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rsvp

Everything you need to know about wedding rsvp cards, plus email RSVPs, how to get guests to RSVP on time, and how to deal when someone you didn’t invite to your wedding RSVPs that they’re going to come!

I am planning a pre-invitation survey to get a guest list headcount. Will this work?

I am planning a pre-invitation survey to get a guest list headcount. Will this work?

I have been scouring all the posts and comments threads about RSVPs and guest lists, and haven’t seen an answer to a tricky question. How do you deal with guest list ambiguity when you live in an extremely expensive area, 2/3 of your desired invites are from out of town, and venues require guaranteed minimums on catering?

Is it over okay to make a survey for your friends and family to gauge best-guesses for will they/won’t theys for a wedding a year and a half or two years away?

Download your wedding guest list planner from @offbeatbride #weddingplanning #weddingguestlist

Planning tools 101: Your wedding guest list planner

In case you missed it, we recently launched a comprehensive and totally customizable document of wedding planning spreadsheets to get your wedding planning game on point. First we featured a big ol’ wedding timeline and now we’re rolling out the wedding guest list planner to keep track of all your guests, their RSVPs, contact info, food preferences, gift, blood type… everything you need to know.

funny RSVP alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This funny RSVP card has an answer for every smart-ass on your guest list

I’ve seen tons of variations on this funny RSVP card around the web, so we thought we’d try out our own version as a free downloadable printable. Whether your guests will be happily accepting or tongue-in-check happily declining… there’s an answer for every smart-ass on your guest list. Who knows — maybe it’ll inspire the slackers to actually send their card in before you start the RSVP hounding process.

Funny wedding RSVP as seen on @offbeatbride #wedding #rsvp

This one funny wedding RSVP line will make your guests laugh all the way to a reply

We know that getting guests to RSVP to the wedding is like getting your cat to cook dinner: rare but appreciated. Okay it never happens, and RSVPs tend to feel the same way. But with one tiny addition on your RSVP, you can subtly and humorously tell your guests you mean business about this RSVP deadline.