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response cards

Not sure how I want people to RSVP...I know typically people will self address and apply postage to the response card but I wonder if giving people the option to email or call to rsvp might be helpful with compliance. I dont want to spend all that money on postage if people are just going to rsvp by email.  I have heard of several weddings lately where guests weren't rsvp and I was wondering what is the best way to get people to comply

Re: response cards

  • The best way to get them to comply is to make it as easy as possible.  I'd definitely put postage on the return RSVPs if you want to maximize the number of people who will mail them back.  Personally, I find it easier to check a box and post a postcard in the mail than I do to sit down, type someone's email in, type a response email, and send it....and I HATE talking on the phone.  Plus, it's kind of rude to not want to pay the 32cents yourself for them to RSVP....but then expect your guest to pay it?  Just my opinion.

    I had my RSVPs as postcards to minimize the cost of postage and envelopes - my address was already printed on it, I put stamps on them, and wrote guest's name in the return address spot in case they forget to write their name on the "M____________________" line so that I would know who it was from.

    I don't think giving people an email/phone option is a terrible idea or anything, but I don't think it is going to increase RSVP compliance.
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    [QUOTE]Not sure how I want people to RSVP...I know typically people will self address and apply postage to the response card but I wonder<strong> if giving people the option to email or call to rsvp might be helpful with compliance</strong>. I dont want to spend all that money on postage if people are just going to rsvp by email.  I have heard of several weddings lately where guests weren't rsvp and I was wondering what is the best way to get people to comply
    Posted by sdbangel[/QUOTE]

    <div>My answer is YES. The idea of snail-mail for any type of correspondence is horrendously outdated and stale. I think the wedding industry is still desperately grasping onto snail mail for invites and RSVPs out of some kind of hollow yearning for tradition. I'm nearly insulted when someone expects me to put anything in the mail in order to express my wishes, whether it's payments, correspondence, or just about anything. </div><div>
    </div><div>The whole idea of snail-mail correspondence is just spitefully stupid when you have internet and phones. No I don't want to go out and make a special trip to a mailbox when I can darn well email or call or pay online. </div><div>
    </div><div>I'm still doing snail-mail postcard invites & RSVP for all of the old people who aren't as in to internet. But I'm also giving the option to call, text, or email their RSVP because let's face it, this is the way our world communicates now. It's still annoying to have to send out snail mail invites/RSVPs when I have an entire website providing a wealth of information that people can use to access any info they need or desire. I'll do it, just begrudgingly. </div>
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