Separate RSVP cards really needed?

[E B]

Do you, my fellow PSers, think that separate RSVP cards are necessary? I was thinking about invitation costs, and postage alone for 70 invitations (with 2 $.39 cent stamps, hopefully) comes out to $55! For postage alone. This is, of course, if I can even get away with one stamp per invitation.

Would it be ultra-tacky to just list a telephone number and a wedding website (you know, with stories, registry info) to RSVP to?

What do you ladies (and gentlemen) think?

 

[XChick03]

I'm considering not using RSVP or save the date cards. Everyone we're inviting are people either us or our parents keep in touch with, so I think word of mouth will work just fine for us.

 

[E B]

XChick,

These would be going out to friends and family out of town, and some people we're not even close to (friends of parents, etc.).

I'm thinking that when creating this post, I had a cheap moment. $55 isn't that horrible considering how much we'll be spending on other things, but it's still $55! Besides, I feel that calling/using the website is just as easy if not easier than RSVPing on a tiny card.

I just don't know. FI says we should obviously use the tiny cards.

 

[Tacori E-ring]

I am doing RSVP postcards. It will save on postage and no envelopes (or a seperate printing costs)! Personally, we have older relatives that *gasps* never use computers or e-mail.

 

[E B]

Tacori,

Where can I find these RSVP postcards you speak of?

 

[Tacori E-ring]

ummm...I am not sure Ebree. I am making my own. My invitations are going to be 3.80" x 9.25". They are going to be seperate layers (pages). Vellum on top with monogram/logo, then invite, then directions, then hotels, then map, then local sites, then finally rsvp page where the postcard tears off (my printer has a perferation (sp?) cutter). Wow, seven layers....We have a color laser printer so I am doing all the printing myself (except the return address on the outer envelope) and ordering the cardstock already cut to size (yup, I am lazy!) Anyways, to make a long post shorter you can easily get a local printer to print up postcards for cheap (or I have had very good luck with vistaprint which is an online print company and very cheap) or do what I did and order paper 4" x 6" or so and print your own at home.


ETA: I am having a silver eyelet in the top left corner to hold all the pages together. I will post a picture when I finally get them done.

 

[XChick03]

Date: 4/13/2006 12:06:37 AM
Author: EBree
XChick,


These would be going out to friends and family out of town, and some people we''re not even close to (friends of parents, etc.).


I''m thinking that when creating this post, I had a cheap moment. $55 isn''t that horrible considering how much we''ll be spending on other things, but it''s still $55! Besides, I feel that calling/using the website is just as easy if not easier than RSVPing on a tiny card.


I just don''t know. FI says we should obviously use the tiny cards.

We have some out of town guests, but most are his mother''s relatives whom she talks to daily and a few that Peter e-mails regularly. And everyone else is people we talk to a lot, so luckily, I don''t think having people just call in to RSVP will be a big problem for us. The postcards sound like a great idea though. I might do something like that instead!

 

[E B]

I''m going to go the postcard route too! Thanks for the input, guys, and thank you for the idea, Tacori!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

No problem. Your postage cost just went down too then! If you need anymore help/advice on printing them just let me know!

 

[appletini]

Have y''all seen the new wedding stamps? I used them for my invitations and reply cards...they are so cute!

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[AmantdeChat]

I have been having a hard time with RSVP cards too. I was thinking of putting on our RSVP card (postcard like Tacori E-ring!

) a phone number and/or email address to send their regrets or acceptance. So many of our friends and family are internet savvy that I thought this would make it easier for them. (and us too!

) If they wanted to mail it back to us they could, but it makes the reply easier I think.

Appletini: Love the stamps!

 

[sosst7]

Tacori, thanks for the postcard idea!! I had posted a question about mailing labels and the postcard would totally take care of it! This is why I love PS - to be able to get ideas from people who are wayyy more creative than I am!

 

[Tacori E-ring]

Date: 4/13/2006 10:52:17 AM
Author: sosst7
Tacori, thanks for the postcard idea!! I had posted a question about mailing labels and the postcard would totally take care of it! This is why I love PS - to be able to get ideas from people who are wayyy more creative than I am!

No problem. Like I said above you can order your paper from a paper company (I order from Xpedx) and they will custom cut the paper to ANY size. It is so affordable too. This is how we order paper for our clients. So if you have a good work/home printer you could easily print them yourself and save money.

 

[SoonIHope]

I really like the RSVP postcard idea, but I also wanted to just say that my friend did an RSVP email address for her wedding last year, and it worked great as far as I know! I think they requested everyone to RSVP to the email address (a new account they created exclusively for RSVPing), and then they also had a phone number for anyone who didn''t want to do that. She said she just thought it would be much easier to keep track of than lots of teeny pieces of paper, which does kind of make sense.... Anyway, I love the postcard idea, and the wedding stamps too!

 

[AndyRosse]

Appletini, I used the same stamps!! They were just perfect!

 

[AmberWaves]

EBree, see? This is why I like the selan and send!

It includes the RSVP postcard at the bottom! No fuss! I''m so lame.

 

[FireGoddess]

Date: 4/13/2006 12:12:27 AM
Author: Tacori E-ring
I am doing RSVP postcards. It will save on postage and no envelopes (or a seperate printing costs)! Personally, we have older relatives that *gasps* never use computers or e-mail.

This is what I did - RSVP postcards. It makes the return postage cheaper, you don''t have to get an envelope for it, and it makes the whole invitation lighter (less postage).

 

[flopkins]

I did the RSVP postcards. Worked like a charm! Saved paper too.

A couple friends of mine did the online RSVP thing.... they were easy! If you know most of your guests are computer savvy I would do that too.

 

[eks6426]

I think this really depends on how large your wedding will be and the type of guests. If you have a large wedding, you''ll probably want the RSVP cards so you don''t miss someone who has replyed. Older relatives frequently don''t use the computer and might be offended with just a phone number to call for RSVP.

If you make your own RSVP cards, you can also, put the cards in only those who really need it. Put the wedding website/phone number on your invitation for everyone, but just put the mail-in card in the envelope for the relativesfriends who can''t or won''t go to the wedding website/email or call.