Foolproof RSVP cards?

Maybe the "We have reserved ___ seats in your honor" line, or the "____ out of 4 (or whatever number it is) will be in attendance"

I read to assign a number to each invite and write the number on the back of the rsvp card so that you know who is rsvping in case the person fails to put their names on the rsvp card before they send it back.

I say yes to writing guest names and filling out how many can come! Definitely! I'm personally going the website RSVP route but i hear that numbering them is good so you can keep track of who has yet to respond.

My cousin took the time to write out names on RSVPs. She still got people trying to add or switch names. She or my mom or her MIL called them and said, very sorry for any misunderstanding, invite was for you and the Mr. only. People tried to argue etc. She just said, we hope to see you, understand if you cannot make it.

No system is perfect, some people will be rude.

@Karen That stinks. Glad your cousin had the chutzpah to put her foot down.

We put "___ of ___ will attend" underneath the line where the guests fill in their names and indicated how many were invited. I felt like it would be overkill to do the "___ #of seats have been reserved" on top of that. I'm sure people will still manage to mess it up somehow though haha. We gave pretty much everyone a plus one and invited my younger cousins, niece, and nephews who are the only children in my immediate family, so there really shouldn't be a need for people to try to add more guests, but you never know!

This is what we did for ours.

Ours will be as foolproof as you can get: a line for the family name, and for them to check if they accept or decline.

We are inviting families and allowing children, so we don't have the "In bringing extras" issue. I will also number the backs of the RSVPs before we send them out, just in case.

We put "2 seats were reserved in your honor" and wrote " Ms Smith and guest" or Mr. and Mrs. Smith", ect. on the mailing envelope. We also numbered the back of the RSVP cards to correspond with our guest list in case someone forgot to write their names.