Please proof read! And a response card question

Re: Please proof read! And a response card question

• Jen4948 member

  

  June 2013

  I think your invitation is worded fine.
  
  When it comes to your reply card, don't let your guests write their names in, or they'll also be writing in the names of their uninvited guests.  You can use the "___ seats have been reserved in your honor" wording instead.  I'd use this wording for the reply card:
  
  The favor of a reply is requested
  before X date
  
  ____ seats have been reserved in your honor
  Mr. John Smith  ______ accepts  _______ regrets
  Mrs. John Smith ______ accepts _______ regrets (use whatever her appropriate name and title is)
  

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• itzMS member

  

  June 2013

  Jen4948 said:

  I think your invitation is worded fine.
  
  When it comes to your reply card, don't let your guests write their names in, or they'll also be writing in the names of their uninvited guests.  You can use the "___ seats have been reserved in your honor" wording instead.  I'd use this wording for the reply card:
  
  The favor of a reply is requested
  before X date
  
  ____ seats have been reserved in your honor
  Mr. John Smith  ______ accepts  _______ regrets
  Mrs. John Smith ______ accepts _______ regrets (use whatever her appropriate name and title is)
  

  If a guest wants to be rude and add people, they'll find a way to do so no matter how you word the RSVP.

  Simple RSVPs are fine.

  M_________________________________

  ______Accepts

  ______Regrets

  Please initial meal choices:

  Chicken Marsala _______ Beef Wellington ______ Vegetarian Lasagna _____

  
   

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• winelover123 member

  

  June 2013 edited June 2013

  Do I fill in the M____________ line? I like the idea of keeping it simple.
  
  ETA: I mean, is the "M" usually printed and I hand-write the rest of the name?
  

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• winelover123 member

  

  June 2013

  Thanks!
  

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• OtterJ member

  

  June 2013

  I like the "as they are united in marriage" or "as they exchange vows" type of option over "at their Marriage."  Not that there's anything wrong with it, just a personal preference.  Your wording sounds fine. 
  
  I've read that you're not supposed to include website information on the invitation, but I did.  Don't put the website information on the response card.  If people mail in their response, they no longer have the website handy to reference. 
  
  I had three inserts:  RSVP (it wasn't a card to mail in, it was information on how to do it - website or phone call), Accommodations (gave hotel information for guests with group rate), Locations (gave info on where to park for the ceremony, reception location, and childcare availability.  Everything was located in the same building, but it is a big building, and it was more of a way to let people know what to expect - light refreshments in the basement - not 3 course meal....etc.). 
  
  If you want to save all of the little details for the website, you can.  A lot of my guests visited it, but I know not everybody did. 
  
  Either write your guests names yourself, or let them know how many seats you have on the response cards.  Some people will ignore it no matter what you do, but both options make it clear what your invitation intentions are. 
  

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• winelover123 member

  

  June 2013

  I actually do have an insert, and the cost of printing included the insert so I did put the website on the insert instead of the actual invitation. That, and I ran out of room on the invitation. Thanks!
  

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• lallerton16 member

  

  June 2013 edited June 2013

  I did...

  
  

  We look forward to celebrating with you!

  Please reply by July 10, 2013

  We have reserved _____ seat(s) in your honor

  M________________________

  _____ Wouldn't miss it for the world!

  _____ Will celebrate from afar

  
  

  
  

  I did not fill in the M line, I could of because I filled in the reserved seats number and hand wrote everything else. But at the end of the day, I figured they could write their own name. Plus I've had the people who we gave a guest to, write in the name of their guest, so I have that for my list. 

  
  

  I thought about putting an individual response for each person if there was more than one person on an invite, for instance: 

  We have reserved 2 seats for you

  ___/2 Wouldn't miss it for the word

  ___/2 Will celebrate from afar

  in case 1 person couldn't make it. But I left it the way I did it above. And I've just had people cross out the "2" and write in "1" 

  
  

  **Also, if you decide to not write in the M____ yourself, I would highly suggest you put a small number on the back of the response card, and correspond it to your guest list. Not only does it help in case people forget to fill in the M___  (which I've heard of people doing, hasn't happened to me yet) or if the person has sloppy handwriting and you have NO IDEA who wrote it (which HAS happened to me! haha)**

  

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