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I don't think putting your website on your invite is tacky, BUT I might advise against using it as your only form of RSVPs. Depending on the size of your wedding and how tech savvy your guests will be, it might backfire on you...maybe you can do a postcard RSVP insert?
It's quite widely accepted now to put the URL of your wedding website on your invites actually. I say go for it.
Tacky is in the eye of the beholder anyways. No matter what we all do for our wedding someone is going to think that a certain aspect of it is tacky.
"tacky" is in the eye of the beholder. I don't see a problem with including the website on the invitation as long as it isn't in a HUGE font or a prominent position on the invitation.
I voted "no" though my website was 'in' my invite. Let me explain...
I didn't think it looked right printed on the invite, but I had it listed on an insert as part of the wedding information...then it can be detached, along with the map/directions info and the invite can be kept as a keepsake. =)
I'm not sre what you mean, actually on the invites or included in the envelope? We're putting our website information on a seprate card in our invites (the bottom of the reception card "For directions and further information please visit the couples website...), I don't see why anyone would have a problem with that?
I personally would cringe if I saw it on the invite itself. It would really interfere with the formality of a wedding invitation. However, I could see it being ok on an enclosure card or something. I think you need to give people another rsvp option besides a website though, for older relatives and the computer illiterate.
We printed our website on the back of our envelope. The return address was on the top flap. Then the bottom of the envelope said "Please help us do our part to save the environment and RSVP on our website www.website.com. Your reply is requested by March 1, 2010." We saved on paper and postage! We sent 100 invites total and because we ordered from an easy to work with etsy seller, we ordered 80 of the invites with those printed envelopes and 20 traditional invites with reply cards and the return address only on the envelope. So far its worked out really well except the two envelopes I mixed up. One of the most tech saavy couples got an old school one and vice versa. Oops! :)
My invites were the pocket type. So I did like krissycake and printed a little insert card with info on it. (Airports, hotels, venue and our website) It wasn't included so I just bought a plain black and white card to use.
(I also changed the color of the ribbon, tissue paper and added a little pink rhinestone to make it match our theme a little more. Ordered personalized seals from zazzle.com)
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I voted go for it, but I did mean including it in the insert. If there is no insert, maybe on the back of the formal invite? I agree that a url is clunky in print next to all of the pretty font.
I just went to one of the most formal weddings I have ever been to in November, and they had the wedding website printed on the invitations. These were some VERY expensive invitations too! Not sure why anyone would think that was tacky. Honestly who cares...I mean really it is just an invitation!
I had pocketfolds, and my website was displayed prominently on the pocket of the pocketfold. So I said yes. But if you mean on the MAIN invite? Sure, why not? Just because it's an internet address doesn't make it any less formal regarding information about your big day.
It is your wedding, I say do what you want. We ordered invites from Hallmark.com and we are using a wedding website as RSVP (I also included a phone number response for my grandparents).
Invites are headed for the garbage or recycling after anyways :)
I don't have mine directly on the invitation but I have it on an enclosure, but it also has accomodation info, etc. I say save the money and just do it! The closer I get to my wedding day the more I realize people don't notice the stuff that we do (brides).
I voted No it's not tacky. They are you're invitations and your wedding so do as you please. The guests will probably think it's cool.
I think on the invite is a little lame? idk if tacky is a good word- but Inserts are definitely helpful... I just don't want the actual invitation that I'm going to save and put in the wedding album to have a www.chrisandkatiearegettingmarried969.com at the bottom. LOL it's like printing the directions ON the invitation... not necessarily tacky, but not really visually appealing.
Here's a few examples, as I am also trying to navigate this unclear world of website RSVPs and where to tell people on your invites. Been doing my research!
Wedding website directly on the STD, in letterpress calligraphy no less! I think it looks pretty good...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28091627@N04/3274837460/
And I love @amac25's suggestion of putting the website on the envelope. Here's a photo that I found from the same website:
http://www.bellafigura.com/letterpress-inspiration/2009/08/eco-rsvp-custom-letterpress-envelopes/
If you are going to include a website, it's more appropriate as part of the save the dates. It doesn't really have a place in the invitations.
I didn't put my website on the actual invitation but it was on the RSVP card.
@amac25 I love how you put that part about the environment. I wish I would have thought about that.
While some may think it's "tacky" or inappropriate, I think it's a great idea. I'm including a response card with my invitaiton that directs guests to the website to RSVP. I will do regular mail in response cards for the few relatives that don't own computers.
@JennyChicago
Listing a registry is completely different from a wedding website. A wedding website is for information, like hotel accomodations, reception and venue address and directions and other types of information. While a registry is a wish list. Since in the wedding world, brides are not suppose to be upset if a guest doesn't bring you a gift. It's on the same lines as the bride shouldn't be the primary organizer for her bridal shower. It comes across is little gift grabby.
While some brides do list their registry on their website, (like I did), it's not like a in your face wish list. My guest had to go to my website and find it in the tab marked "other info" So it would be something you would actually have to look for in order to find. That's what I think.
I totally get that..it just annoys me that people say including a registry card in the invitation is tacky. I know several bees have mentioned that it depends on your crowd but still I find the registry information very helpful and some websites can be so cheesy and annoying. I plan to include a small insert with directions hotel accomodations and registry info all in one (its pretty cute actually lol) So people can just carry that with them and have all the info they need with out having to go to a website.
I do like the website idea I jut dont get why one is tacky yet another one is acceptable since you are basically stating the same information on the website as you would in an invitation insert.
I voted "no" because I know that in my situation, the invitees just wouldn't use the website. We're letting people call us and/or e-mail us that they'll be coming along with the traditional card to let us know.
Our invites (for our casual farm wedding) aren't formal anyway, so printing the website on them looked perfectly fine. I don't think there's anything wrong with it but do think on some more formal invites it may look out of place. You want the address to be clearly legible and some scrolling italicized fonts are a bit hard to read. Printing the address in regular font may not match well with the rest of your script.
I wouldn't put it directly on the invite. I'll add mine on the enclosure or RSVP since I'm giving my guests the option to RSVP online...try it in different spots if you are DIYing your own invites
Not tacky at all! I'm probably doing that myself. I like the idea of doing a few invites with return cards for the older folks, but there is no reason why my friends and even our parents' friends wouldn't want to reply online. That's how everyone communicates now-- a wedding in the 21st century can reflect its age.
we sent out stds directing guests to the website to get them used to the idea there would be a website, then we did pocketfold invites that opened to have the map on the left and 3 cards on the right (maps/directions, general info, rsvp). the rsvp card said simply to please rsvp at our website and we've had no problem getting them in! only 2 people expressed a concern about navigating the internet so we called them and asked them all the questions (beef/veggie, staying in town/where, allergies, etc.) and filled out their forms ourselves. It's been great, especially since our rsvps feed into a google doc spreadsheet so i don't have to manually enter everyone's info! as long as you're prepared to treat older relatives with patience and assistance, i'd go for it if i were you!
I put it on my invitations (I believe on one of the inserts in my pocketfold.) I don't think its tacky at all - how else are you supposed to tell people where your website is located?
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Is it tacky to put your wedding website on your invitations? We are trying to save on postage and may have people RSVP via the website. Whatcha think??