Are Evites okay or is that just Tacky?

What? This makes no sense. Skip STDs and mail out real invitations. ETA: STDs are definitely not necessary. They've become popular in the last few years or so.

I'm confused. If you are doing online rsvp why need a save the date? To the question, if it is informal and you think all your guests are interested access then I don't see an issue. But realize the invite sets the tone. Evite Saya very informal and casual.

You're all backwards. Don't send E-vites. STDs go out months before Invitations. If you can't afford the STDs just send regular invitations.

I find it tacky... I would think "If they couldn't afford invitations, what else couldn't they afford?" And then images of dry weddings, dollar dances, and honeyfunds would start dancing around in my head... and that's just not the tone you want to set.

We skipped STDs. And we are doing real invites with an rsvp on our website (with the exception of a small handful we will include an rsvp for, mostly older guests). I wouldn't do evites for the real thing. There just seems something so impersonal about it and it just rubs me the wrong way.

Most people on here would say it's tacky. I am having a very informal open house instead of reception so I did do evites. I will point out that for the wedding i did send out invites. I would agree with pp and advise to skip the STDs. I would use the money from the STDs STDs and use towards the invites.

Confused; but I'll share my thoughts on e-vites. I think we are in the day-n-age where e-vites would be fine for bach parties & showers; but I would still send an actual paper/mailed invite for the wedding & if you planned on doing STDs.

ETA: We did our STDs thru Vistaprint during a 50% off sale - it's really not that costly. Also unless there are a lot of OOS guests or a DW, you really don't need STDs at all & can put that $ towards the invites.

IMO no to e-vites for the wedding

For wedding invitations? Definitely tacky. Groupon has a deal right for the wedding paper diva.

For the actual invitation I find them tacky. If you can't afford invitations you shouldn't be wasting money on STD's.

If you're hell-bent on it, you can do e-save the dates. Then send out paper invites with postage on the rsvp envelope (or rsvp option on your website).

No to e-vites. Save money by doing an online RSVP (wedding website) so that you don't have to pay for postage on the return envelopes. This will only work, however, if you have internet savvy guests. If you were planning the whole thing online, I would assume that's the case.

It sounds like you are sending out RSVPs before Save the Dates because you have a list of people you would invite if people RSVP no? Don't do that. Evites are ok if you are having a more casual wedding but don't use it as a way to weed out people.

Evites are tacky, girl. People like holding something tangible. And it might seem a bit lazy.

I have a huge family and a lot of friends I'm in the military so I'm not having my wedding in my hometown I didn't want to waste money on a ton of invitations. I was gonna send the save the dates to the people who say they are definitely coming to the wedding.

I'm pretty sure you don't know what a save the date is

Save the dates come before the invites..... you have it backwards. I would suggest against evites tho because some people don't really check email.... me being one of them. I would probably never see it

My mother in law did evites for our engagement party but I'd never do it for the wedding!

As everyone stated above, it's STDs then invites. If you're wanting one electronic and one paper, do the STDs electronically. We did STDs through PaperlessPost and had 10 printed STDs sent to our older guests who aren't internet savvy. Do paper invites.

Lol okay ladies no need to be feisty.. I definitely didn't understand the difference and had it all wrong.. I never planned a wedding and only attended one when I was 14 guess I need to do some research on how things work.. Thank you all..