Evite invitations?

Is your wedding formal or casual?? I never get evites, I don't know why, but they never come through, or they go to my spam folder.

Why exactly do you think they're a waste? You can get them from Michaels for like $15-30/box... Invitations set the tone for your wedding... sending out evites sets a specific tone..they're way too informal for a wedding.

We don't even really use evites for our kids' birthdays in my circle of friends.

Evites are fine for a shower or a bachelorette but IMO they have no place in a wedding, casual or not.

Much too informal for a wedding.

My fiancée really wants to do Facebook invites. 🙄

If your wedding is super casual I think you can get away with it. Just remember that you'll need to follow up with people, some people have evites go right to spam, some people don't check their emails as often as you might think. Some people will delete it accidentally.

And is there anyone coming to your wedding who doesn't computer very well? Great Aunt Sally who hates the computer, or Uncle Fred who has 900 email addresses and doesn't use any of them?

If you're willing to call and follow up with anyone who doesn't RSVP, and be prepared that they never saw it and can't make it. Go ahead.

We spent like 30 dollars on vistaprint invitations, for 55 people. Remember each individual doesn't need an invitation, just each couple/household.

We used evite for our save the dates (no time to mail them out). We sent them to our guests' phone numbers instead of email. It seemed to work well for us. They get a text message which seems to garner more attention than email. Most people RSVP'd on the evite even though we're sending physical invitations. Oh well. The invites will still go to them regardless of the answers on the evite.
I do agree that evites are a bit too casual for wedding invites. We're using Vistaprint for invites as well. They're really affordable and you can get them in as few as 3 days.

H's best friend (best man at our wedding) just send out STD's via email. to only my husband. if he wouldn't have told me, I'd have never known. And I'm the one that does the organizing and date keeping. I also found it really rude not to get my own email then, because clearly I'm not sharing an email with him.

Some people don't check their emails, or where ever you may send the evite out through on a regular basis. It might get lost in the junk mail, or 100s of other emails they may get and get overlooked. Now you're calling everyone up asking their RSVP

Thanks for the advice everyone. I’m digging this forum.

They’re affordable if you search around. Look on Etsy! I’ll be spending around $1 per invite (130 are invited). I also lucked out because my uncle owns a pawn shop and collects stamps; he has a ton and is gifting me some for STDs and invites!

I will say, I am using technology for RSVPs. They can use my WeddingWire website or call me or FH to RSVP.

This might be very cheap I don't know if it works but if your great with your phone you might be able to make invite on vistaprint or minted and once done screenshot it. Then take it to Walgreen or rite aid. I use to make invitation on paint and print them on them. You can do that too.

I wouldnf do evite for wedding invites though.

Too casual for a wedding. You can get inexpensive ones from Ann's Bridal Bargains. Minted or Zazzle. We are doing seal and send, ordering about 35 for $70 (or so)

Almost forgot, Staples does wedding invites and they had a Groupon recently. Less than $1 each. Some of them are eligible for same day pickup at your local store.

Please don't. I think weddings - even casual ones, are formal enough to require paper. You can do this very cheaply if you think it's wasteful (I won't lie, I felt the same)

It may also depend somewhat on your crowd. Our guest list had many elder relatives who are not even a little tech savvy. Hell, my sister is so not tech savvy I took an HOUR on the phone with her helping her find my cousin's baby registry. You can literally just google someone's name........ Needless to say, some people are not functioning in the age of technology.

Food for thought - my cousin did facebook invites for his baby shower. My mom never goes on facebook and didn't know about the shower until I talked to her. Other family members were confused. It looked like our family was forgotten because of the way the invite went out. There was a ton of confusion and needless hurt feelings. Also, multiple family members pressured the could so much that they sent out extremely last minute paper invites, certified mailed and paid for overnight on all of them because no one knew if they weren't welcome or just missed the facebook invite list...

You can do paper invites cheaply and I'm firmly in the camp that you should.

Definitely agreed with the PPs - paper invites for sure! Vistaprint is always having sales/promos so just keep checking back and order when there's a sale. They have 20 to even 50% off sometimes.
I personally don't feel the need to kill a bunch of trees and waste a bunch of money on programs, menus, detail/info cards, or even RSVPs. I built a free wedding website through the knot and will be accepting RSVPs that way. But the invites, yes those need to be paper!

You can definitely get invited for cheap just have to stay on top of those wedding websites to see when they have sale. We were able to get wedding invitations for less than a $1 on Black Friday. Vistaprint, Shutterfly, Minted , invitationby Dawn, David’s Bridal . If you are into DIY there is Michaels . When is your wedding?

MAY 5th, 2019

We used RSVPIFY and it was amazing. It allows you to send follow ups and track who has opened/responded. Some people do physical invites and online rsvps which is a great idea, it just depends on your audience and willingness to follow up!

When my uncle got remarried, his new wife sent out evites to the wedding. I do think the women in my family side-eyed them a bit lol, but I thought they were way more practical (I was also like 15 lol so idk if that helps or not), I like paper invites now, but I would in no way be offended or care if I was sent an evite. Save the trees!

I am not sure that the type/style of an invitation that supposed to serve the purpose of conveying information about an event is any indication on how the wedding is supposed to be. Yeah, pretty invitation are nice but they all end up in the trash. Except for 90 year old Sally who puts it on her fridge for a while.

I am frankly not convinced that paper invitations set the tone for anything. I find online invitations more practical and less wasteful. As long as I can get the information to everyone and can keep track of who is coming or not then I am good.

I guess tradition and formality are not that important to me when it comes to invitations.

At the end of the day, do what works best for you and your guests.