Memberaspasia475 : Well said and good advice! Im not the Queen of England so I dont have to live up to the same standards. I just want my guests to be happy, entertained and well fed at my wedding. There are a lot of people who believe in strict rules for weddings, but my family will probably just be happy that I am getting married! 🙂
MemberIf you don’t want to do stamps then do online RSVP only.
If you want to do both, IMO you need to do stamps.
FWIW, We are doing both (giving the option for online but also including traditional RSVP cards) and we will be including stamps.
I have gotten one RSVP card without a stamp and not going to lie I gave it side eye.
Memberniahc : ‘My family will just be happy that I am getting married!’ 😄 Same here. But for the love of the moon if you do strictly mail in RSVPs PLEASE include a stamp. Its not mandatory but greatly appreciated. If there’s an online, email, text or call option thats great and I wouldn’t worry about stamps. Seriously can’t even remember the last time I needed a stamp so while I’d suck it up and trudge to the post office for ONE funky stamp I definitely wouldn’t be happy about it. lol
MemberI don’t think I’ve ever received a wedding invitation that did not have a stamp on the RSVP envelope, so we included them on ours and didn’t give it a second thought. Even though we do most of our banking and bill paying online, we still have some stamps lying around but I know a lot of people don’t. If you can budget it, I would. RSVPs are hard enough to chase down and if you can make it easier on your guests, I would.
MemberI’m only mailing two reply cards to our grandmothers, they will have stamps. Otherwise, I’m only sending the invitation itself, there’s no other accompaniments (reply cards, maps, etc.). We created a webpage for that and with the exceptions of our grandmothers there is no one on our guest list who is uncomforable with RSVPing online.
For me personally, I would include a stamp with the RSVP envelopes and that’s why I didn’t include them. I purchase stamps, printed the invitations and bought envelopes for 100 people for about $200. The stamps and envelopes will also be used for the thank you cards.
MemberLike others have commented, our RSVP cards said “please rsvp at ourwebsite or mail this card in” so since we gave them the option to rsvp online, we didn’t give them postage. Some people have mailed them in so far with their own stamps, but most have used the online option! We wouldn’t have even had mail-in rsvp cards but they came free with our invites so we did 🙂 No one has complained so far!
Memberniahc : you’re not obligated to spend more on a wedding than the cost of a license and an officiant to file it.
BUT – if less than 100 bucks is a make-or-break for you, you’re best to skip the big wedding and get yourself an emergency fund instead of a party. Have the party you can afford, but make sure you can really afford it.
and I have zero against online rsvp’s, I think they’re great. They save money, trees and time putting together a spreadsheet. But – if you send out an RSVP card and expect it to come back, put a stamp either on it or with it.
MemberI’d put a stamp on it. It’s annoying to have to go buy stamps to RSVP to someone elses wedding. Plus I think you can get the postcard stamps which are cheaper. But you’d have to ask the post office..
MemberI have never received a rsvp card without a stamp.
The stamp here is 0.85 each yet I still managed to put one on all cards. If you expect them to mail it in, then yes, you should include a stamp.
Other rsvp options then no.
I don’t typically have stamps on me as I don’t mail anything ever.
Memberbabeba : Im not necessarily unable to afford an extra $100 on the wedding. If I felt that it was going to be important then I would include it. I get that it is fair to have a stamp if you require a mailed RSVP. Im probably not going to give RSVP cards in the first place so it wont be an issue. Mail is so slow anyway, would much rather have the confirmation right away.
MemberMemberMemberDo you want the RSVP’s back? If so, then yes, you need to include postage. If you’re that hard up for money, skip the response card and have RSVP by phone or email only.
MemberNot going to lie, I was considering this too. But then I got an invite over the weekend with a non-working website to RSVP on and no stamp to send the response card back. Sooo, because I found myself irritated by that, I’m putting stamps on them.