RSVP- online or mail

Re: RSVP- online or mail

• halfpin21 member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm doing the envelope only because I know the majority of my guests aren't internet savvy.  They're older so it wouldn't work for them. 

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• wallacje member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  I agree with PP, but with all the people (60) that didn't even send them back I wish I had done a combination of the 2 so those that are computer savvy can RSVP online and then others could have sent the card back. 

  

  

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• cincy2011 member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  We did online or phone RSVPs and it went really well.  We had lots of comments from guests saying it was much easier than sending back a RSVP card.  The older folks either called us to RSVP or their younger relatives RSVP'd online for them.  I'd highly recommend it.  Saves you money and your guests time.

  

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• 2010Bride2be

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  We're doing the envelope. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to the internet or is internet savvy. If you send them a stamped envelope, there shouldn't be any issue. For people that don't do it in a timely manner, I hate to say it, but they're morons. As soon as I receive an invitation where the RSVP is already stamped, I fill it out righ there and put it back in the mail right away. Not hard at all.

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• chescam member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  Thanks for the suggestions. I really like the combination idea. I'll just let guests know that they can also rsvp online (on rsvp card), but include stamps for the older guest or people not internet savy. 

  
  

  Our guest list is complete now but we're waiting on a few more addresses. Most of our guests updated their addresses to the address tool I was using on wedding wire but I have to remind some of them to get it done. I guess the ones who did not update their addresses online get to mail in their rsvp card.

  
  

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• kiyamurph

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  We did a combination of mail and google voicemail.  I just mailed the invites 3 weeks ago and so far only 1 person has called and everyone else has mailed them back.  All of the rsvp envelopes are stamped and pre-addressed, but even then you'll have those people who somehow thinks it's a hassle to send it back.  We'll see how it continues to go.

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• hatroopes member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  I'm doing both - guests have the option to RSVP on our webite, or they can mail back the Response card (I didn't prepay postage). I'm anticipating that we will have to call folks to confirm anyway

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• TNMurray member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  I did combination of mail and online. I used brides.com which is very specific because we had to have people select a menu option. This give people the option to look at our website and no one has complained out the online. The people who got online did not have the option to mail.

  
  
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• busybruck

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  We are doing a combination of calling of RSVPing online. If they do it online it will automatically update my guest list, which makes it a lot easier for me. I know most of our family wouldn't send back the card and would just call us anyway, so I didn't want to waste my money on the extra stamps.

  

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• BrideBling82 member

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  I did email and phone rsvps. My older relatives called and told me or FI. The others had their kids email for them. It has worked out fine for me.....although I still had to call or text to remind people to rsvp. Beware of the people who will be so excited to receive the invitation that they might forget there is a date to RSVP. I have had several of these.....so even though the rsvp date is today I will still have to call and ask tomorrow and Friday. I think you will be happy with email and phone....I chose not to stamp them because I know my family  and they would not mail it, stamp or no stamp lol!

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• lil01

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  We mailed all of ours. For the most part, everything went fine. I did have more stragglers than I wanted....mostly FI's family. I could not understand (and still don't) why if its already pre-stamped, what's the problem with checking yes or no & putting it in the mail. Seems so simple, but everyone had a story as to why they dragged their feet with sending it back....smh.

  

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• prettymami2

  

  May 2011 edited December 2011

  I did phone in rsvp and email. I preferred it over the envelope and stamp.

  

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