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Expert September 2018

Intro + rsvp Wording??

Alondra S., on March 10, 2018 at 11:39 AM Posted in Do It Yourself 0 8

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Hey guys,

I'm new to WeddingWire! I got engaged January 2018, and our wedding is September 29th, 2018 on the Central coast of California.
My fiance and I have been together for 4 1/2 years, it will be 5 years a few weeks before our wedding.

We are putting this wedding together ourselves, and since it's our first wedding, we obviously don't know a ton about traditions/planning/etc!

Now for my question: I'm working on the wording for our RSVP cards. I've seen so many posts about guests getting sooo confused over how to fill out RSVP cards, and I want to eliminate the possibility for confusion the best I can.

I want it to say:

Kindly reply by: August 25th, 2018
Name(s): _____________
°Accepts with pleasure
Number attending ___
°Will celebrate from afar
Please indicate meal choice(s)
Beef __ Pork ___ Chicken ___ Vegetarian ___

Should I put that they should put the # of each meal? Is that enough? Should I add how many seats we have reserved for them? What else?

Thank you guys so much for your help!!!

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Latest activity by Alondra S., on April 2, 2018 at 4:20 PM

Master October 2017
O · on March 10, 2018 at 12:17 PM
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Add how many seats. And use them initial their meal choice to avoid confusion when meals are given out.
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Master October 2017
O · on March 10, 2018 at 12:17 PM
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Have them *
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Dedicated March 2018
LM · on March 10, 2018 at 12:24 PM
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I would just add "for each guest" at the end of "Please indicate meal choice(s)" to remind them to include the choice for each person.

I love your "celebrate from afar" phrasing!

On the seats reserved note, you could have it say "number attending: __ of __ guests invited", where you fill out the number invited. This is if you have to limit/regulate the number of guests attending for any reason. We just had the "number attending" blank, and some guests RSVPd for 4 or 6 people even though the invitation was only addressed to 2... Some of them, we still have no clue who they're bringing! So if you're worried about that, I recommend adding that verbiage. It definitely caught us off guard to see the extra strangers added.
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Devoted September 2018
Elise · on March 10, 2018 at 2:35 PM
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I just edited our invitations but haven't ordered them yet; I almost forgot to add the line "we have x seats reserved for your honor"-wording still pending, though I really like the "attending: _out of _invited" better! I might use that instead!
Our families are huge and we're having an adult only wedding except FH's youngest sister (6 yo) is our flower girl. We're doing a buffet dinner, so we don't have to worry about that part of RSVPs!
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Expert September 2018
Alondra S. · on April 2, 2018 at 2:49 PM
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What do you think of:

___ attending out of ___ seats reserved

I don't want to be rude by saying __ out of __ invited.

Or just keeping it as ___ attending out of ___ and just filling out the blank?
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Expert September 2018
Alondra S. · on April 2, 2018 at 2:51 PM
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Great idea! Love the for each person idea.
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Just Said Yes June 2018
Dorsa · on April 2, 2018 at 4:09 PM
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I have heard people say when they receive them back the guest forgot to add their names so it was hard to tell who sent them back. They would hide a number into the design and then keep a master list of the numbers you sent to people. Some people even used invisible ink. I have heard it comes in handy.
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Expert September 2018
Alondra S. · on April 2, 2018 at 4:20 PM
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Good idea! I've heard of using pencil very lightly on the back of the RSVP cards to keep track. How would someone go about hiding a number into the design?
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