AW Good News and a question

MrsReynolds12

I feel a bit of background would be a appropriate way to explain why I'm so happy. On Jan 16th I was involved in an accident with a motorcycle ( guy ran into my car). I am completely fine no injuries at all but my car was totaled. It was a complete bummer I only had it for 7 months and it was the first car I ever purchased. I was an emotional wreck for a over a week. The other guy was seriously injured and I'm still not sure what's going on with him. During that week I was scheduled to have an interview for a position opening up at my job. I had to reschedule my interview because I just wasn't feeling emotionally stable enough to sell myself. My job was great and completely accommodating and let me move my interview to yesterday.

This week rolls around and my insurance makes me an offer on my car which was more than I paid for it YAY!!!! Monday morning I found out I was being awarded for being a top performer for the month of December and I'll be getting quite a bit of rewards. Then I had my interview I was sure I bombed it because i froze on one of  the 3 questions they asked. The interview was only 15 minutes long and I am not used to short interviews.
 
Fast forward to this morning I get to work and I got a call from the hr dept to let me know I got the job. 23 people in our dept applied and myself and one other co-worker got the job. Pretty exciting especially since I am a newbie with very little work experience outside of college internships. This is even sweeter after the hellish week I had last week. I'm so excited i start March first and I'll be getting a 11% pay raise.

Now onto my question we're working on our invite proofs with our invitation designer and I'm wondering would it be wrong to ask for guests to rsvp on our website instead of mailing the rsvp back to us? I'm hoping to save on postage and not having to keep track of rsvp's coming back in the mail. An added plus would be having guests see the website and know about hotel rooms we've blocked off and etc. Thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks ladies.

P.S. Sorry about typos and grammatical errors I don't know where I put my glasses and I'm struggling to see lol

bridezillatobe2009

YAY congrats that's awesome. Hope the motercycle guy is ok?!

I am having an email/phone/mail option but I am not including postage. Our RSVP is a postcard so I don't have to pay for postage. If people can't cough up the 60 cents for a stamp then they can phone. Sounds rude but in this day in age (and I know my guest list, they ALL have FB/email except our parents and grandparents) it's a PIA to find a mailbox or remember to take it to the mailbox.

mamameech

Wow that's great!! So many positives happening for you!!

We are not doing a mail-in rsvp. Guests are asked to rsvp online or call. I'd say about 99% of our guests are computer savvy - even my grandmother is on facebook! lol

Those who aren't are close enough to us that they could easily call or tell us in person if they are attending (which they most likely are). It's just not practical for us to pay so much extra in postage and printing for something that is rather outdated. In our case, most people are more likely to go online than to a mailbox. Just evaluate your guest list and do whatever you feel would work best for everyone

Sarah&Eric2012

I think it depends heavily on your guest list.  You know them better than we do.  If they are computer savvy and will handle that type of thing well then I say go for it.  You could also do an email RSVP to save from the hassle of computer program glitches.  I know, personally, I wouldn't be able to do that.  FI's family is very old school.  His uncle panicked when he got the STD thinking he had to go to the website we listed on the bottom and do something or his invite would be rescinded.  Even his cousin, who is my age, told us that a wedding website was too much technology for him.  Mind you he's a bank manager but we won't go there.  I'm sure no matter what method is chosen there will be people you end up having to call and confirm with because they will either forget or not realize the importance of an RSVP.

Congrats on all the awesome things happening for you!

BMcLeodTeam

I think having it as an option is a good idea, but I agree with PPs, you should have some other option for those that aren't computer saavy, or don't have a computer at all... 

jessa1228

Yay congrats on all the great news! I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt in the accident.

I think online RSVPs are fine for a less formal wedding, but make sure you give your older guests the option of mailing in or even calling in their RSVP if they aren't particularly computer savvy.

beckyboo27

Congrats on your new job and pay raise.  Hope the guy on the bike is okay.

Most of our guest list is pretty internet savvy, but we're doing mail RSVPs with the option to call. 

volleygurl0306

We will be doing online RSVPs as well.  Going over our list my grandfather seems to be the only one without a computer.  My mom talks to him regularly so we'll find out over the phone.  Everyone else is close enough to have someones phone number and call.  We are doing it through wedding wire which I highly recommend (may be others like this but it is awesome).  If you upload your guest list what happens is people type in their first or last name and find their name on the list and check yes or no.  If your name isn't on the list, nothing will show up so no one can be added.  We decided to do this for financially reasons but mainly because FMIL informed me that in their family they are not familiar with the traditional "those on the envelope are the only ones invited" and that people would just bring people because they felt like it.  This was the easiest way to nip that in the bud.  Wedding wire also has a seating tool that automatically updates from your guest list (only shows no responses and yes responses).  You can use it for meal choices as well. 

volleygurl0306

P.S.  congratulations on the good news!  Meant to say that first but got sidetracked.  That all is really awesome though!