Thoughts on online Rsvps??

I did it ! I would also still print ones for older folk who aren’t so tech savvy though

Mail is quite a redundant form of communicating in 2020 hence why we did not go down the mail in route.

We issued RSVP cards as part of our invitation bundle directing people to RSVP (and advise of dietary requirements) by X date by texting either the bride or groom (with telephone numbers provided). We did this instead of an online RSVPs when we realised that some of our older guests would be unfamiliar with the internet, so in our case at least telephone seemed to be the appropriate middle ground.

In any event, not everyone RSVPs anyway so there is always some chasing to do after

Our RSVPs are completely online. There were just so many benefits of doing it that way... it’s cheaper (don’t have to purchase additional paper goods, envelopes or stamps), it’s easier (people just have to click yes or no) it’s more organized (it keeps all responses in one place, instead of some being digital and some being paper...you don’t need to worry about losing the paper RSVPs... and if they are choosing their meal options, those responses are all in one place as well), and it forces people to go to your website, where all the important info for them is!

We’re doing online RSVPs. My favorite feature is that only people who are actually invited can RSVP so no one can add a random date or something. We’re also collecting their song suggestions when we have them RSVP, too.
Our only older guests are my fiancé’s grandparents, and they’ll probably just let his mom know and she’ll do it for them. Everyone else will be fine with doing it online.

Part of me is against them for being as modern as they are but I get the practical side of it with mail being so unreliable these days. I would give guests option to reply by paper, online or text at their convenience within the alloted timeframe to cover all bases.

I am doing online and recently went to a wedding with online it was super easy and nice. For the older folks you can send them paper or just have them call you and then you can online rsvp for them.

We did traditional for ours because our invites included them for free. I think most of the weddings I've been to in the last 2 years have been digital though. Super easy and convenient as a guest. I agree with other posters in that, if someone can't work a computer and doesn't have anyone to help, I would maybe send traditional RSVPs to those folks.

I’m in love with Greenvelope! The amount of customization you can add to your invite, rsvp, save the date, etc is quite nice. From wax seals to envelopes, from fonts to cards styles, you really get quite a lot of options. Your first 10 invitees are free. If you need to send out more, you can purchase them by quantity (and I feel the pricing is quite reasonable). The animation of the card opening and revealing itself is amazing too. There’s a mobile app and the website. The mobile app has some limitations but the website even gives you the option to upload a song for when your card opens!

I did all virtual invites as well as RSVPs to save money (can't beat free!) it worked out really well. The only downside was I did have to keep track of RSVPs for those who don't use online like my grandma and aunt. But it also gave me an excuse to talk to them on the phone which I typically avoid phone talking so yeah lol.

I did paper and virtual RSVP's. I wanted, like you, to save money and not do the paper. But we have gotten more responses on paper than online. I hope this helps!

We did online RSVPs. It worked perfect! No one had any issues and we got all but 1 of our RSVPs before our deadline.

I think you'll save a lot of money if you do it online! You can probably still find nice templates for the email invitation (I'm guessing sent to guests via email?); Paperless Post has some great designs.

What I did was create the graphic on Canva (free), save it as a JPEG, then make the image a hyperlink in the email (instructions found online), which will lead to the RSVP page. The graphic says something like "Click/tap this image to RSVP."

From what I was looking at, rsvpify.com appears to be a great resource that can be linked to by itself or added to your website to keep track of all necessary details

Daughter only did online, via their Knot website, for their fairly formal wedding. I had doubts when she first told me about it, but, as usual, she was right and it worked great! They needed to track RSVPs and meal choices for both the wedding and a large rehearsal/welcome dinner and the website worked perfectly. Of the 127 guests invited, only two had an issue. Both were elderly aunts: one just preferred to send daughter a handwritten note explaining that she needed to decline because she wasn't up to the cross country trip and the other emailed to tell me she RSVP'd online but didn't think "it took." We're nearly certain she missed the "submit" step, but it took me two seconds to update her reply. For everyone else, it worked perfectly. And a side benefit is that RSVPing via the website meant all guests/households had to visit the website, so they probably had an easier time finding info they might need about accommodations, etc.

Thanks so much everyone! You all made me more confident about doing them. I love the idea of sending paper RSVPs to our older guests. So I think we’ll do that too. Thanks again!! 😊

One of my brothers and one sister did it 10 and 12 years ago. They requested online. No one except college friends ( not even those that age from home town) used it. A few called. Since no RSVP cards were sent, most simply got out their own stationery, wrote that they accepted or declined, any details about medically required diets, put stamps on them and sent them. Not the oldest people. They emailed, which is how they do long distance mail from Community Centers in Greenland and Labrador.
Not many people in the other 2 families, or ours, were much for social media then. Had accounts but rarely used. Fast forward to last year, 2 of my nieces married at our place, and one of my sis at my parents farm. Over 200 invitations each, had about 300-350 who attended each. All set up websites. A few of one spouse's family, a few of another, and school friends used the website. Everyone else phoned, e mailed, or used there own stationery and stamp. But none of the 3 weddings had more than a quarter who would use the websites. I thought it would have been more now than 2008, 2010. I do not know about the other families, by my very big one all has social media accounts, but rarely use them. Still. Personally, I like paper invitations, and phone or paper replies. And if there is no card, write one, no issue getting paper, stamp and an envelope.

We did online only. I reached out to some of our older guests, but most of them had someone in their family do their RSVP online for them.