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RSVP - what?
With an RSVP or ‘Répondez s'il vous plaît’, you ask your guests to confirm whether or not they are coming to your wedding. An RSVP is often used for invitations to weddings and other parties, where you want to know exactly how many guests to expect. You usually also add a deadline to your RSVP by which you want to receive confirmation.
What information do you ask for via an RSVP?
Apart from whether your guests can attend or not, there are other things for which the RSVP is useful.
Make use of your RSVP to indicate:
What the deadline is before which your guests should confirm;
For which parts of the day your guests are invited - with or without different tickets for each part of the day;
Whether your guests are bringing a plus one;
Whether your guests have food intolerances or allergies.
Retrieve your RSVPs easily
You can request your RSVPs in several ways:
Attach an extra RSVP card to the invitation, which your guests can fill in and send back to you by post.
Include your mobile phone number on your invitation, asking them to send you a message to confirm their arrival.
Place a link on your invitation, allowing your guests to RSVP online.
Tip: if you choose to include an RSVP card with your wedding invitation, be sure to have it in the same style as your invitation itself so that everything fits together nicely!
Why choose an online RSVP?
You have more space to get all kinds of info from your guests. They can also easily answer your questions or add comments themselves.
Your guests just have to click on a link - much easier than sending a card.
You receive your RSVPs online faster and know immediately who is or is not coming. So fewer messages and phone calls.
Your numbers update automatically. No more manual adjustments to your guest list.
You have less design and printing work because you don't make different cards.
In short, you make it much easier for yourself and your guests with an online RSVP! Get started right now with House of Weddings‘ free online RSVP tool.
