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CUTE-TEDDY-BEAR
1/11/07 10:28 A
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| Well if you dont do a RSVP card you are going to have to call all the people you sent an invitation too. So if you go with the RSVP card that will make your phone call list a lot smaller.
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| I actually read on Martha Stewart's wedding website that RSVP cards used to be looked at as rude to send at all. Obviously that has changed since back in the good old days when people were so formal w/ one another. I don't think there's anything wrong w/ not including an RSVP, so long as you don't care whether people RSVP. I think you can set up an online RSVP through theknot.com if you want. I just don't know that you can rely on everyone actually doing that, ya know? Good luck!
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WALTHERCHIC
1/3/07 1:36 P
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| If you were someone I knew IRL I would tell you to do them. I think trying to keep track of the yes's and no's would be a nightmare with close to 400 people being invited. Since you're making your own invites, you could always do postcard RSVPs, that way you can save on the postage ;)
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VIOLAGRACE
1/3/07 10:19 A
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It's going to be buffet style, and we'll need a head-count, but as long as it's not significantly off, we should be fine... We're having DF's family Christmas this weekend, so maybe I'll do an informal poll just to get their opinions.
Thanks for all of your thoughts!!
Happy planning everyone!
Christy
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BRAINECHIC
1/2/07 10:38 P
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| It depends on if you are having a caterer. I am having a formal sitdown dinner at my wedding and have to include an exact head count two weeks before the wedding. If you don't get a response back from someone, you are suppose to call and find out if they are coming.
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LIFEPILINGUP
1/2/07 4:14 P
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If you aren't going formal, I'd leave them out. You could include a phone number or email on the invite for RSVPing, because your guests should know how to respond to you, but the card isn't necessary. And neither is tissue :).
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We're getting married in NE Iowa, and the event isn't terribly formal, but will be large (I think our guest list is nearing the 350-400 range)
I'm really just trying to come up with excuses/reasons not to include them - We're making our invites, and the way I want to do it, they end up being too small for the RSVP to fit inside - I would have to slip it in the envelope behind the invitation, and I don't know if I like that idea either - I'm just not sure exactly how tacky asking for e-mail or phone RSVP's will seem.
Oh well, we'll figure something out :)
Thanks for the replies!
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WALTHERCHIC
1/2/07 12:56 P
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| It depends on how formal your wedding is. I'm in Boston, and around here they're just about standard etiquette wise. What most people do is to get a small index card file box (you can get them for about $1 at Staples) and put the responses in there. That way you know who is coming and who isn't, and if you're doing different meals, what they're eating.
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| I've never heard of them. I guess they could be more convenient to your guests.
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VIOLAGRACE
12/30/06 7:52 A
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Hi all - I'm in the process of picking out invitation styles, and really want to omit the RSVP card thing (I know myself well enough to know that those that do get sent back are likely to be lost). What are your opinions on an enclosure that requests an e-mail or phone RSVP??
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