Postcard RSVP's?

Question

We're doing a big wedding on a small budget and trying to cut costs wherever possible. Do you think it's tacky to use postcards for the RSVP's? The wedding is somewhat formal, but in no way black tie, and I'm DIY-ing the invites.

Do you think it's okay, or should I suck it up and spend the extra money on card, envelope, postage?

:)

Answer 1

We're doing postcards. It's not only less expensive, but it will be easier to sort through them as we get them back. It's easy to customize a nice-looking card that goes with your invitations. Just get heavy-enough card stock and be sure to check the size range with the post office (I'm sure the regulation sizes are listed on their website). Because we're doing our own invitations, and the postcard provides more space than the traditional reply card, we're going to do a mail merge for the reply postcards that has the guest's name on it so that we don't have to worry about the person who forgets to put their name on the reply. For example, if we're inviting Betty and Horatio Smith:

Betty ___will ___will not attend
Horatio ___will ___will not attend

This style also prevents people from adding on additional guests who were not invited, and make it clearer that children are not invited (or in the case of our only minor nephew, that he is invited.)

Answer 2

We're using postcards. I can't imagine there's any privacy issue. All that's on the RSVP is the person's last name and number of guests. There's no date or place or anything that anyone with bad intentions could use. The only address on the card is yours. I figure if someone has some issue with it that I didn't think of, they'll call me to RSVP, or I'll call them when I don;t get a card back.

Answer 3

I did a wedding that actually used those seal n' send invitations where the RSVP is a tear off postcard. Guests actually loved those. They thought it was so much easier to throw a postcard in the mail and be done. Plus it saves you money on postage and envelopes. This was also a formal daytime wedding and no way black tie. You'll be fine with the postcards.

Good Luck and Congratulations!

Answer 4

Well, I went beyond postcards. I had my guests call to rsvp. I saved on postage all together.

I think the post card is fine though. What do people care about the format as long as they get a stamp?

Answer 5

I think a postcard RSVP is perfectly fine! You can make it really simple and elegant and it will do the job just the same as a card w/ an envelope.

I really don't think that anyone would think twice about the fact that it's a postcard :)

Answer 6

Actually postcards are more than acceptable.

From what I've read from Miss Manners a RSVP card is not to even be included in the invitation. (link) But I've never gotten an invite that didn't have one.

Answer 7

I don't think so. So long as the postcard is cute, it should be fine. I am doing a postcard rsvp-because postage is ridiculously expensive, and we're making them coordinate with all of our paper products.

Answer 8

you'd still be paying for the postcard and the postage on a postcard aren't you? Even if you're trying to cut costs and still be formal, I wouldn't imagine a postcard looking overly formal unless it was either pre-printed so the guests didn't have to write everything out themselves, and the front was a picture that had to do with weddings. I'd imagine either would work. It's your wedding and up to you.

Answer 9

I am getting invitations that have the folded look. It has the reply postcards in it, and it look very formal. I think that it is a perfectly fine idea. Apply postage and all they have to do is put it in the mail and they don't even have to put it back in the envelope. Less work for them and less money for you.

Answer 10

I think a post card would be just fine. I have received several RSVP's in this form and I do not believe it takes away any formality from the wedding. I would however be sure to put the stamp on it. Ask you post office for special post card stamps, they are cheaper.