rsvp types

It probably won’t be cost effective to make up just s few RSVP cards. I think it will also be confusing to have an RSVP on your invitation that instructs guests to RSVP to an email address and there’s also an RSVP card. I’d stick with one method. If you have a guest or two that don’t use email, I’m sure they can have someone help them or you can contact them and see if they need assistance. Have you done analysis on the savings? Often times, it’s not that much unless your inviting hundreds of people.

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Cost isn’t something that will be that effected if we just did a couple. We’re designing and printing all stationary ourselves so printing off a handful of rsvp cards is sort of neither here or there cost wise

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Hi Tamsin!! Welcome to WeddingWire!! I don't think it's uncommon for couples these days to include a physical RSVP card for older folks who might have issues RSVP on a wedding website or an email. If that's what you feel is good for you, then go for it!

I, however, like the physical RSVP cards and am probably more likely to respond earlier with it. My best friend asked me to RSVP to her wedding online and it got stuck in all my other emails and I forgot! She had to text me a couple days after her deadline to make sure I was coming. Had she sent me a physical RSVP card, I could promise you that it would have glared at me from my fridge door and I would've remembered to send it in on time.

Are you also going to send out save the dates?

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save the dates? Nope we have told important people the date all ready and others that we think may need to know before set invites we are going to write a quick note in a Christmas card

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Ooh, that's a good thought and cost effective as well!!

I would have the electronic RSVP on your wedding website, not an email. Then it's all in one place and way easier. We are doing electronic RSVP on all invites, but including paper RSVPs for our older/not tech savvy guests.

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We arent having a wedding website

No reason not to give people who may be more comfortable with a paper RSVP, what is easiest. On the RSVP card, print, our email was included in the invitation, but if you prefer, fill out and mail in this card. (So they know, they do not need to do both.)

View Quoted Comment That is how it has been done for generations, before the very recent invention of commercial save the date cards. Works just fine. And you are not absolutely committing to send an invitation to everybody, in case you need to cut some guests from your list. Practical.

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I think it might be more of a headache to put together different types of invites for different people. I’d probably just do the same invitations for all, even if it costs more. But, you know your crowd best!