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In the last week i have gotten 2 wedding invites with Online RSVP. How do you feel about online rsvp??
I'm doing it. But i made my own software so it's very classy and still feels wedding approperiate.
I want to do it so bad, FI doesnt.
He thinks most of our guests are a little too stuck on ettiquette, which I still love! =)
Just wish we could, would make things a lot easier! hehe
We are doing online for the younger gen (our friends) and paper for older (grandparents lol) cuts stamp costs
We did it. My wife set up the system. It was simple for guests to use, and also prevented any of the guests from trying to RSVP for anyone not actually invited.
@princessamy: Brilliant! Why hadn't I thought of that! And esp. that we are doing our own invites!! =) Great idea!
I don't like the idea of it... it seems alot less personal to me. But to each their own.
I'm doing it. Welcome to 2011! Everyone loves instant gratification!
We are doing it too--in fact, for those of you who did it, were you able to set it up so that guests can enter their names to log in or did they just enter a form? I've been searching everywhere for a good way to keep it secure so that guests can enter the form without adding extra guests etc...
@snuggles: Im using Weddingwire .... what are you bees using?
i did it for mine and the first time i got one as a guest i thought it was fantastic! no need to remember to drop the damn card in the mail box (yes, i am that guest who waits until after the RSVP deadline to mail it).
Cinnamon Buns has set up an RSVP form on our wedding website using Google Documents and Google forms (I think). The person fills in the form, and what they enter gets put into a google spreadsheet, so it is always accessible. We still did regular RSVP cards too, so this way people can choose.
We're also doing both online and paper RSVPs. We haven't set out the invitations yet, but I anticipate a pretty clear generational divide on this one.
We're sending out rsvp cards, but on it, it says, "you may also rsvp at www.sonjandfi.com"
I'm sure there will be some wasted stamps, but oh well!
I'm not using it. I have guests who would have trouble with it and to me, its all or nothing. If I'm going to spend the money/kill the trees for RSVP's, I want everyone using them!
My friend did this at his wedding and all I heard from him was how people are complaining. Some people dont have e-mail adfress, many older couples didnt go online, yada yada. You may get complaints, but its your wedding. The only thing I'd worry about is people showing up after not RSVPing online which is what happened with him
@kingytobe: good point, if i was doing paper, i wouldnt bother with the online too
@sonj818: I will admit that I clicked on the link and was a bit worried that it didn't work. Then I figured it out and felt smart.
I don't like it just because older generations still can't comprehend cell phones much less e-mail and computers. I still have a grandmother who uses a typewriter for all of her correspondence.
We sent out stamped response cards, but also offered an online RSVP option through our wedding web site. I guess a lot of stamps went to waste because a lot of the younger people opted to RSVP online, but we were trying to maximize the amount of timely responses by making it as easy as possible for everyone.
I think the online rsvp is great but there are lots of people for us who don't have computers or wouldn't be able to figure it out. To make everything easier on ourselves we are doing paper. And also I'm not really into making a wedding website, so this way I don't have to.
Hello Bees,
Can someone help me? Do I have to imput all invitees my self manually? I kind of have an open reception but I would like a listing of whose coming so I can tell the caterer how much food to order. Is that possible?
We're doing it, along with allowing people to reply by email, text (to a special wedding hotline) and traditional RSVP cards.
If you don't have rsvp response cards where do you put the information for the online rsvp on the invite?
Our RSVP's will be to an email address I specifically created for us...
It will say:
Please RSVP by March __ to Amanda_Rae and MR Amanda_Rae @gmail.com
Or something along those lines.
We are doing RSVP on our wedding website, which we set up through google sites...for free! Always awesome. Anyway, I really like that guestsdon't have to send anything in the mail. A lot of you are talking about the older generation not using the internet, but I have friends (and myself included) that never have stamps around and basically don't use snail mail at all. I am seriously worried those people would completely forget to send the RSVP back. If the older people are having trouble, it is easy enough to call them and put the information in for them. We have a lot more tech savvy guests than not. I really like that I get email updates when anyone submits a form and everything automatically gets put into a spreadsheet on google docs. I am really happy I don't have to do that part manually.
My fiance and I created a wedding website through mywedding.com. We had our guests RSVP on it and had a great response! I think we got more responses than if we would have sent out RSVP cards. No matter which way you choose to do RSVP's, you will still have to track some people down to find out if they are coming or not.
@princessamy: I don't mind and we are thinking about doing the same. But if we go down that route, we have to be cautious on who to give online RSVPs to - maybe just for our friends and younger generations; older generations might need mailed-in RSVPs.
I know this thread is old, but I'll share our experience, anyway :)
We're doing an online RSVP through weddingwire.com. It was easy to set up, though moderately annoying because you had to enter each guests name in. This is helpful, however, for people who are worried about random RSVP "extras" that are uninvited. We've had a good response so far, people seem to really like the convenience. There is only one person on our guest list who I'm guessing isn't computer savvy, and we already know her response.
I put it directly on our invite, which some may think is "tacky", but our event is fairly laid back, so I'm not really concerned.
Its an option on my wedding website by theknot.com. I didn't notice it to deactivate it, so like 5 or so people have used it. The rest have sent in cards. Actually scratch that, the rest have facebooked and texted me, and a few sent the cards with no other word. I think I should have done ONLY online to prevent the facebook thing.
As I wrote before we are doing online RSVP, but like les105, our event if laidback and relativiely informal. It is a Sunday morning wedding with a BBQ lunch and a pie bar. If we were doing something more formal I would probably want to opt for the traditional on the invite.
@les105: We put the website on the invitation and said please RSVP at: www... also. I don't think it is tacky since you are having a laidback wedding.
I think its great! it drives people to your wedding website, tey can find out additional info theyw ouldn't have otherwise known.. post your registry there so you don't have to include that info in the invite itself... win - win.
We did though do a combination of mailed and online as some of our older guests are not very computer-savy...
We did it - online RSVP and a wedding hotline that my better half programmed which would record RSVPs and text us when someone left a message. Had zero complaints from guests and most people said they loved it. And, most people picked online versus calling. We had our wedding website via WordPress and just set up a simple contact form. Gave people a great opportunity to leave a note.
FWIW, making it "easier" doesn't equate to increased response rates. :) We're still having to track a good bit of RSVPs down!
I love love love this idea!!! But i know with my older generation family members i would never hear anything back. I wish i could implement this and feel condfident about it :(
If one was planning to an RSVP that gives guests the option to use website, email, or phone, how would you word it? There will be a separate part of the invitation that is dedicated to RSVP info, but how would you word all of this? And make sure that if they send an email, they remember to say how many are coming...? Thoughts?
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