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Option of E-Invites for Transient People

kgd7357kgd7357 member
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I have several young cousins that will be ending their college semester right as my invites will go out. They will likely be moving around for the summer, and may not get an invite that is sent to a previous address, or an address they only are at during the school year. I was thinking about just sending invites to their parent's house. Or I was thinking about giving the option of an E-Invite for people that are moving around. I was thinking this may even be better for friends of mine that move regularly. I got about 5 STDs returned, and it turns out people moved between the time they gave me their address and the time I sent them out (6 weeks!). Thoughts on the E-Invite option? I would also give a paper option if I can get a solid address.
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Re: Option of E-Invites for Transient People

  • itzMSitzMS member
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    Why are you posting this?

    We already told you that your adult cousins must get their own paper invitation. Making a new thread won't change the responses.

    Evites for a wedding are rude.
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  • melbelleupmelbelleup member
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    itzMS said:
    Why are you posting this? We already told you that your adult cousins must get their own paper invitation. Making a new thread won't change the responses. Evites for a wedding are rude.
    All of this. and I just replied to your other thread. NO reason to make a new one to ask the same thing.
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  • tammym1001tammym1001 member
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    While I don't think it's the best option, if it were me, I would send the college kids invites to their parent's house. I'm only saying this because of the time when you will be sending them. College students are in transition in May and it could take weeks for their mail to catch up with them. I think you have a better chance of getting it to them at their parent's house. A college address isn't a permanent address so I think sending it to a permanent one would be better. 

    Because I did read your other post, I want to say that they do still need their own invitation. Especially because they don't live at their parent's house all the time. That way their parents will be able to give the actual invitation to them instead of just trying to tell them the information. Also, that means the parents won't have to hound them about whether or not they are going. The parents will be able to fill out their RSVP card for themselves and their children can fill out and send back their own.

    ETA: An e-invite for a wedding is never ok regardless of the circumstances.
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  • kgd7357kgd7357 member
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    Thanks @tammym1001 for a real response to the question.

    This is a different question than the other thread. I realized my question is more broad. I have a lot of friends that also move addresses around May and September due to grad school, lease changes, or a slew of other reasons. Is it prudent to send follow up emails to people to ensure invites were received? Or do you just wait to see if you get a reply or not?

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  • tammym1001tammym1001 member
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    I would wait until a couple days after the RSVP date and then just call them.
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    kgd7357 said:

    Thanks @tammym1001 for a real response to the question.

    This is a different question than the other thread. I realized my question is more broad. I have a lot of friends that also move addresses around May and September due to grad school, lease changes, or a slew of other reasons. Is it prudent to send follow up emails to people to ensure invites were received? Or do you just wait to see if you get a reply or not?

    In this case, I would email or call my close friends who were moving when invite went out and ask if they received them. Assuming they are in grad school or older they should have the good sense to forward their mail to the new address...but I'd follow up just in case. By the time the RSVP deadline passes they might have other plans and be unable to attend.
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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    Even though they're transient I would not send anyone an e-invitation.  Contact these people and ask where their paper invitations should be sent.
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  • climbingsingleclimbingsingle member
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    Jen4948 said:
    Even though they're transient I would not send anyone an e-invitation.  Contact these people and ask where their paper invitations should be sent.
    This. 
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  • doeydodoeydo member
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    Contact them and ask what address to send a paper invitation to.  E-invites to a wedding are rude.  
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  • JoanE2012JoanE2012 member
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    Jen4948 said:
    Even though they're transient I would not send anyone an e-invitation.  Contact these people and ask where their paper invitations should be sent.
    This.  As for the STDs you got returned from people that moved.....they really should've gone to the post office and used the "mail forwarding" option. 
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  • manateehuggermanateehugger member
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    Look, I move approximately every 3-4 months. You know what my friends do? They email/call/text and say, "Hey I need to send something to you in 2 weeks, where should I send it."

    There you go. It's not hard. 
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