Text rsvp

I feel like this is gonna be a headache for you. Also, are you having an EXTREMELY informal wedding?

I would only do this if it is a very casual wedding. How large is your guest list? It may be hard to keep up with that many text messages. We did online RSVPs and it’s been great so far because I can export the responses into a spreadsheet and send it to my caterer/wedding planner etc.

It might work OK if you are only wanting numbers. It won't work if you need guests to indicate their chosen entree. Also, are you sure that all your guests have access to texting? Some people don't.

People have had to use all sorts of mechanisms to deal with people who forget to write their names on RSVP cards. Unless you already have the phone numbers of every person who could RSVP, you would have to get them to put their names in the text RSVP--and experience suggests a lot would forget.

I have been invited to a wedding with a text RSVP and it was very very very informal, which is what they wanted. If you're having a rather formal wedding, or even semi formal, I'd do actual RSVP invites.

I also would not be wanting all of these people to be texting me to RSVP.

I am doing a website RSVP, but also listing my phone number for people to text or call. My wedding is pretty casual, so I’m not worried about it.

I guess I’m just worried about the text/call thing because while it may be for rare/extreme cases, things happen to phones & I don’t want a call unless I 100% know I’m going to mark their status then/there. For me it’s not just abt being more formal, but a cautionary thing. Avoiding that route may help keep more things organized..I’d only do that if someone’s rsvp was lost or I needed to contact them bc they didn’t respond.

I haven't done a text only RSVP kind of interesting. Just online RSVPing online. We sent the link to people via text and via mail with the invite for a baby shower. They click the link from their text and fill the form. I've also don't e-vite which is an online invitation sent through text and they respond and it notifies you yes or no.

If you have your number on the actual invite and ask them to text their RSVP im thinking you will have to chase many people that didn't actually reply. They may forget that they are supposed to text it. You will also need them to provide the name for each guest and also you would need a way of telling them how many guests they have to RSVP for. Because telling them to send back a RSVP via text they may rsvp for 5 people that you didn't include. A website lets you control the guest list and who can fill in their name, when you don't use a standard rsvp card which might state "you have ___ of 2 seats reserved in your honor".

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I agree with this. If you have a small guest list, then maybe but I think it could become problematic. Unless is it like a texting app, where you can also export the info like on a wedding website? Plus, do you have everyones phone number saved- I would also maybe worry about not putting in everyones number correctly but obv being on top of that would fix that issue but I would be triple checking and feel like that in itself is more work than the wedding website RSVP.

One of my bridesmaids did text RSVP for her wedding and she only had 10 people respond. She said it was a nightmare reaching out to people (and she had a small wedding).

One of my sorority sisters did text RSVP for the group (she brought in one invite to one of our meetings for all 20+ of us and said to text her by x date). Only four of us ended up going because everyone forgot to text her.

Both were beautiful weddings, but it was a headache for both brides to keep up with all of the responses and reaching out to most of their list.

I just got an invite today with a number to RSVP to, no call or text requested. Also no date to rsvp by. Pretty fancy looking invite too. Oh and they asked for monetary gifts on the invite. It's quite the invitation.

Oh but it kind of annoyed me, I wouldn't do it.

We did a text RSVP using an app for our annual picnic this year. What a PITA. The original texts were sent to the guests from some random number then they had to click on the link to view the invite, but they had to KNOW to click on it. We got so many questions it basically negated the usefulness of just having people respond Y or N to a text. Never again.

I'm sure your wedding has come and past, but if anyone else is reading, you should check out www.replied.app. You can send out regular invitations, and you're given your own RSVP phone number. Then guests RSVP to that phone number (so you're not getting a million texts to your personal phone) then the automated system asks them all the pertinent questions. You can even ask for meal preference, or create a custom question. For example, people can ask, "Do you have any food allergies?" "Will you be taking the shuttle from the hotel?" etc. It's the best text message RSVP service out there. It takes the guests information and immediately logs it on the website, so you can see your headcount in real time as they roll in. Used it for my wedding last month and it was so easy. I didn't have to wait for the RSVP cards to come in then tally up and keep count of the replies. I also didn't have to buy the return stamps, envelopes, etc. Everyone should check out www.replied.app!

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