rsvp Cards or website or what?

I sent out RSVP cards and under their name i put __ out of 4 will be attending. This way it is very clear.

I would definitely give rsvp cards to the non tech savvy people. when i did invites i only sent physical ones to older folks and everyone else i emailed a virtual invite to rsvp on my website.

as for the guests, just write that you have reserved x amount of seats for them

We did online RSVP's and it worked out great. Even the 80 year old grandma's had no trouble.

When doing the online RSVP option, through The Knot, you put in everyone's name subdivided by household. That shows who is invited or how many seats are reserved for them when they go to RSVP. Super simple and prevents any RSVP issues.

OOOOHHH! I love this question! I recently sent out my invitations and looked up how to say "I DONT WANT YOUR DAMN KIDS AT THE WEDDING" LOL jk, but seriously, we wrote "Although we love you little ones, this is an adult-only affair. Please no children" Of course some weddings (like mine) will have kids but only family kids. I didn't want my coworkers, and friends and family friends to bring children.

As for the RSVP, we gave the option of both. Our invitations were tri-fold. and the last fold was an RSVP they can cut off, put a stamp on after filling it out and send it back. We also gave the option of RSVPing online and put our website on the invitation as well. It really depends on the age group of people and personal preference. That way I was able to have the written RSVP and have the online option for those who wanted it. Hope this helps!

Here is an example of what I was talking about:

The last section for RSVP, gets cut off and mailed back to you like a post card. Most of these are customizable too!

I ordered 10 RSVP cards to send to the older people we are inviting (grandparents etc). The rest will rsvp on the website. It is just saving so much money that way.

I am sending out the traditional rsvp cards with our invites and also listing our website on the card that way people can do either one. We also made a Facebook event with the majority of our guests. That has worked wonderfully with getting addresses and giving out of state guests a little more time to plan before invites go out. For our rsvp cards we put "___ of ___ attending" and have been filling out the second blank with how many guests are allowed per invite. We have the same issue with FH family wanting to bring all their friends so if they try to write down more then they'll be getting a call from one of us.

We're doing online RSVP but sending an insert that says "RSVP by June 1, M______, ___ seats have been reserved in your honour, please reply for all guests in your party online at (our website)." Then they know by name who we're sending the invite to (as well as it being listed on the inner envelope), how many seats they have which will correlate to the names, and where to reply. We're hoping that sending a separate insert, even though they're replying online, will make sure people see it and go online to do it, while also being more formal than just putting the website on the invite.

I did Both! I send the RSVP card and on the invite was the website where people could also RSVP. I have gotten RSVPs for both so far!

I did paper RSVPs, when my grandfather passed away we found a bunch of postcards from the 60s and 70s and I didn’t want them to just sit around in a box so I have used those for my RSVPs. It means something to me whether it means something to anyone else and I hope that it’ll give them an incentive to send them back!

Whichever you send, you will still have people not reply so you have to track them down either way.

We are not planning on sending RSVP’s. I am just going to make an event on Facebook so everyone can RSVP there and I think I am also going to put our phone numbers on the invites so that they can call or text us. I am trying to save money wherever I can 😊