (last month) and haven't had any for weeks! i have about 30 yes's but we sent out to over 100 people!!! i'm sure they'll come in soon - course I put on there "please reply before april 30" i just hope that doesn't scare people from sending em!
We got about a third back the first week, and now we seem to be in a little lull...but people have till the end of May, so it's hard to do anything about it! I'm going to send a gentle reminder out to OOT guests as the deadline gets closer, though, since the hotel block rates will expire then too. Then another reminder for in-town people after the deadline passes.
I suspect it's just the difference between people who do things right away and those (me!) who stick the invitation somewhere intending to get to it but then end up with other things piled on top...just gotta be patient till they find it again!
I have gotten some each day and I can't wait to go home tonight and check my mail box. I hope they keep coming I sent out 123, I don't remember how many I have gotten back so far. My deadline is May 10.
We got a little rush in the beginning too, maybe about a third, but haven't gotten any almost all week (I'm so disappointed when I check the mail! ;) ) I'm guessing some will trickle in and then we'll get another big batch right before the RSVP date.
@Junebride, we also had a rush at the beginning (they were sent out last week in march) and they have only been trickling in one by one for the last 2 weeks....its lame! we invited about 90 people and we are currently at 53 i think. UGH! Our RSVP date is May 5 so im hoping people are just procrasting and I will get a bunch the last week.
Btw, i love how family thinks they dont need to rsvp. This has been the most annoying part of wedding planning...no joke!
We have been getting three a day so far! I will be sad when it turns to a lull :(
@alishadhs4 That seems to be totally true about families. I know your coming, just humor me and send back the already addressed stamped envelope.
We've gotten about 25 cards back, and sent out 135 invites. The due date is May 17. I get about 3 RSVPs a day. Can't wait till I have them all!
@alishaadhs4, I wish we could trade some family members! We're doing all online RSVPs, and not one, not two, but THREE family members have RSVPed multiple times with no changes except to write us different messages in the comment box! It's soooo frustrating to have the Google spreadsheet number tick up one and I go to look and see who it's from....only to find out it's just Uncle Joe again. Augh....I guess maybe online surveys seem fun? But guys, you have our email addresses...!
@MrsBritt....EXACTLY! They are already stamped! Gezz...you just have to drive to the end of your driveway and drop them in!
I haven't sent them out yet but I should receive them in a day or so! Yayyy!
@Alishadhs4 - Not everyone though. I live in an apartment complex and it's a pain in the ass to check my mail. My fiance and I only do it once every couple weeks or so. I think RSVPs will give me a good reason though!
I am having mine sent to a PO box which is a PIMA too....
We also got a rush within first couple weeks, and now I have not seen a single RSVP in like whole 4 days! But since we are doing a destination wedding we pretty much know who is coming because those people that are coming have bought their tickets, etc. I am telling them they still need to put RSVP in the mail because we put song request option on it:). It is kind of fun to get them in the mail, even 'no's, because a lot of people put cute comments/wishes on them.
Wow, you guys are all on the ball! We just sent invites out on Monday, so people are just now getting them. I hope to start getting RSVPs soon!!
We sent our invites (144 invitations.. 265 people. yikes) right around the 1st of April, and the deadline is May 1. So far we have
25 yes cards back (45 people) and
18 no cards (44 people).
We're right about the 50% acceptance rate, which is right where I want to be! Of course, there's a bunch of yes's still to come that I know of, but approximately 90% of our guest list is OOT, so maybe still a lot of no's :) (And only 1 person written in extra -- a person's grown daughter. ridic. Attempting to get my FI to take care of it, but he doesn't want to "offend his neighbors".)
If my RSVP day is May 5, when do you think i should call people who havent rsvp'd? I ws thinking the 7th..
Our invites were mailed out at the end of March, and we also received a rush of RSVPs in the beginning. We sent out about 85 invites and have received over half of the RSVPs back. Now, we've only been getting 1-2/day. Our deadline is May 5th, and I will start calling people on the evening of May 5, haha!
I sent mine out the first week of May and my RSVP cards are due by May 15th (my wedding is june 5). I've sent out about 150 invites and received about 25-30 back...it's about 2-3 a day. I hope it picks up! I'm excited to get the mail every day. I'm hoping to get about 10 declines (I'm a little over capacity) but so far I've only gotten two (I had a attending "list" and an "invited but probably won't attend" list when I counted my total)
Wow, can someone explain to me the huge time span in sending out invitations. We are not sending out ours until the middle of May maybe closer to the end. I would not think you need 3-4 months for rsvp's. I would forget to send it back if I had received and invitation that far in advance, or forget the event itself. Not being snarky, I am really curious.
@tksjewelry, I think it really depends on how many OOT guests and also your region...we have the same date, for instance, but lots of OOT people, and hotel blocks here expire a calendar month before the wedding. We wanted to give people several weeks with the invites in hand before that deadline so they could book flights, figure out if they were coming, etc., which meant getting them in the mail by mid-April for the May 25th deadline. In the end the printer finished them early so I went ahead and sent them a week early, giving people about six weeks to respond.
I think it's fine to send them out a few weeks before the wedding if it's mostly in-town people who don't need to worry about airfare and hotels, though. Some venues or caterers also require longer lead times for numbers, but if yours doesn't (ours was fine with ten days) it's not a big deal.
I sent mine 8 weeks early because I have a lot of out of town guests flying across the country and also because my wedding is June 5th - just one weekend after the Memorial Day holiday weekend. I wanted to get them in before everyone started making holiday plans so they would know there was a wedding coming after. My wedding will have about 250 people, so I wanted to plan for a week plus extra time to track down the non-rsvp'ers after the May 15 return deadline
We sent ours out 2 months before the wedding date, with the RSVP date a month before. Our wedding is on a Friday, so we want to make sure people have ample time to figure out if they can make it or not. We would have made the RSVP date 3 weeks before the wedding, but the following weekend is Memorial Day weekend. Didn't want to risk people being out of town... I'm trying to call as few people as possible! ;)
They're trickling in...I get about 2-3 a day. More will attends than will not attends, which is ok.
Mine are going out Saturday, however, my mom helped me stuff the envelopes, she took hers with her, and I got her RSVP yesterday! HA.
Excited to get them out of my house! I have them due back by May 23rd.
We also chose to send invites out a bit on the early side since almost everyone is traveling. We sent invites for a total of around 180 people, and right now we have 101 yes and 19 no. Our RSVP date is May 1, so I'm thinking we'll probably get a rush next week. Of course, I'm also prepared to figure out who hasn't RSVP'ed on May 1 and start getting in touch (or asking our parents and my fiance to get in touch with guests they are closest to).
I hope to get a rush this upcoming week since our date is approaching on may 5, i really dont wanna have to track people down like a madd woman, but i will!
We have about 60 yeses so far, but I'm still waiting on a whole bunch more. Kinda getting nervous!!!! We sent them out early, so that may have been part of the problem. I just hope more come in! Eek!
Mine went out last weekend, and I have about 22 yes responses, 2 regrets. Most of the RSVPs are people we already knew were coming, and I have a feeling everyone else is just trying to figure out if they can make the trip or not. We have a May 15 deadline even though the wedding isn't until June 26...the hotel block expires that day so I figured I'd encourage people to decide in time to snag those rooms.
@tksjewelry - I'm with you. I've just dropped mine in the mail this week and I also have tons of OOT guests. They all did receive the STD with our wedding website with tons of info (including the hotels and all that stuff) on it, so I'm not really that concerned about the time crunch with the OOT guests. I've put the reply date for May 18th, which gives me a good two weeks for follow-up in case I need it and also gives them a sense of urgency to reply right away when they receive it!
If I got an invite over 2 months in advance I'd likely forget about it/misplace it too. And I'm actually pretty organized.
We sent our invites out about two weeks early because most everyone is coming from out of town and there's another event going on nearby that same weekend so we were concerned about accomodations. Our deadline is May 7th but we haven't gotten any RSVP cards in the mail for the last week or so! We got about half of ours back within a couple weeks but the other half are still MIA- most of which are the FI's family and friends so he's totally going to have to call them if they don't reply by the 7th.
Now you all make me feel like our reply date is too late! We put May 22nd, which is almost exactly a month prior to the wedding, which I thought was typical. We'll start calling people a week after the reply date. Our hotel block deadline isn't until June 1st!
Daniellemybelle, June 19th is my date, and we put May 23rd. I figured 4 weeks was plenty of time. You don't need the final count until about a week before, so that gives me three weeks to make calls and work on the seating chart :)
@Blueshoes2 & almostmrs.donnelly: we're date twins also!!! That's so exciting..
@almostmrs.donnely: I haven't sent my invites out either, but I'm determined to get them out by next week.
We did however, send save the dates and had our website on that, so far we have 13 guests out of 100 coming. LOL! It will be a very small wedding! 
I rush to the mailbox everyday to find between 1-3. I guess steady is good. I'm concerned because we've gotten about 35 out of 100 and there's only been 1 decline... we need more no's! I gave them until June 1st, I really hope we don't have many guests to follow up with via phone, I will not be in the mood for that by then!
I send mine out at the end of March, and I've been getting a few here and there. 40 invites total and so far only 7 yes and 4 no. My deadline is May 10th, so I'm just a touch anxious, but I'm a worry-wart anyways.
I hate how some people don't think they need to send them back. I've talked to a couple people who have said yay or nay, but still haven't sent the RSVP to me. One friend even asked if she needs to send hers to me. .... um, didn't put that pretty little stamp on there for decoration honey.
lol its awesome to hear that my feelings are totally normal regarding this and all you bees understand!
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