RSVP online only?

My cousin did this and put a business card with the Rsvp info on it which was just to tell her yes or no to her email address.

I'm old fashioned and preferred the paper rsvp. I loved checking the mail every day and thought it was nicer to send one in but both ways get the job done we had a lot of older people that weren't so tech savvy so we felt it safer to have the paper ones

I personally forget to rsvp online and felt like my older guests would really struggle with this

Insert card. Probably cost as much as a response card, but didn't need the envelope or postage. 248 of 250 guests responded 10 days before our due date. Had 3 entrée choices and no problems or no one trying to add anyone, who wasn't invited.

Of course, we accepted RSVPs any way we got them, and then just entered them into the website function, by ourselves. Text message, phone call, seeing someone in person, e-mail, Facebook private message; our parents also got RSVPs from some of their friends and relatives, when they saw them. Since we expected that most would attend (225 did), we counted everyone as a yes, unless we heard a definite no.

We only had to follow up with one couple, who boycotted because their children weren't invited, and there was only 1 no-show (family emergency overseas).

We hosted a black-tie wedding, with 225 guests, in a historic hotel ballroom and totally didn't care how we received the responses; we don't like waste. We mailed boxed invitations, that reflected how formal the wedding was; a few of the guests took them into work, to show them off. Traditionally, RSVPs required sending hand written notes, on your own stationery. It's been repeatedly pointed out that RSVP cards/envelopes are not "traditional."

P.S. My then 87 year old grandmother was able to do it; she's on the internet, on a daily basis. I didn't hear that anyone had difficulty, although some may have gotten someone else, to do it for them.

I also used zazzle and on the bottom of the invite put: "for more information and to RSVP, please see our wedding website xxxxx.com"

It's worked fine for us, although we've received about half word of mouth RSVPs and half online. Our wedding is really small and only close family and friends though, so I think that's why people feel comfortable verbally RSVPing.

Oh I probably worded that wrong. Yes, I will accept RSVP in any form too. I was just thinking of not using a response card with invite and letting people just go online to RSVP or whichever way they want to get back to me.

We used minted! We had the option to have a pic of us printed on the back of the actual invite; so we did a cute black and white photo and just put the link to our website under it. But we also included an "rsvp card" with our website and instructions on how to rsvp. Worked great! Pretty much everyone remembered to visit the website

We included a card asking people to RSVP on the website with the url written out. Works well so far!

We did online only and just printed the info on vistaprint business cards ($10 for 500). It just has our monogram to tie into invites and "please kindly reply by Aug 20 at www.website. Com"

Eta: we printed 10 typical postcard RSVPs for grandparents or other older individuals that we figured would feel more comfortable that way and only sent those.

I think I live in a time warp and have never been invited to a wedding with online RSVPs. So now I'm sitting here like WHY DIDNT I THINK OF THAT!!!! For my invitations. too late now, they are already mailed out.

I think that's a great idea for online only RSVPs. People are too lazy to walk to a mailbox!

I loved the idea too! I've been playing around on my site to see how it works and it's so easy! I think my guest are going to really like online RSVP.

We used wedding paper divas for the invite and vistaprint for an enclosure card.

I'm going to do an online RSVP and I'm super excited about it!

I'm old school. I believe that if you are hosting the most expensive and formal party of your life (and you probably are), you should follow tradition and include an RSVP response card and a stamped envelope with the invitation.

It's worked well for decades, and a response card sends a message. With a beautifully designed invitation -- not something that is a mass produced, store bought paper product -- you are sending a message that you are hosting an exclusive, elegant event. You don't want to lower your invitation to the level of invitations to parties that can be purchased in any drug store. You don't want to leave a phone number or an email address to which your honored guests can respond. If you've taken the time and money to print up response cards --- and postage paid envelopes -- that means that your event is something other than just another get-together/birthday party/anniversary party/baby shower/wedding shower/retirement party. It sends a message to your guests that they are truly honored, and you want them to be present at a very special and beautifully hosted event. In my opinion, your wedding warrants something that doesn't fall into the category of day-to-day communication.

When you consider the overall cost of weddings, the invitations -- specifically the postage on the pre-paid response envelopes -- is so minimal. You can ask people to respond online, but I'm of the opinion that some things in life should remain special -- almost elite, if you will. A written RSVP, sent through the mail, is much more elegant than a few keystrokes on the computer.

We're most likely doing online only.

We did online only and the only person that had trouble was my 95yr old Gram.

I'm doing online only. I did have response cards that listed the wedding website to RSVP. Everyone has commented how much they like it so far and the only person who had trouble was my grandma... but to be fair she didn't really want to try. She doesn't use the internet at all and knew it would be easier for her to just ask me to do it for her.

We did both, but honestly way more people RSVP'd online. However, it wasn't an added expense for us because they came with our invitations and we do have some older people in both our sides of the family who are more old-fashioned and probably would not have been comfortable RSVPing online. ETA: you just have to know what your guests would be more comfortable with.

While others have had success w/online, most of my guest actually sent it back snail-mail. Very few actually utilized online including those under 35. Several sent texts or called. And about 30-40% I actually had to track down. It really depends on your crowd. You know them best and honestly the savings isn't that big. Plus either way you'll need postage so you're not saving any there as well.

I agree with @Centerpiece. An online RSVP, while more convenient for a lot of guests, is very un-"special" for such an important event. We've been getting RSVPs back in the mail and I have to say that it's SO much fun to check the mailbox with excitement every day...I know it's old-school and traditional, but that's precisely why I prefer snail mail RSVPs.

We did online. It didn't make sense to me to do snail mail. Things can get lost, it takes way longer, etc. Plus, even my grandpa has Facebook now so we aren't too worried about people not being able to figure it out.