response cards

what wording is on your response cards?

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My advice is make sure it says #attending on them-
I didn't - I just had _accepts _ regrets
and some people just wrote in their own name even if they were planning on bringing dates.

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I wrote,
We look forward to celebrating with you!

Please respond by blah blah

M________________

___will attend ___ will not attend

if I had it to do over again, I would have added # of guests, although it really wasn't a problem that I didn't

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Mine will read like this:

The favour of a reply is requested on or before (date)
M___________________________
___ # invited
___ # attending
___ regretfully decline


I know it may not be etiquette to put how many I'm inviting, but you know, I just don't want to see a reply w/5. After long consideration, I decided to do it like this.

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Ours say the same exact thing as Jpsgirl's, but we also have the # attending. We did that because a few people that we are inviting have children, and they are NOT invited, but I'm afraid that the parents will think they are...then it will be a big ol' mess......

What do I do if people write more than were invited? Do I just call them and explain, cause that seems so awkward to me to have to call!

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I am making my own invites and responses. This is what I am planning on writing

The favour of a response is requested. Please respond by 'such and such'



Mr. Joe Bob will___will not___attend

Mr. Joe Bob's Guest will___will not____attend




This is my second time around and I remember the
problems with the response cards not being clear
enough about who was invited, and who was attending.

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I did mine very simple:
The favour of a handwritten reply is requested by the first of October

The RSVP cards were on a normal size RSVP card but no lines, no M_______, no # attending. I had to put 'handwritten' because I was afraid some guests would call us to RSVP, which I didn't want.

I have gotten many beautiful notes backs from my guests. Some people asked others what they should write but most people knew.

I also NUMBERED the inside corner of the envelope just in case someone forgot to put their name on it. That has yet to happen yet but I know it does happen to a lot of brides.

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I numbered my response cards too - didn't really need to, although it was helpful with jrs, etc.

My wording was:

The favour of a reply is requested by date ___

M______________________

___ accept with pleasure

___ decline with regret

Some checked off the lines - others wrote in '2' etc. Either way, I knew by how they wrote their names whether one or 2 were attending.

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how many weeks before the wedding is the response date?

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Mine is due by Oct. 30th, the wedding is Nov. 29th. Then I am sure I will have to call a few people who forget. This is what my invitation lady suggested.

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Mine went out on 9/3 and have a RSVP date of 10/1, I built in a few days for the people who find it difficult to send back a pre-paid card.

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Ours say
we are looking forward to celebrating with you
Please respond by September 22, 2002
M_______________________
__will attend
__not able to attend


I'm pretty happy with my wording choice-only one cousin didn't check either or mention a guest-but he's coming & bring one.

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We had to be a little bold on ours to avoid people bringing uninvited children. We wrote

We look foward to celebrating with you!
We have reserved ___ seat(s) for you at our reception.
Adults only please
M_____________________
____ will attend
____ will not attend

Im sure it is not 'proper', but we wanted to be clear!

Also had :
Please reply by XXXXX