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I could see this being a huge headache as people are much more hesitant to call someone to RSVP, but you know your guests. In this case I guess it would be fine just to list your phone number to RSVP at the bottom of the invite. If you feel you would get a better response through email, I'm sure you could list that as well. I would model your invite a little more after a shower invitation with the RSVP wording on the bottom.
i think it is fine and a great way to save paper/costs. We are doing an RSVP via our wedding website. I did not give people another option and hope that they will use the website. I know this is setting myself up for headaches but if it works, the RSVPs will be counted in an organized manner for me. I mostly did not want to deal with international postage and saw mailed RSVP cards to be an extra expense.
I'm doing a DW, so it didn't make sense to me to buy response cards/envelopes/postage when 80% of the responses will be people declining. I asked guests to RSVP via phone or on our wedding website.
Like Miss BooBoo I'm having my guests respond to our wedding website or via phone (in case they don't have internet access). I don't think you'll have any problems.
The RSVP with the stamped envelope is just the most common iteration of RSVPing. Technically, you're just asking them to reply, so whatever form you think you'll get the most/quickest/easiest responses should be the one you choose!
I would do a combination of email and phone. That way the people that are hesitant to call can still email you.
I just had RSVP by phone or email (similar reasons to yours) and it worked out fine. A friend had everyone RSVP to her website, but that didn't work out quite so well - some of the older generation were a little freaked out by that, I think. But they would not mind phoning.
It sounds to me (from other RSVP threads) that so many people can't be bothered to mail response cards back, so the waste is annoying. Definitely have an email option for the shy ones who hate phoning, though!
glad to see we are not the only ones...we are doing RSVP via our website and phone also, just in case people don't want to use the internet.
You might want to check out AnRSVP.com. It is a free RSVP site, with a bunch of advantages:
R.s.v.p. cards were introduced only within the last 50 years or so, and only became common within the last twenty or so. Even today, among folk who routinely hold other formal events and not just weddings, guests know enough to write their "Miss Aspasia Phipps/accepts with pleasure the kind invitation of ...." type of response on their own stationery (and find the printed R.s.v.p. form just a little tawdry.) And even fifty years ago, before R.s.v.p. cards came into vogue, Amy Vanderbilt and Letitia Baldridge were suggesting that "modern" hostesses could use a phone number for R.s.v.p.s without embarrassment.
Personally, I think you should put your phone number, AND your email address under the R.s.v.p. line. It's a rule of good taste that "form follows function". The function of an R.s.v.p. is to let you know who's coming, and giving our guests the choice of communicating that back to you by mail (on their own stationery) or by phone or by email which ever is easiest for them, serves that function best.
Postcards are more environmentally friendly and they cost less than a card with an envelope.
Postcards sounds like a fun idea. Anyone have any suggestions? I don't know if we have the budget for them, but I can definately check it out. Do local retail stores carry something like that? I don't want to have to wait for something else to be mailed to me before I can send out my invites.
If not, I may see about setting up a website or adding the e-mail. Thanks for your help, guys! :)
You can make them yourself. You can get some really cute designs from weddingchics.com or i-do-it-yourself.com if you are willing to DIY.
We did RSVP's by phone (b/c most everyone has one) and via our website. It give's people an option and they are both easy to track. We got a google voice number and linked both to a gmail account. Do what works for you. Good luck.
My friend did the RSVP by phone thing and it worked rather well. She was having a small wedding without a sit-down dinner, though. I could see it being complicated if there were a large number of guests or a meal choice.
My sister did email and phone (for the few who don't have internet) and it worked out great. They still had to call some people so she's glad she didn't waste money on cards and postage when people can't seem to fill it out and return it -- or not lose the RSVP! We are doing the same thing :)
You can print your own at home if your printer can handle cardstock. If you don't have a printer that can handle it, just go to a local office supply store that does printing. You can print them double-sided so that you don't need to address them or make address labels.
email or phone seems reasonable. Most people don't care about the RSVP card
We did RSVP's by phone by a service called RSVP for less out of Mankato, MN. It was almost 1/3 the cost of RSVP cards or postcards and we had no trouble getting responses, even had some compliments on the ease of doing it that way. Good luck!
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My FI and I are running into budget issues are looking to cut corners somewhere. I honestly can't justify spending money or RSVP cards and postage, ESPECIALLY considering that most everyone on our guest has already told us who is and isn't going to be there by word of mouth. We're just inviting close family and friend. We'll invite about a hundered, but only expect about half to show based on what we've heard.
I'm about to finish and send out invitations within the next couple of days. To make matters worse, they're going out late! I don't know if the people invite would have time to RSVP through mail. The event is going to be semi-formal church wedding with a desert reception.
Would it be ok for me to put RSVP (xxx)xxx-xxxx on the bottom of the invitation? I don't actually feel that my friends and family would mind; perhaps would even prefer that. They're not the formal type and we are the first couple in a long time to actually have a wedding.