Unique RSVP Methods??

I'm going to have guests RSVP online here on my WW wedding website. This works for the more internet savvy on your guest list.

I know there are phone number services where you can have folks call to RSVP. I think some have been able to use Google Voice for that.

Creating an email address can also work, I just didn't want another inbox to have to check.

The few that aren't tech-savvy on my list are close to someone that is (my aunt can RSVP for my grandma, my dad for my grandpa), so that's why strictly having it on the website works. Otherwise, I'd probably still send out invites with RSVP to those folks, ya know?

I think 6 invites didn't rsvp… so that was under $3 "wasted". As a guest, I like the rsvp card. I can write a note and send it back with no effort. Calling an 800# sounds annoying. As a past bride, I have kept all of the rsvp cards that I got back because most of them wrote sweet notes with their yes's. They might be a fun addition to the scrapbook.

I second @Reenski regarding using the RSVP function on your WW website. It's quick, easy and the guests can even put their entree choice that way. No postage wasted!

AnRSVP.com is a free online RSVP system where you send them a link to go to and they just fill out their RSVP card online.

With my invites, I am having the invite and an info card (so no RSVP card). On the info card it will have a section on RSVP and we will provide our address, phone number, and wedding wire website.

We did something similar for our engagement party and everyone RSVPed in the way most suited to them. We received some lovely 'acceptance' cards. One girl I used to work with received a lot of 'acceptance' cards for her wedding and she was able to scrapbook them.

Apparently Miss Manners says that RSVP cards are rude as it implies that your guests do not know how to appropriately respond to an invitation. I'm not one for ettiquette but I'm going to run with this one as it is going to save me some money!!

My friends set up an e-mail address and had guests reply there! It worked out great!

We also did the rsvp via WW. Bonus: They can't add on anyone that isn't on the list!

I'm doing postcards. That's got to be easier than having them stick it in an envelope, all they have to do is check a box and fill in their name (which they will be # so they won't even have to do that!) I am hoping they will be fine.

That being said, I think making the RSVP's clear is a good thing. I got one recently that was really unclear as to who was invited, etc., and I have to use my own envelope to send it back. I've had it for a week now. And it's not due until September so I even put it off when I could have taken care of it. It just seems like a hassle. So yes I am THAT guest, but it's a good learning experience in what not to do for your RSVP's!

Miss Manners is full of it because not everybody has their own stationary and I can imagine TONS of people not letting you know they're coming if they had to do it on their own with no prompt as to when to get it by. Some of this etiquette stuff is so outdated!

^^ If people don't RSVP and let us know they are coming, they do not have a seat or a meal and will be asked to leave. I will be providing address, phone number, and website so there are a variety of ways people can respond, even if they don't have their own stationery. That said the 'acceptance' cards we received for our engagement party were $1 cards from the newsagency.

We are doing ours with three options

1 - onine via our WW website

2 - i set up a free local number through google voice where people can leave a voicemail message (it goes directly to my cell phone)

3 - a "special" email (i have all emails automatically forwarded to my actual email so i dont have to check anything else besides my regualr stuff)

we chose to do it this way so that our personal cell ohone numbers and emails are private - we love our family, but there is nothing like having to talk to EVERYONE the day they get their wedding invitation.

We are thinking of doing an RSVP postcard with pre-paid postage. I figured that's a good way to split the difference between additional envelopes + full postage and a just-do-it-online approach. I still have some non-tech-savvy people in my life! That being said, we also have a website where people can RSVP and we had two online RSVPs just from sending out the Save The Date.