Is it safe to assume....

I would chase them down. I'm not kidding when I say this, but my parents ran into a nephew of my dad's at a race track last Friday. I thought I could assume the same thing. The nephew didn't RSVP to the wedding and I didn't have his contact information. When they were parting ways the nephew said to my dad oh see you in a few weeks for the wedding. Personally I am not close to this nephew/ cousin, but I also didn't hear from his sister or brother. I found out they are all attending. Just none of them RSVP'd, that's a whole table. I have chased down the rest to be sure because I had the same thought as you.

I wouldn't assume anything. Unfortunately, I know it's not ideal, but I would recommend reaching out to those you haven't heard from by the deadline (or maybe send a reminder text a few days before the deadline). They may have sent the card back and it got lost in the mail, or maybe they thought they replied and forgot.

That’s true i didn’t even think about it getting lost in the mail. Good thinking.

You should never assume anything so whether you like it or not you should definitely reach out to each and every guest that does not RSVP.

Our original rsvp deadline was the 15th because our caterer wanted the final count by 8/22, but they extended it for us. We have 17 guests that have not responded, but six are FH’s sister and her family who told him they assumed her mother would have told us they were coming. Don’t assume anything. Lots of people don’t bother rsvping. Our wedding is at sunrise 2.5-3+ hours away from where us and our guests live, so everyone had to make travel arrangements. Just because they haven’t rsvp’d doesn’t mean they haven’t made travel plans to come. For some reason, a lot of people just don’t think there’s any reason they should have to rsvp.

After your deadline passes you can contact people who have not RSVPed just so you get a confirmation.

We’re chasing people down and still getting yes’s. So I don’t think you’re getting out of it

Many people reply last minute. If they haven't replied, call them up ask.

You are more than 2 months out from the wedding, which probably feels very early for some people to commit given the current situation. Gathering RSVPs is tough in normal circumstances, but there are likely a lot of people who want to come and are still deciding (which means they very well may come!)
I would check with enough people to make sure the invitations were generally delivered, and then sit tight until you actually hit the deadline.

I only got a handful of people rsvp. After chasing everyone down i got responses from everyone. Only 10 no's

I agree with the others, after sending out two rounds of invitations for our postponed wedding and the original wedding, you’ll definitely have to follow up with everyone.

We're not chasing anyone down.

I wouldn't assume and I would certainly follow through with them. I'd imagine that a lot of people could be on the fence due to Covid, and might make a decision last minute.

None of my family RSVP for anything. In fact my mom refuses to, that way if she just doesn’t feel like going the morning of an event, she’s not obligated to. I’ve explained to her how rude this is and now karma is getting us because none of our family has sent their RSVPs for my wedding. My grandma told us the RSVP was too complicated to fill out. I made sure when I was collecting addresses for invites, to also get phone numbers or add them on Facebook because I will definitely have to track people down. You will have important people in your life choose to skip your wedding, While some will come out of the woodworks for your wedding.