What to put in invitations...?

I didn't do anything online, mostly because I'd rather make it simple for my guests. I thought that it was a hassle for someone to have to boot up a computer, type in a url, try and navigate some site -- just for some simple information or to get an RSVP back to me. It was my personal feelings on the matter, even though I'm tech savvy and have an easy time with things like that and I might have found it simple -- myself.

I put: Invitation (names, date, location, time, and parking instructions), RSVP, and a smaller card with my registry details. I had an outer envelope for everything and an inner invelope for my RSVP already addressed back to me and stamped - I gave them the option to text me, too.

I felt this worked well for me.

I'm not sure what's necessarily traditional, I just did what I thought was right. It might be best to think: "does 'x' use a computer or have an easy time with it -- should I print out an RSVP for them?" If you're not looking to go all out and give everyone an RSVP. You might just want to pick and choose who you do it to, for ease on them and yourself (because then they'll actually rsvp!)... or maybe it's family and you'll hear from them no matter what.

Gauge your guests and go from there, imo. That's what I ended up doing.

I'm only putting the information you listed on our website, aside from the RSVP. I'm giving guests the option to RSVP via mail or online. If your invitations allow, I would put something along the lines of "Please RSVP by (insert date here) at (insert website here)". Then people will have to go there and they'll see the other info

I put the address for the ceremony on the invitation and the address for the reception on the details card. I didn't include directions because it is not a special location, Google Maps will get you there just fine. I also included on the details card the phone number to the hotel we had a room block for just for convenience and put that additional information could be found at our website. I did not include the registry because that is on the website. Since you are doing an online RSVP you don't need an RSVP card, you can just put it on the details card or the bottom of the invitation.

The outer envelope would be addressed formally and protects the inner envelope and invitation during mailing. People don't really do this anymore. The inner envelope would be more informally addressed and include "and guest" if they have a +1 or names of children if they are invited.

I'm doing mostly online RSVPs, with the exception of some of our older guests. The people I'm confident can RSVP online are getting a details card that just says "Kindly respond by January 15, 2020 via our wedding website. Accommodations information, photos and other information can also be found on our wedding website."

Our elderly guests will get an RSVP postcard and a separate accommodations card with the hotel block information.

I'm still sending RSVPs cards with our invites. Not everyone on our list are electronically inclined. Our save the dates will have our website on it and then when we send the invites, it will have the RSVP and a details/accommodations card.

Our website link will also be on the the details/accommodations card and everyone will have to go on our website to see everything in full detail so you definitely don't have to put all those details on the invite. It will get too busy and hard to read.

As far as inner and outer envelopes, it's totally optional. I, personally will be doing them. The outside will have just one person or married couple and then the inner envelope will go into greater detail with names like if they have kids. The kids names will go on the inner envelope. I guess it's just more of an aesthetics kind of thing.

I'll just be sending a basic invite with the website and a cell # for RSVP. Online RSVP can be done from a cell phone, so I'm not sure what a PP meant with all that extra-ness re: booting up a PC. The invite will include date, time, venue, and info on meal options as well as the website address.

Just need the event details: who, what, where, when . And the new “w”— website!

The online-rsvp-only invites I’ve received just looked like a normal invitation with a line at the very bottom that said “please rsvp by [date] via [website]” — I will admit to missing that the first time around but when I didn’t find an rsvp card I re read the invite and found it.

so it was :

invited to the wedding of
names
on date
at time
at location
reception to follow
rsvp at __ by [date]

View Quoted Comment I had the same thought about booting up the computer but I wasn’t gonna point it out hahaha

View Quoted Comment I have like 3 elderly people who are not technologically inclined and I may just do this for them!

I included different options on my RSVP cards. I also put the accommodations (and room block info) as well as directions on the back of my invites.

1. Return by mail

2. RSVP on our wedding website (link included)

I am putting all information online and in the invitations. I have older guest that are not tech savvy. Also, until recently wedding websites weren't even a thing. I realized after sending the Save The Dates that 80% of people didn't look at the website! Hopefully more will look at it when the invitation gets sent out, but I don't want to risk people not having the invitations.

As for envelopes, inner and outer envelopes are a formality thing. The outside one is the formal Mrs. and Mr. Smith and the inside would include the kids too. Don't worry about this if you don't want to. I'm not doing it simply because Minted does not offer it.