Are inserts really necessary?

CorinneF

Hi ladies, I  have been lurking for all of my planning but haven't really posted anything. But I had a question about invitations I thought only theknot could answer. I am trying to do my invitations as cheaply as possible and I can't help but wonder, do I really need to add all of these inserts? We are planning on using an etsy seller for the invitations and the one I have been working with charges extra for each additional insert. So what do you ladies think - can I get by with just the invitation and an rsvp card? Or do I really need inserts with the reception, accomodations, directions, etc.? Thanks for your help!

aerinpegadrak

If the reception is in a different location than the ceremony, then you need a reception card.  You can put the rest of the information on your website, but if your crowd isn't very tech savvy, that won't really help.

You could always get a coordinating paper and font and do the inserts yourself.

quotequeen

You don't have to do any of those things.  Even if your reception is at a different location, you can just list it at the bottom of the invite as long as you have enough space, it's not a big deal.  If you are getting hotel blocks, you need to let your guests know about them somehow, but I am planning to send everybody an email about it and spread it by word of mouth to the guests who don't use email, because I want them to know about the hotel blocks before our invitations go out.  I don't think direction cards are necessary because people will be coming from different places and everybody will look up directions specific to them - I think this is only necessary if your wedding is out in the middle of the woods and people need to know to turn onto the dirt path after the corner store, or something.

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I don't see how they're necessary, unless you have a ton of OOT guests. Our response cards will be our only insert also. I know it's not the most formal or nicest, but we're doing a double sided panel invite - formal invitation on the front and the reception info on the back (and gasp, we're including our wedding website which has much more info, should they need it) - PIB - they still look lovely, IMO.

I'm not one for pocketfolds or 32984793874 inserts (nothing like opening an invitation to a confetti party) and it was pretty cost efficient/environmentally friendly, so this was the best solution for us.

squirrly

They're not required.  But, your website has no place on the actual invitation, and if you put it on the RSVP card, they'll send that back to you, so I'd do one insert if I were you.

CorinneF

Thanks so much ladies!

adenault

Hi Ladies, I'm in exactly the same boat as Corinne (Hi Corinne!) and have been lurking for the planning process thus far.  However, this is something that has been driving me crazy -- what kind of insert would/should one create with the sole purpose of including the wedding website (especially if it was on the STD)?  Is it really necessary?  Would it look very bad if we didn't?