RSVP timeline

crackktheskyy

I'm in the process of ordering invitations and I'm trying to determine when we should set our RSVP timeline.

Our wedding is on June 27th.

Our final guest count is due 3 business days prior to the date of our event.

Obviously, we would like some time after RSVPs are in to make phone calls for any missing RSVPs and to make our seating arrangements.

When should we request the favor of a reply if we send out our invitations 6-8 weeks prior to June 27? We want to make sure we give both our guests and our venue enough time!

Thanks!

ETF: words are hard.

Teddy917

1-2 weeks before your final numbers are due.

crackktheskyy

Teddy917 said:

1-2 weeks before your final numbers are due.

Awesome, thanks!

lyndausvi

We had a similar time line and picked 10 days out.  That gave us a week to track down missing RSVPs

crackktheskyy

lyndausvi said:

We had a similar time line and picked 10 days out.  That gave us a week to track down missing RSVPs

That's about what we are thinking now! I just e-mailed my venue as well to make sure that all sounded good and that I wasn't missing anything I would need to send to them. It doesn't hurt to double check!

lyndausvi

My venue asked for soft numbers about 2 weeks.   Basically they wanted to see how the numbers were looking. So say you sent out 100 invites and 2 weeks out you had 60 RSVPs in, 40 of them saying yes, that means the most you could have is 80.  It's just a way they gage for ordering.