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Do i send Wedding invites if they rsvp online beforehand?

Hannah, on April 4, 2018 at 4:37 PM Posted in Planning 1 7

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So to save money, and my sanity, I've decided to put my wedding website on my save the dates. I have it worded "Formal Invitations to follow.
Or RSVP online at *insert wedding website*"
All of the information I'm putting on my wedding invites is already on my wedding website.
So my question is, do I still send out formal wedding invitations to people who already RSPV'd online earlier??
Should I even put my wedding website on my save the dates?

The reason why I thought doing so would be a good idea is because I feel that now that wedding websites are becoming so much more popular people are getting used to RSVPing online. Also, I remember my parents getting wedding invitations and only really looking at the time and address of the wedding and then not looking at them again. I just feel that they go unappreciated and unneeded when you can just put the information online for free. Then you can save money and send the actual wedding invites to people who will appreciate them, such as the older people and close family...

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Latest activity by Stephanie, on April 11, 2022 at 5:05 PM

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Janice · on April 4, 2018 at 4:45 PM
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As I indicated on the other post, this is a bad idea.
A STD asks the guest to hold the date but it’s NOT an invitation. While you must invite everyone you send a STD to, it’s not the same thing (which is why they coexist).
STDs are also sent well before the wedding and a lot of people will forget about it if you don’t send an invite 6-8 weeks prior. They may even forget they RSVP’d.
People can’t RSVP 6-8 months ahead of time. Things change ALL the time. They may RSVP yes, circumstances change, they forget they RSVP’d, and never get an invite. So you’re expecting these people to come and they don’t.
Just get some cheap invites on Vistaprint.
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Champion December 2017
earias · on April 4, 2018 at 4:52 PM
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Agree with this.
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Dedicated January 2019
Christina · on April 4, 2018 at 5:15 PM
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I have my wedding website on the std but I turned off the rsvp portion for now. My plan is to send invites with the rsvp return envelope but also put that they can rsvp online. I'll turn on the rsvp feature for the website when I send out my invites.
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FutureMrsR-M · on April 4, 2018 at 5:25 PM
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I think Christina’s idea is great. If possible turning off the rsvp would ensure that your guests don’t rsvp too early and then have to possibly back out. We are sending our STDs out 1.5 years in advance because absolutely everyone has to travel an hour or more (most are flying) to the wedding and we want as many people as possible to be able to plan for, save for, and buy the best flights. And we will be putting the wedding website info on the STD because we are having our wedding in central Mexico at a non-resort location (which makes travel/accommodations and such much trickier) and need to get a lot of information to our guests early on.
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Champion October 2018
Kelly · on April 4, 2018 at 5:30 PM
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I put our wedding website on our save the dates so guests can get information but disabled the RSVP feature as well. When I send formal invitations I will have everyone RSVP through our website and enable that feature at that time. I didn’t want people RSVPing too early and we haven’t set our menu with our venue yet and guests will need to make a meal choice.
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Super June 2018
NinjaBride · on April 5, 2018 at 1:22 AM
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Yes definitely send them a formal invite whether or not they already rsvp’d
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Just Said Yes October 2022
Stephanie · on April 11, 2022 at 5:05 PM
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I had a QR code on the back of my Save•t•dates so everyone got access to all the wedding info/details, we have received some early online rsvps which to me is fine being that we still intend to send formal invites, so those who rsvp’d early get a “reminder” and can make changes if necessary, and those who didn’t rsvp early can now do so. I just think it’s important to still send a formal invite regardless. Most of our invited guests are very close family members anyway so I personally have no worries.
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