Email invites

Paperless post is one.
But I’d really caution against doing this. People don’t tend to take email invites seriously for a wedding. Am invitation tells guests the formality of your event, and unless it’s very casual (like jeans), this isn’t the way to go.
Not to mention email spam filters can block them sometimes.
Vistaprint has cheap printed invites.

I have to agree with Janice. Email invites just don't feel right. Plus most people get hundreds of emails a day in multiple boxes, it could easily be missed. There are so many inexpensive alternatives I would rethink. After all, this is your wedding, a few minutes to personalize an invitation with a name and address and the invitee responding in kind shows you are thinking of each other.

Please don't do this. I got an Evite last week to a wedding, It was confusing, especially since you have to RSVP on their wedding website. It was also sent really early (wedding is 3+ months out), and we have no idea yet if we can come. We can see who else from our friends group is being invited, and it's uncomfortable. We think the couple is lovely and will come if we can, but it's very off-setting to get an invite via email.

Sending a paper invite with an online RSVP is totally fine. If you're worried about cost, we were able to buy lovely low-cost invitations and print them ourselves. Total cost with postage was less than $80, and they ended up looking very nice.

I agree that paper invites should be sent in the mail. My grandma was invited to a wedding via email several years ago and still hasn't let it go. It made her feel that the couple was too cheap to send out a real invitation but still wanted all the guests to bring them gifts.

My mistake. I apparently should have posted this under the Etiquette and Advise section.

I used Punchbowl for my save the Dates -- I am really happy with it.

View Quoted Comment That doesn’t make a difference in the advice you’re getting. This just isn’t a great idea.

Oy, I mean I would assume you could use evites or paperless post, but I would expect your rsvps to be low. People don't take email invitations too seriously, for any event IMO, let alone a wedding. You'll probably end up doing more work tracking people down than if you just did a paper invite. And there are many paper invites that are great deals, you don't have to spend an arm and a leg.

Also, you can't tell Janice not to comment if she isn't saying what you want to hear. That's not how the forums work and it's against CGS.

PS, Sarcasm doesn't relay in text. I too thought you were confused about posting on the forums and thought different categories might get you a different response. Js.

View Quoted Comment Umm, 1. No one is judging. 2. Nowhere did I say you needed gold foil envelope liners.
What I DID say (and notice that everyone else concurs) is that if you’re hosting a formal event, your invitations should reflect that. Aka be mailed. You’re having food, entertainment, and open bar. I assume your wedding is at least semi-formal and not a backyard BBQ. Yet if I got an emailed invite (if it even came through to my inbox at all because of previously mentioned spam filters and the almost 100 emails I get a day), I’d be pretty confused and think it was a very casual affair.
Again, check Vistaprint. They’re always running sales and you can get mailed invites for cheap.

I did paperless invites because I focused on being as eco-friendly as possible for my wedding. It's who I am, and I wasn't going to change it because of old-fashioned etiquette.

We used greenvelope.com which is a wonderful service, with beautiful & elegant designs, very convenient, and easy to use. It's about $200 for the year, but you can pay less if you have less guests. We're Indian and had over 200 people to invite, I work 2 jobs and this site saved my life. This site lets you have a 'Details' page where you can write that your event is formal attire or black tie, etc.

TBH I had the same issues with guests RSVPing as any bride who sent traditional paper invites. Some of them did end up in SPAM, but this site shows you who didn't open your invite. Making it really easy to follow up, send a reminder, or quickly see your guest list. Overall, we got everyone's RSVP on time.

View Quoted Comment People having a black tie wedding shouldn’t be sending an evite. These invites should be engraved or at least letterpress. There’s certain levels of formality that go along with hosting a black tie event and the invitations are one of them.

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Are you worried the people who receive your email invite will hit "unsubscribe"? That is definitely a valid concern...

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I completely second this.

I'm going with VistaPrint for cost-friendly STD and invite print outs.

Additionally, if you are still wanting to incorporate an online component, you could list your wedding website and give people the option to RSVP online or by snail mail.

What about older guests? I know many older people don’t even have email.
As someone who doesn’t check their email often, I don’t think it will work the way you’re want it to.

Often these sites charge for the service as well. It might be worth it to invest in paper invites, put the reception info on the back of the invite and have them RSVP online or even a postcard RSVP.
You can try vistaprint or Groupon for cheap paper invites, even if it’s just for those guests who may have trouble navigating the sites.