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I think it would be a good idea but it may confuse some people. But honestly I'd rather do it online than keep track of the RSVP card while I figure out if I can go or not.
I wish we had done this, instead of wasting money on postage and rsvp's that weren ever returned!
But then again, we included our website with our invite suite, and it had info such as registries, etc on it. And no one looked at that, either! Everyone texts me, asking where we're registered. Sigh.
We were going to, and our website through wedshare.com has the capability... but you know... I figured it might confuse people and we put stamps on the RSVP envelopes...
I wanted to do online rsvp but I switched our website from weddingwire to projectwedding and projectweddding doesn't have online rsvp. I emailed them about it but got no response. I would love to hear fom someone who is married and did it this way. How did it turn out?
That's our plan. Our wedding website is through weddingtracker.com and it has that capability, so we're running with it. I just know my family and friends... they'd all assume we knew they were coming, wouldn't RSVP. I would've wasted all of that money on postage for return envelopes, and my head would explode.
Forgot to add that we're inviting people in tiers. We're inviting our third tier of guests based on regrets we get from our first tier. As a result, we have 3 different RSVP dates, and we thought it'd be less complicated online then through the mail.
i'm wondering the same thing! i have it all set up on our wedding website (which hasn't been given out yet) and all i can think about is how much simpler it would be and how much would be saved on postage.
is this idea too far out there:
send the STDs w/website on them, those who RSVP after recieving STD (i dont know, would people do that??) will not be mailed a reply card/stamp, only an invitation. those who didn't rsvp online (or who don't use computers) will be sent a stamped rsvp card w/the invite...
Seems like a lot of work and tracking, NurseAmanda.
Also, does anyone have older relatives/grandparents/aunts/uncles who don't "get" the computer or internet or would find the website RSVP awkward? That was a concern of mine. In going traditional "stamp on the RSVP envelope" we figured it'd be simpler and no one would be confused on their next step.
@nurseamanda- People won't RSVP for a STD. It's not an actual invitation, it's a notice that they will receive an invitation n the future. I think putting the website on a card with the invitation is a necessity if you want to skip the rsvp card and postage. I'm going to offer the phone option for those who are not internet savvy.
We did both-- postage provided RSVP and a place they could RSVP online. So far we have received about 20% of our RSVPs back and NOT A SINGLE ONE was via the website.
@arizone bride- i know its not an actual invitation, i was just thinking by recieving one and then visiting the website w/an rsvp option they would know they were invited and will recieve a formal inviation, espcially since over half our party is family.
@missACS- i can see how this would probably cause alot of work and stress for me though! aw shucks. and then there IS the older generation who will probably never see our website...
did anyone get good results with the online RSVP?
I went to a tonne of weddings this summer, only one had a reply card (which I made a point of using, since I know she did spend money on a stamp), the rest were all either online, phone or email RSVPs ... now obviously, I don't know if they did something different for older/less tech savvy/traditional guests they invited.
We're doing rsvps on the website. I saw a great idea for how to communicate this on Bella Figura.
http://www.bellafigura.com/letterpress-inspiration/2009/08/eco-rsvp-custom-letterpress-envelopes/
We were concerned about the older generation not having access to the internet, so of the 100 total invites, we had 20 envelopes printed with our return address only and ordered 20 reply cards.
We are doing both. We sent our invites with stamps on the RSVP's and everything, but we also included the wedding website on our info card, and we have an RSVP function on their. I don't mind spending the extra money for stamps and such, I just hope that by doing both ways people will actually RSVP and I won't have to track anyone down. Not holding my breath on that though....
We did ours online and it was wonderful! We also had a choice for our meals and that way everything was in one place and whenever I wanted, the website would export Excel Spreadsheets of all the information. It was seriously AMAZING.
We had our site through weddingwindow.com and I wish it was still up so I could share it with y'all. Check it out.
They're not free, but they are *SO* worth the money. There was also a gift tracker on there that helped keep me organized and made writing thank you notes a snap.
We did it!
We created pocketfolds & had the "RSVP" insert. However, our RSVP insert said for our guest to RSVP via internet. Our main reason of RSVPing online was to help to control the guest list (I've heard horror stories on here about people scratching out numbers and writing in additional guests) and I wanted to create a way for this not to happen. I initially set up an account on mywedding, but realized that you couldn't control the guestlist, so used weddingwire. On weddingwire you actually type in your guests names, therefore if person A & B were invited their names are online asking for their acceptance or decline, leaving them no option to add another person.
Everyone loved the online RSVPs. They thought it was easy & convienant, plus it ensured that our guests actually went to the website. Also, it was an easy & non-confrontational way to say "no young childern."
We did experience, like others who have paper, late RSVPs & no responses and had to do follow up.
The advice I would give (esp if you use wedding wire,) would be to state that if you can't attend click the "RSVP" button after you type in your name. This got a little confusing because our after our guests typed in their name, the only option was to click "RSVP" what the site did after that click was take them to a drop box where they choose "accept" or "decline" but it was decieving. This confusion was partially my fault because I hadn't explained that, but once one of my friends informed me about that, I added it to the page and everything was fine.
Overall it saved us money & time, and the feedback from our guests was positive :)
we're doing it online to save on paper and postage. we're putting a phone number on for the older generation. my brother did it for his wedding and they said it worked out great, i figured half the guest list will be pretty much the same so it shouldn't be a problem.
Okay, so I figured out a way to bring my website back from the dead! You can see it here if you want to see how we set up our online RSVPs and our cool website in general :)
I *loved* our website and am so glad I figured out how to share it with you!
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Has anyone ever done this? Good idea? Bad idea? I have a lot of family coming from out of the country, and it seems a safer way to rsvp than trusting the post.
What do you think?