rsvp Panic!

If you have not sent invites you need to do this now and ensure you have a deadline date on your invite and set that for 4 weeks before you need to confirm your final venue/catering numbers so you have enough time to chase. We asked for RSVP on our Website, but we put our email and phone number on the invites so it was easier for people to contact us if they couldn't get on with the website. Sadly some people leave it right to the last minute so be prepared to have to chase.

We sent our invitations 2 weeks ago - we had a flurry of responses within a couple of days and since then it’s gone quiet, but our deadline for them to RSVP is 1st Feb so we’re not concerned yet.

We included an RSVP card and envelope with our address printed in our invitations, and our wedding specific email address as well. Of the replies we’ve received so far, only one was through the post and all of the others have been over email, so having the email address was definitely the right decision.

Our wedding invites (sent November) were pretty basic, just date time and where the church was along with RSVP details. Now we've sent out a blanket email or what's app to everyone saying thank you to all those who have already RSVP, for those of you who haven't, please let us know by xx date. We've than added a load of information about the day, timings, car parking, taxi, hotel, dietary requirements, cash bar, gift list etc etc. We has about 4 replies almost by return. I think also because it was an informative email we got a good response. Any non replies will be getting a specific chasing email next week!!!! Some people will always be vert last minute, unfortunately!

I usually keep an Excel spreadsheet and I have everything written down there and you can always call phone numbers to clarify! Will a person come or not))

My partner and I put our RSVPs on our wedding website through hitched to save us from having to do tonnes of chasing, and unfortunately it's resulted in more chasing, as people often forget to check the website... Unfortunately people are flakey by nature, even for something like a wedding... Like the advice on here says I would chase up people before your deadline so you can give the venue final numbers x