RP FROM 08 HOW MANY INVITES DO I ORDER

Mizzdimple Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:05 AM

RP FROM 08 HOW MANY INVITES DO I ORDER

If I have (currently) 288 people on my guest list so far.

KSquared Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:06 AM

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Count how many households you have on your lists - and then order a few extra.

DeeDee1013 Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:07 AM

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I sent out 50 invitations and I had ordered 75 invitations.

DrWho Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:11 AM

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That depends on how you plan to address them. Do you have a lot of singles? Entire families on one invite? I figured this out by making a list of every guest as I was going to invite them on a separate line, then using the 'line number' function in Word. So, if there's 2 adult siblings still living with their parents, you'd end up with:

1) Mr & Mrs Parent
2) Child 1 and guest
3) Child 2 and guest

Then just look at the last line number.

Also, use the Auto-sort function to alphabetize the list, (you'll need it when you do escort cards) and you can put the line number on the RSVP in case it comes back without a name.

Edit: Look at the last line number and then add 10 or 25 or whatever denomination they come in. I haven't used the extra pocketfolds, but I had to break in to the second set of envelopes.

Mizzdimple Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:12 AM

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We have a lot of families and are addressing them to each household.

Katie&Chris2006 Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:15 AM

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Count up all the households. Then, I would recommend ordering about 10-15% more. You want to have some extras for late additions to the guest list, for you to save, etc.

HTH!

DrWho Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:15 AM

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In that case, you'd have 1 line, but it would work as follows

1) The Smith Family

The inner envelope would be Mr. & Mrs., Child 1 & guest, Child 2 & guest, Younger Children.

Sometimes it's just easier to send 2!

Mizzdimple Posted: Aug 09, 2007 09:22 AM

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Posted by DrWho

In that case, you'd have 1 line, but it would work as follows

1) The Smith Family

The inner envelope would be Mr. & Mrs., Child 1 & guest, Child 2 & guest, Younger Children.

Sometimes it's just easier to send 2!

WE are leaving the number of guests open

so if we send it to one household....its fine if they put 5

not exact guests.

Thanks!

davenjess Posted: Aug 09, 2007 11:14 AM

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We are sending out 70 invites and we ordered 100 of them. It's MUCH cheaper to order that number now than need more because of typos or something...

We also put on the RSVP card -

________Number of Adults
________Number of Children

ChristineAaron08 Posted: Aug 09, 2007 11:38 AM

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I would suggest ordering an extre 25 or so just to be safe. You can count the households. I had mine done on the knot.com from before I joined LIW and it tallys the # of invites you need based on your guestlist.