Weddingwire vs. The Knot rsvp

I liked WW RSVP better but I forget exactly why. I think it might have been on the Knot you had to put in first AND last name, while on WW you could put either in. I just felt it was easier, especially for people with nicknames - like I am Victoria but go by Vickie so which do I put in? On WW I could just put in my last name and find myself.

View Quoted Comment I read that somewhere! Thank you!

I dont have personal experience with either, but my FSIL used the knot and didnt like it. People had to enter their name exactly as you did or it would not come up. So as PP said if you used full name or nickname it gave issues.

Also just wanted to say I would rethink having people call or text you their RSVP. I mean it voudl work if you are having a really small wedding but if you are having 150 people or something, that's a lot of messages that you have to remember. If anything I would maybe consider doing an email so you can search or put them in a folder.

View Quoted Comment I was thinking of a couple people who don’t have cell phones/smart phones like my great aunt but I’m very close to her and I know she’d make sure she called me. We’ll have about 90 people and I think most will use the website but I’ll see. It could be a lot to keep track of if people contact me at work. I’ll talk with my fiancé about how many people on his side will have troubles using the Internet! Thanks!

I've only had to RSVP online once and they used the Knot. It was glitchy and took me several tries over several days to get it done. Very annoying and I'm not exactly illiterate when it comes to technology.

Idk anything about WW but I used The Knot. I liked that I could set it to "secure" so ONLY people on my list could RSVP. I only had 1 issue where I spelled a name wrong, but I also put my phone number so they just text me and I fixed it right away. I also made sure to put it on the list exactly as I addressed the envelope (I also had a Victoria/Vicki scenario but I've always called her Vicki so that's how I addressed hers... Ours is a little less formal).

About the phone number: I saw someone on here say they set up a Google voicemail just for this so her phone wasn't ringing constantly. I saw it after I printed my invites or I totally would have done that! Especially since 2/3 of our guest list was H's side (with lots of his parents' friends).

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I recently had this issue with The Knot. My mom told me her friend couldn't find his RSVP. I had him on my list as Kenny (what we know him as) and he was searching for Ken. I was surprised and pretty annoyed that it didn't work.

I haven't used WW though so I can't attest to that service. Other than that one glitch, I've been pretty happy with The Knot and there have been no issues.

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We are using The Knot (just because I started my website there to begin with before I knew about WW and already put too much work into it to even think about switching lol). To deal with the annoying "must enter the name EXACTLY as it is written" thing, instead of putting "__ seats have been reserved in your honor" on our details card, we put "Seats have been reserved in honor of: " and we will actually write in people's names on the details card, exactly as it appears on the website, so they will know what to do. I know that isn't standard or traditional, but we felt it was the easiest way to make sure (1) they enter the correct form of their name and (2) it also further eliminates any question of exactly who is invited.

We also did list an email address and both our phone numbers on the details card. We debated heavily whether or not to do this, but ultimately decided we'd rather 100 phone calls/texts/emails rather than not getting responses at all. Some people will be unable to figure out the website, and some people just will be too lazy to use it... we'd rather them contact us than not RSVP at all, and end up having to contact them. The way we phrased it on the details card encouraged them to use the website though. We put "Please rsvp on theknot.com/xxx by May 2, 2019" and THEN at the very bottom of the card we wrote "Please check our website for additional information, and contact us at ***@*****.***, Bride at xxx-xxxx or Groom at xxx-xxxx if you have any further questions." This will (hopefully) make it clear that contacting us is a last resort.

Haven't sent invites yet, so not sure how it will go, but I'm hoping our ideas will work out!

I created 2 websites lol There are pros/cons to both honestly, but I ended up deleting theknot bc I found WW to be more user friendly.