Answered: 2 weeks enough for RSVP?

Re: Answered: 2 weeks enough for RSVP?

• AddieCake member

  

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  When in April do you have to give the count to the cruise line? Why does the cruise line need that 2 months before? Did you send STDs? I hope you did b/c I would not want to have only 2 weeks to decide if I could make it to a destination wedding.

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• princessleia22 member

  

  March 2014

  Everyone got STD 10 months before wedding. So they are all well aware. I looked back through paperwork and realized I don't need to submit final guest list until mid May, so that gives me a bit more time. Since wedding is on the ship after it has been cleared by customs, all guests basically have to go through customs to get onboard.  So I need to submit full names, birth date, and drivers license or passport numbers for all guests, whether they are going on cruise or just coming onboard for the wedding and leaving before cruise.  So, if I don't need to submit until May, I want about a month to chase people down, since I do need additional info, then 3-4 weeks for them to RSVP ideally. So that means I can change the due date to mid-April and still have a couple weeks to reprint & assemble invites. I don't want to reprint, but it's easier on the guests and more likely that they will know for sure if they can come if I do later RSVP.  So, I guess I answered my own problem, even if not really the answer I wanted.

   

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• JoanE2012 member

  

  March 2014

  nicoann said:

  Okay, so I'm assembling my invites this weekend and will mail on Monday. I just realized that the RSVP date I put is March 15.  Is 2 weeks enough for RSVP time? First of all, I really don't want to reprint everything. And I'm hoping a shorter timeframe will encourage people to send it right away. My situation is a bit odd too. We are doing a destination wedding and getting married on cruise ship before it leave port. The wedding is in June. All of our guests will be travelling to get there. We can have guests come onboard for wedding without going on cruise. But I do need to provide final guest list to cruise line in April. I also need to provide full names, birth dates, and drivers license or passport number for each guest since all guest have to go through customs to board the ship. So I want to be sure I have time to chase this info down if people don't respond or fail to include the info. I also know my family is extremely bad at returning RSVP's, so I anticipate a lot of chasing will be needed. If we don't have that info submitted by deadline, they won't be allowed onboard to attend the wedding, and they do not allow any exception to that. So, is 2 weeks okay, or should I suck it up, push the date a week and reprint? Of course, if I have to reprint, that will delay sending them also, so RSVP date would probably have to move back 2 weeks.

  Just curious, will the reception take place before the ship leaves port?  I'd hope those guests that travel to see you get married and don't go on the cruise will be included in a reception.  

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• princessleia22 member

  

  March 2014

  Yes, there is wedding & reception on-board before leaving port. After boarding, guests eat lunch & check out the ship while wedding party gets dressed (hair & makeup will be done before boarding, so less than an hour), then wedding ceremony, followed by reception in ships night club with open bar, hors d'oeuvres, cake, DJ and dancing. Then non-sailing guests leave and bride & groom do posed photos with photographer after ship leaves port. We only expect about 35 guests and about 1/2 those are going on the cruise. But all guests get wedding & reception, including full meal and open bar. And we get early boarding so their time at lunch and checking out ship will be before any other cruisers board and make it crowded. By time any other passengers board we will already be at reception.

   

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