Rsvps?

I think most people will RSVP for a wedding - they are aware that a head count is required for the caterer and setup at the venue. Whatever date you put on there, I would wait a week after, then call those that didn't RSVP - I'm impatient, too, but we have to allow time for that person who got it in the mail a day late or whatever

We got about 25% of our RSVPs back within two weeks of sending them out, then two or three a week, then another big rush right before the deadline. It's common for RSVPs to come in slow, or even not at all, but I would imagine that many people are waiting to see how things play out before RSVPing for summer events.

We got well over half of our RSVP's back within the first 2 weeks of sending out our invitations. The rest came in sporadically over the following weeks. I'd say about 5% of guests waited until the week of the RSVP deadline.

I am not sure if it makes a difference, but we did send save the dates. So all of our guests were well aware of our wedding date.

We got some right away, then had to start poking people. Some people never even responded to pokes, and we just assumed they wouldn't come (bonus when they were family).

People either do it *right* away, or forget and have to be poked.