Thoughts on Response Cards

vallyhoo · November 2009

I've never seen an RSVP postcard but am wondering...

jamm2019 · November 2009

My invites were the Seal -N- Send type. We had the post card for the RSVP. It was fine, but some of them came back really dirty. We could still read the information that people put on them. It really saved us some money with postage because a post card stamp is cheaper.

anna.oskar · November 2009

In my circle, it doesn't matter since you're not going to get them in the mail anyway. Almost everyone will need to be called.
People are dumb

Hi Vally!

tdmd09 · November 2009

We did it and it worked for us. We liked only spending 27 cents on stamps instead of 42. We did number the corners since there's no place on a postcard for a return address and we did have a few people who didn't put names on their cards.

ivystar57 · November 2009

I did them and LOVED them. do them!

vallyhoo · November 2009

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[QUOTE]People are dumb
Posted by anna.oskar[/QUOTE]

Very true! and hi Anna :)

vallyhoo · November 2009

Ivy - ya did? I missed that! Now I will go peruse your bio and oogle your pups.

opalsky007 · November 2009

A couple of our RSVPs have gotten very soggy since there have been heavy rains this week--the envelope actually saved the info on the card from getting destroyed!

janedoe1113a · November 2009

We're doing them to save money.

mwhitson14 · November 2009

I'm doing RSVP postcards. The etsy seller doing my invites is doing me a PDF RSVP template, uploading to UPrinting (I have 100 free or I'd use VistaPrint) and ordering. Stamps for postcards are cheaper and you don't need envelopes.

Anna, people in my area are dumb too, it doesn't matter if I put a phone number, e-mail address, and card, they still won't get sent in. But I'm still attempting! People around here just don't do RSVP cards. (And I suck because I didn't return yours.

)

cougarette · November 2009

I said depends. I like the idea, and we probably would have done it too since it's cheaper. But we got a kit from Michaels and it included the traditional cards with the envelopes, so we're going that route.

ac_in_dc · November 2009

We did blank RSVP cards...they just said "please respond by xx date" at the top and folks wrote a note underneath. It was actually really fun to read the stuff that people wrote.

sarabellam · November 2009

I think it depends on the formality of the whole event. If you are going super formal, I'd kinda wonder at a postcard RSVP.

ScarletGem · November 2009

We did them, and it worked our wonderfully. None of them were lost or destroyed in the mail, and we saved some cash on stamps.

We made our own invites, so we mail-merged the guests' names onto the RSVP postcard. They turned out pretty cool, I think. :-) PIB

Bippy · November 2009

We did RSVP post cards. Sometimes, they showed up mauled by the machines at the post office. I wonder if some made it, but our wedding wasn't relying on huge-strict-have-to-know numbers, just estimates.

One tip: we numbered ours (discreetly in the lower right hand corner using a light pencil) and numbered the guest list. If anyone forgot to write their name on the RSVP, then we'd know who actually sent it back.

vallyhoo · November 2009

These are all very great ideas! Now I am even more torn.

Thanks everybody!

ivystar57 · November 2009

Oh Vally... My bio is garbage. I really really really need to get a married bio together...

I ended up designing my own. Of course now I can't find them on my computer.....

vallyhoo · November 2009

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[QUOTE]Oh Vally... My bio is garbage. I really really really need to get a married bio together...
Posted by ivystar57[/QUOTE]

Well, snap to it! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · November 2009

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[QUOTE]We did blank RSVP cards...they just said "please respond by xx date" at the top and folks wrote a note underneath. It was actually really fun to read the stuff that people wrote.
Posted by ac_in_dc[/QUOTE]

I would love to do that, but since some of my friends can't figure out how to respond to an e-vite for a simple cocktail party, I'm not hopeful that anything but pre-printed cards would work. I'm not sure if fun would be the reaction I had when reading either. More like they would be interesting. Most likely even for those who responded, I still wouldn't have any idea if they were coming, you know?

Next time I get a wedding invitation, I think I'm going to go old school and just respond with a letter on my own stationary. Some beebees would probably be upset because I've heard of people who want to keep all their response card FOREVA.

jamm2019 · November 2009

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[QUOTE]I think it depends on the formality of the whole event. If you are going super formal, I'd kinda wonder at a postcard RSVP.
Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]

I think the formality of the wedding comes from the invitation it self not the RSVP card.

opalsky007 · November 2009

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Thoughts on Response Cards : I think the formality of the wedding comes from the invitation it self not the RSVP card.
Posted by marie2009[/QUOTE]

True. But a very informal response card in a formal invitation just looks odd. I think postcards are cool as long as they coordinate with the rest of the invite.

ac_in_dc · November 2009

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_thoughts-response-cards?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ae299957-2d68-4d3e-8f2d-0561c9b045fbPost:24f0f82b-994d-459b-88e0-25fbcaa4c103">Re: Thoughts on Response Cards</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Thoughts on Response Cards : I would love to do that, but since some of my friends can't figure out how to respond to an e-vite for a simple cocktail party, I'm not hopeful that anything but pre-printed cards would work. I'm not sure if fun would be the reaction I had when reading either. More like they would be interesting. Most likely even for those who responded, I still wouldn't have any idea if they were coming, you know? Next time I get a wedding invitation, I think I'm going to go old school and just respond with a letter on my own stationary. Some beebees would probably be upset because I've heard of people who want to keep all their response card FOREVA.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

Surprisingly we didn't have any problems. I mean all someone has to say is "Jack and I will be there! Love, Jill." Some older folks gave an old school formal response but most folks just wrote a nice note. Of course we had to chase down non-responders but with e-mail I found that to be pretty easy.

jamm2019 · November 2009

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Thoughts on Response Cards : True. But a very informal response card in a formal invitation just looks odd. I think postcards are cool as long as they coordinate with the rest of the invite.
Posted by opalsky007[/QUOTE]

That is true also. I didn't have that problem my RSVP went along with the invitation. Same font and everything.

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