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Ive been stalking the boards this morning (as usual) and I just wanted to share something for a good laugh. My aunt received an invitation to this super fancy wedding in a super fancy hotel (daughter of work friend). On the RSVP, it listed your PRICE for your dinner selection...
_____ chicken $19.99
_____ beef $23.99
Im not kidding! So do you mail a check with you RSVP or pay cash at the ceremony...the wedding is in June so I will keep you posted on the outcome. So for all of you that are worrying what guests will think if they have to pay for their own drinks or own parking, I say dont stress, it could be WAY worse. You could be asking them to pay for their dinner too....LOL!!!
**Disclaimer...dont want to offend anyone. If you are asking guests to pay for their dinner, then Im sure its acceptable amongst your friends and family. No judgement!**
Maybe they're not asking guests to pay for the meal, but giving the information so that the gifts "cover the cost of the plate?" Either way.... Yikes!
Oh wow. This is kinda crazy -- and hopefully just a result of REALLY poor proofreading?
OMG, that's hilariously AWFUL! Although, I can't imagine it's too super fancy of a wedding or too super fancy of a hotel if they're getting dinner for those prices. Maybe they advertised the prices to show what a good deal they're getting? I don't know... I'm still laughing but trying to be as positive as possible. hehehe
That is absurd, ridiculous! I've never heard of anything like that!
OMG!!!! Whatever possessed them to put that on their invites?!!!!!
Wowzers! I hope that's a typo. That's one way to pay for your reception! Not my way, but to each his own.
Hysterical! At those prices, and the way the entrees(?) are described I can't imagine that the wedding is going to be anywhere fancy.
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Um, ridiculous. You should RSVP with a receipt for your travel and accomodation costs for the wedding 
I'm guessing this must be a typo- maybe the result of some copy/pasting really, REALLY late at night? lol!
I'd LOVE to find a "fancy" wedding venue with inexpensive menue options like that! Seriously, all of the "fancy" hotels in my area were upwards of $100. That is so strange, though. Clearly this girl doesn't read the 'Bee.
Wow, that's crazy! I wonder if they just accidentally included the prices? Do they actually expect the guests to send a check back for the amount of their dinner?? I have to hope it was just some sort of typo and they didn't mean to include it on the invitations...
oh no. those werent the actual prices or descriptions. It was filet in a some sauce or something like that...my aunt sent the rsvp back so i dont remember exactly what it said. its at this hotel that i looked at before deciding it was way out of my price range... Im sure my aunt will give her a nice gift but didnt like the premise of 'paying for her dinner'...like a ticket to a charity ball or something...
That's what I was going to say -- is it a wedding or a charity dinner? Ouch. Maybe that will be the new standard??
I thought you were quoting the RSVP. I was wondering how nice that it could be if they wrote "chicken" and "beef" instead of something like Chicken Cordon Bleu and Beef Tenderloin or Veal or something, LOL! That's like going to McDonald's and ordering a "Liter of cola." I'm so glad you weren't quoting the invite!!
Maybe it is a really expensive fancy place and it's $130 per plate and they thought they'd offset some of the cost? Do you make the check out to the bride and groom? Isn't that like asking for a monetary gift??
HOLY WHOA.
For $19.99 it can't be that great!!!! Wow. I just can't believe. I'd RSVP back in a blank, unmarked RSVP card: "really? we're supposed to pay for our own dinner?! Happy marriage" LOL.
That's just too funny. Top 10 etiquette don't do list!
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I'd have to agree with the others...WOW!
I'd also have to agree in saying..I'm not sure how fancy this wedding can be with those prices..I live in LA and was BLOWN away by some of the "fancy" venues we visited...EASILY $120 a person and above...
Nothing is wrong with getting a good deal, but even-so...I wouldn't advertise
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!
That's either the WORST typo ever or the most insulting (ie: hi-LAR-ious) RSVP I've ever seen. Totally awesome.
Ooohhhh thanks for clearing it up, FutureMrsMorgan. I was so confused about that pricing! Either way, I think Emily Post might have something to say about this.
man.... i'm debating on how i would have responded on the RSVP...would I have included a little comment or just checked my preference =)
I wouldn't go, that is ridiclous! If you can't afford to feed people, either choose a different venue that you can afford, do an h'dourves only reception, or a cake & punch only, there are many other options vs. asking the guests to pay for their dinner!
??? That's crazy! haha. If it's on purpose, why even give your guests an option for the more expensive dish, if not just to shame them over the added expense! haha.
I have a friend that was invited to a wedding where she was asked to pay $50 to cover the cost of her dinner in lui of a gift. I thought it was a bit strange at first but chances are you are going to pay at least $50 for a gift anyway and if thats what the bride and groom want, then it's not really that different then asking for cash or money for a honeymoon.
Even if you're going to buy a gift....i get it, an "eye for an eye"....it's a RIDICULOUS NOTION! I bet the guests were still expected to go!
I wonder how many *yes* RSVP's they'll have.
Either way, it leaves a foul taste in your mouth
I am so confused... is this FOR REAL?!
I have to say that something similiar and maybe just as bad happen to me and my FI. Last summer we traveled to Hawaii for a wedding- in fact, my FI was the Best Man in this wedding and didn't know it until the minister asked on the beach "which of them should I give the ring to [as Best Man]" (he knew he was in the wedding just not the Best Man - only my FI and groom's brother stood up). So ANYWAY... we travel thousands of miles to Hawaii, right? Of course, Hawaii is expensive and we never expected them to pay for our travel expenses since it was our choice to go BUT...
After the wedding was over we went to an expensive restaurant for the "after dinner" on a beach; one thing to note is my FI is an extremely picky eater (only eats chicken sandwiches, french fries, popcorn, cereal and pizza - LITERALLY) so we knew ahead of time that he wouldn't really eat much of his dinner, leaving him hungry, but this was their wedding so we weren't going to complain. Anyways... FI, of course likes NOTHING on the menu but finds something he can order...
The bill arrives to the table (about 12 people were there - bride/groom, their immediate family, us, her grandma, and one of her friends) and they PASS around the bill for each of us to pay for out dinner. So FI doesn't even like his food and we are stuck paying a fortune for our dinner when we spent $3000 on the trip.
It was the most awkward silence as everyone just waited for the bill to be passed around to them so we could throw our share in there.
And one of the worst things is that they just finished building a new house - hundreds of thousands of dollars of a new house, and can't pay for our dinner. UGH! I will never get over it - them not paying a single cent on us when we did so much for them.
umm, not to hijack the thread or anything but
@mightysapphire
i don't want a large farva, i want a g*dd*mn liter of cola!
that being said, I kind of wish that I could get an invitation like this just so I could call the person up and ask how they'd like payment, just to make them feel as awkward as possible.
LOL!! Now I dont feel bad for being so snarky!! Seriously though, I have a ton these stories...this one may just be something my super dramatic cousin made up. someone on her moms side (in-laws) claims she went to the most beautiful wedding ever 2 years ago: the dress, the flowers, even the china and crystal at the reception were all top notch stuff. the bride and groom made their entrance to the wedding on a helicopter!! and then dinner was served...crudite. NOTHING ELSE. The waiters were laughing as they scooped raw broccli and cauliflower onto the bone china. HAHAHAHAHA...I dont know if this one is true but I laughed so hard when my cousin told me...I may genuinely have the most ghetto-fabulous family ever.....head down in shame...
this is insane.. I don't know how I would respond to an RSVP card that had prices listed.
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I think Emily Post just rolled over in her grave!
I can't wait to hear how this all pans out! Thanks for the good laugh!
if I weren't particuarly close to the couple, I don't think I'd go to the wedding if prices were included on the RSVP card without explination.
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