Are Evites okay or is that just Tacky?

I am all confused. Evites are very tacky for a wedding. If I got one I probably wouldn't come. But why would you send a save the date after you had sent invites? That makes zero sense. Just skip the save the date (or at least make the save the date the electronic one not the invites). Purchase real invitations.

I was once invited to a wedding on a Facebook invite. It doesn't feel like a real wedding invitation. It felt gift grabby like they just selected all of their Facebook friends but didn't care enough to send me a real invite. I didn't go.

And save the dates come months BEFORE invites. Not after. What's the point of a save the date after the invite has gone out. Obviously if your guests have received an invite they know what your date is.

LOL what?? Skip the Save the Date's (which are sent out before the invitations) and send real invitations... evites are tacky IMO

Evites are ok for events that lead up to the wedding, e.g. bridal showers, bachelorettes.

For the actual wedding, it's paper country. Evite does however sell paper invites with an tracking option that allows guests to RSVP online, if that would interest you.

ETA: I was thinking of Paperless Post, not Evite. Paperless Post is still one click higher of formality than Evite, in my opinion.

I did STD photo postcards with a coupon from Walgreens and with postage for 50 cards it was well under $50. I wouldn't do evites at all.

@MBean-Unless you were someone super close to me, like a sibling or something like that. No I probably wouldn't come. It doesn't feel like I was really invited to your wedding. There are maybe 20 people I feel close enough to that I would come either way. Otherwise I wouldn't come.

I think E-vites are tacky, especially if you have older guests who may not use email/internet. If you want to save money, skip STD's all together and just send out invites. That is what we are doing. IMO, STD's are a little over done and an unnecessary expense unless it is for a DW or something like that.

Evite save the dates could be fine as they are not necessary. Std are also sent before invitations and don't have RSVP info because they are sent 6-8 months before a wedding. Nobody can realistically RSVP to anything 8 months in advance. I would never send wedding evites because even if you are going for informal, this is too informal. I got 50 nice invitations from Vistaprint for $20 last week. Groupon also has sales for Staples invitations that could be purchased around that same price.

Vistaprint is super reasonable! I got mine there

Personally, I wouldn't do evites. Too easy to be out of sight, out of mind. There are some really cost effective ways to do paper invites that are still really nice. At any craft store you can buy invite paper and you can design and print your invites from your own computer. Or as PPs have suggested, you could also do post cards.

The purpose of a save-the-date is basically to let people know that they should expect an invitation. Those you could do as an evite if you'd like, because they aren't necessary. But note, anyone you send a STD to, gets an invite (unless for some reason the guest says not to send one). Good luck! These forums are a great resource and people are always willing to give honest, constructive advice