International RSVP envelopes

Probably not. If a foreign postal service is being used, American stamps wont mean anything to them and wont cover the cost of sending the envelope

Let me change "probably not" to a firm "No"

They have global forever stamps that you can buy. That's what I used for my Canadian guests, but I believe the stamp works for any country.

Whenever I have received mail from family in Hong Kong, they just put a bunch of regular stamps on it.

You can use global stamps to mail a letter from USA to any country in the world. The global stamps were purchased from the US postal service. If you stick that stamp on a letter originating in Canada, Canada Post will not deliver it, as they did not get paid for the service. Do you see what I mean? You can send OUT mail from USA globally, but you cannot use that stamp to mail a letter from a different country BACK to the USA as each country's postal service needs to make money and be paid for the service of sending out your letter.

Kristy that definitely makes sense. So they are just going to have to pay to send the letter back...that really stinks.

Dont stress about it I don't think they would expect you to track down postage for them in this case.

*double post*

3/4s of the wedding invitations I've received, in the last 5 years, have not included cards, to mail back. Including our own (e-mail responses).

3/4s of the wedding invitations I've received, in the last 5 years, have not included cards, to mail back. Including our own (e-mail responses).

I asked (paid) a family member to buy stamps for me in Poland and mail them to me. I then stamped the rsvps with those stamps for my foreign invitations and mailed them using the US Global stamp.

I didn't bother with traditional rsvp cards/envelopes for international guests. My website has the rsvp option enabled, so that's easier for them and me.

DO NOT DO THIS. I sent my friend in Ecuador an invite in February. She still hasn't received it. Don't have anyone overseas mail you back anything, a verbal or online RSVP is sufficient. The mail systems abroad aren't as dependable as they are in the US.

I'm stilling sending an invitation to my international guests, but also plan on emailing them with the information and have requested that the RSVP via email as well.

For my family in India, I'm sending them emails in addition to the actual invitation. Post goes missing quite often in India (it's not uncommon for at least one relative to not get their Christmas card) or takes forever - up to 2 months. It's awful. I'm giving them the option to just call, email, or RSVP online. A stamp from the US won't work in a foreign country to mail back.

For our guests in France, we had the RSVP card addressed to my FH's family (they live there). They came to visit us for Christmas, and I asked them to bring some French stamps that we stuck on the postcards. I wouldn't worry too much about it though, you could also just tell your overseas guests that they can reply to you directly.

International postage works fine! We sent them to Sweden and Mexico and they came back to us with no problem! I even forgot to add USA to the address and they got here fine.

ETA @Rachel "The mail systems abroad aren't as dependable as they are in the US." what an ignorant statement! Many countries in this world are far more advanced than the US in many many ways, just sayin.

We sent them with the international stamps and the way it was explained to me at the post office made it sound like they would work to ship them back to the US. That said, they've all been RSVP'ing via email instead...probably the most dependable way to go in that situation!

We sent several to Chile and the post office told me I couldn't use the international one for return postage. A few other suggested it but send them out and follow up with a email. We sent our international invites out in June for our October wedding. I kid you not we just got one sent back to us in February! US can tell you it will get there by x amount of days but they can't control the other countries post office.

I second what Rachel said - they'll take a long time to arrive. I sent invites well in advance to my friends and family in Mexico, not for RSVP'ing but so that they could include them in their visa applications (for those who needed to apply). They took so long to arrive that I had to email them a scanned image of the invite.

Also, stamps may be inexpensive in Colombia (they are in Mexico) but they will also take forever to come back to you... probably a month, if not two. Maybe it'll be easier if you ask them to RSVP by email.