Rsvps!

Hey date twin!! We're sending ours out by the end of July with a deadline of October 15th. A little early, yes, but over half of our guest list is traveling and I have military family members. So the earlier the better. Also, some of our vendors are asking for counts early November so we need time to track people down if needed.

I've been listening to the WeddingPlanningPodcast and she suggests 4 weeks before the wedding. We have ours due 3.5 weeks before our wedding which is about a week before our venue asked for them. Granted, I didn't know what our venue wanted until after I set the RSVP date but still.

I'm requesting mine a month in advance from the date that they need to be in. Our venue says final head count deadline in 10 days prior. No way am I waiting that close.

You should ask vendors when they need final counts then set it for a week before then so you have time to contact people who haven't responded!

4 Weeks is pretty standard... During our planning, we found that knowing the number is really important because it plays into the rentals, the servings, the number of favors, programs, etc. It was stressful trying to get everything in gear and not knowing how many people we needed to consider. Fortunately, we received all our RSVPs prior to our written deadline... which was so nice because we didn't want to track people down! If you use theKnot, they have a feature that will send a text reminder to your invited guests if they haven't responded. This seemed to be a helpful reminder. It is so great having a number to work with now! Your guests will have plenty of time to send RSVPs back.