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Just Said Yes July 2017

RSVP by email?

Lindsey , on July 28, 2016 at 3:36 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 16

Recently engaged and trying to keep wedding costs very low. I was wanting to have guests RSVP by email to save money.

Guest list is around 80,only very close friends and family. Our wedding will also be somewhat casual,so I feel like a more casual form of invitations/rsvps would be acceptable. (I am planning on DIYing the invites already). What does everyone think of email rsvps? What should the wording be? I want to include "we have reserved __seats for you" also,to ensure no extra guests.

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Latest activity by Sandy, on July 28, 2016 at 6:51 PM
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    Just Said Yes September 2017
    Newly Weds... Mrs & Mr Hines ·
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    I've been thinking about doing this online too. With most family and friends having emails or social media, I think it'd be efficient but some folks don't always notice or reply to online messages. Also I'm thinking that utilizing the Internet for wedding invites or RSVPs may take away the traditions of weddings. What's a girl to do!!?

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  • BeachDreams
    Master May 2017
    BeachDreams ·
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    WW has an online RSVP tool that I have been considering using. I think it can make things more streamline as opposed to email. People may type your email address wrong, it may go to junk mail, or just get lost in the rest of your mail.

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  • Dee
    Savvy August 2016
    Dee ·
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    RSVPs are so hard to get back and in my opinion a waste of money. There are a bunch of online RSVPS options that are much easier to handle. If you are having an intimate affair with close friends and family then save your money and go for it. I used the one on Wedding Wire and it worked well, especially for some people who tried to invite themselves. If I didn't put their names on the guest list they couldn't RSVPS. And I was able to cut off access when it was time for the final head count to the caterer.

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  • MrsGill
    Expert August 2016
    MrsGill ·
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    I used my email address for rsvps, it was cost effective and easier for everyone, especially our out of country guests, i did mail out invitations to everyone but I just put on the "please rsvp by this date to and then I wrote my email address' and it's worked.

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  • FutureMrsJ
    Devoted September 2016
    FutureMrsJ ·
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    I used anrsvp.com

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  • Katherine
    VIP June 2017
    Katherine ·
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    If you create a wedding website on WW or the Knot, both have RSVP tools and guests go to your wedding website to RSVP. It's much more streamlined. That's what I'm using!

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  • VC
    Master May 2017
    VC ·
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    Our RSVPS will be online. Email or WW website system etc.

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  • Dreamer
    Master May 2013
    Dreamer ·
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    We accepted responses through our wedding website's function. All but 2 guests responded, over a week before the due date. My then 87 year old grandmother is on the internet, on a daily basis.

    We had a formal wedding; we didn't care- we didn't want waste. In the last 5 years, it seems that most of the weddings we've been invited to use a website or e-mail RSVPS. And the least formal/lowest budget ones have used the card/envelope/stamp method.

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  • BetterThisTime
    Expert December 2016
    BetterThisTime ·
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    I'm just going to put, "for more information and to RSVP visit webbsite.com"

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  • taetae88
    VIP October 2018
    taetae88 ·
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    WW and the Knot allows you to RSVP via your wedding website. Do that instead of emailing.

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    Devoted October 2016
    Future Mrs Whalen ·
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    I DIY'd my invites and spent about $40, bought a kit for 25 which included everything. I printed them at home, bought stamps for RSVP cards and some of the invitations I couldn't hand deliver myself.

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  • Kristen
    Super September 2017
    Kristen ·
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    We aren't doing traditional RSVP cards. Guests will be RSVPing online or calling (for the one or two older people who don't like the Internet)

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  • Audrey
    VIP June 2016
    Audrey ·
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    I was going to say online RSVPs would be hard for the older generation that may not be as comfortable using the internet. However then I saw @Kristen's response of also including a phone number to call, which I like. That would play to both audiences.

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  • Kels
    Master August 2016
    Kels ·
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    We did this. I used minteds wedding website and did online RSVP options only.

    Worked fine. Smiley smile

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  • NativeBride
    Super October 2016
    NativeBride ·
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    I'm doing mine through email. It's easy, simple, and people can do it from their phone. Any other way in my opinion is a pain to get RSVP's back.

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  • Sandy
    Expert May 2017
    Sandy ·
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    For our engagement there was an email address for people to respond to, as well as a phone number to call if that is what they preferred. Worked out well, considering doing the same (or the ww rsvp tool i keep hearing about) for the wedding.

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