RSVPs & question

Tygirljojo

Got the first RSVPs in!  Now to my question - when I sent the invite to James Clark & Sarah Doe, say James RSVPed and said "James Clark will be attending" and in the line that says # of guest it says 1, does that mean only he is attending?  I ask because the lady who would be Sarah Doe is actually an old friend of mine and I invited both since they are married.  I've gotten 2 RSVPs like this.  I thought the "Number of Guests" line would be for total number of guests - am I wrong?

carrieoz_76

You're right, but they probably misunderstood.  I'd just follow up with an email to confirm that they're bringing the person you thought they'd bring.

sarack

i agree with pp, i'd follow up with them. seems a little weird!

jennuinne

Yeah, it should be the total, but he might've misunderstood. Give him a call.

Alo822

I got a couple of these, and in each case it really was just the one person coming. There were a few couples where only half is coming (due to work/business trip/another wedding the same day). We casually followed up with people just to confirm ("hey, it's a bummer that Jane can't make it, but we're glad you can!"). HTH!

irshis20

I would assume that only the one was coming. He knew the invitation went to both of them, especially since she's the one you're closest to. I'd give her a call maybe and tell her that you're sorry she can't come...if it turns out he filled out the card wrong she'll correct you, but those cards aren't hard to figure out - most people add too many people, if anything.

melissa82

I usually recommend against the "number of guests" wording (vs. "number attending") just for this reason...H's friend attended a wedding and responded with "Number of guests: 1" because he was thinking that he was bringing 1 guest.

I would probably call or mention the "sorry you can't make it!" like pps said to see what she says

dstolz0417

Ooh Melissa! Good thinking with "number attending" instead! I am definitely going to use that on my invites!

Tygirljojo

Wish I'd known about that sooner.  Ah well, hopefully these 2 will be the only ones like this!!

enlightened1

Weird... since it's an old friend of yours, I would follow up...

Mine are going to say "seats reserved for you ___"  (where I will fill in the #), and then they will fill in "number attending___"