RSVP card vs website rsvp

I don't think it looks cheap. We're thinking about doing online rsvp, I'm just worried about people actually using it

I wouldn't think it's cheap, but I would be worried about people who aren't very tech savvy being able to figure it out (like grandparents) so we have both options

I would say do both options. But to save you money you could just buy some think printer paper and print the rsvps yourself. Since they can be plains I don't think anyone would notice

I was initially planning on doing this, but my dad is pretty old-school (and also works in printing, so I am sure his motives were partially self-serving, haha) and insisted we do paper RSVP's. (I'm wondering if we would have had more people do it without being hunted down had we gone this route...rolling my eyes a little bit!). Maybe you could send out paper RSVP's to those older guests or those you know are not tech-savvy, and just do the insert about RSVPing online for everyone else? I know that usually makes it more difficult though when you have to do different things for different people.

We were married 4.5 years ago and requested online RSVPs, through our wedding website's RSVP page. The website had been on our save the dates, so many guests were familiar with it. Our invitations were very formal (boxed, covered in silk) and we used the RSVP card, to list the entrees, how to respond, ask about special dietary considerations, etc.

3 of 4 grandparents are internet savvy, including the oldest (then 87 year old) grandmother, and she admits to primarily uses the internet to play games.

Some couples talk about the excitement of getting cards in the mail. We got e-mail responses every time the function was used (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). It also included tallies of how many responded and what entrees they chose. We input the names of the guests who were invited, so it limited the list to spouses and plus 1s, not the extra guests that plague some people.

248 of 250 guests responded 10 days before the due date. The bulk of our responses came the first few week we sent out the invitations.

Online responses have become the norm, over the last few years, in our family/social circle.

P.S. We didn't due it for budgetary reasons, although the pre-printed envelopes (custom, Etsy) and stamps would have been around $2.50 for each of 150 suites. We're not into wasting things; online research showed that sometimes a lot of those cards are never returned.

We did a mixture. Primarily online, but sent traditional RSVP cards to mail back for the older generation/less tech savvy family. We still had to track some people down (for online RSVPs), but that comes with the territory. Overall it worked out great for us.

I would worry about people actually sending a response

It's fine to do but with that many guests you're bound to have some older people no as familiar with computers and that would make it difficult for them. I went to a wedding recently with only online RSVP and the bride was very frustrated because everyone waiting until the very last second to get back to her. I know I did because without the paper rsvp I forgot about it. Also a lot of the older guests complained.

Doesn't look cheap at all, I was wanting to do the same thing but I am worried that the online option isn't for everyone so we are just sending the rsvp with the invite.

It is a know your crowd thing. We are doing both as I was pushing to do online only or a mix of online or mail (depending on each person they would receive one option). FH did not feel confident to make the all on who was savvy enough to do it online so we are giving the option of online or mailing back the cards.

I've had 2 clients use an insert similar to this and had good responses. You can always include a number to call for those who aren't as tech-savvy.

I would say both. I had a coworker complain that she got an invitation for a wedding one time and you could only rsvp online. This caused a lot of problems for her family because many of the guests were older and didn't have access to a computer/ smartphone and if they did they wouldn't know how to do it anyways. I guess it depends on how many older people you are inviting and what would be convenient for them

I'm going to use both but this looks great

I think it's fine, but I'd cut down the verbiage. We just said "RSVP online at _____ by ___"

What? What's the average age of your invited guests? Over 100 years?

Everyone I know has access to a computer/internet access, or knows someone who does, and could access it for them.

3 of the 4 of our grandmothers (now ranging 78 to 92) have internet access and Facebook accounts. My grandmother without the internet told me which entrée she wanted, so I entered it into our website myself; no big deal.

We used a gmail address for our RSVPs and had no issues. we did it to use less paper and have one place to store all our RSVP info.

I think it is a know your crowd thing. We did online or text because we regularly text with everyone who was invited (except for maybe one grandparent). Had we had a larger wedding with a larger circle of people, I may have gone the RSVP card route to avoid confusion.

Am concerned about older guests tho. Many people rave about tracking food selections with the website rsvp .