6 Reasons Brides Should Never Send A Wedding R.S.V.P. Card
I've been in wedding planning hell for the past year and have had to make A LOT of v important decisions on traditions: Am I wearing something old, borrowed, or blue? Nope. Am I serving a real dinner? Hah, wouldn't you like to know?! Am I having bridesmaids? No, thank you. Another tradition I gladly skipped? Wedding R.S.V.P cards. Here's why.
You'll save some serious cash on stamps.
The cost of Forever stamps is about to jump to 49 cents, guys. Multiply that by the number of your guests, add in the costs of the actual R.S.V.P. cards and the extra envelopes, and you're in the red by a few hundred dollars, minimum.
Making people choose beef or chicken is tacky.
OK, OK, I'm sure I'm going to get a ton of flack for this, but I don't like traditional wedding food. (I'm a food editor so I better be picky!) So I had one requirement when choosing a caterer: If one sent me a menu with entree options of beef, chicken, or fish and sides of mashed potatoes and green beans, I immediately blurted out, "NEXT." Food is something I choose to celebrate and sharing food with friends is my favorite pastime, so it's gotta be more special than your run-of-the-mill wedding buffet. If you want a fancy plated dinner, allow people to choose in the moment, based on how the prime rib looks IRL. If you want to be able to give the caterer a count of beef v. chicken ahead of time, go family style; it's a better look.
People forget to put their names on them.
A much more common issue than you'd think: People check off "beef", send it in without a name, and leave you scratching your head.
Digital is wayyy easier for guests.
Let's be real: Most people don't physically mail stuff anymore and will let your return envelope languish in their mail pile for weeks. Going paperless lets them R.S.V.P. directly on your wedding website, where you want them to visit for other essential info anyways.
You'll be enviro-friendly.
Come on, you've already ditched plastic straws, but now you're sending out unnecessary paper? Smh.
Don't be a hoarder.
Because are these going to be cards you actually keep? Most of the time people add the guest to their count, tally up the meal choices, and recycle the card, which reiterates my point that you don't *need* a wedding R.S.V.P. card.
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