

“Plus, using only one vendor means they’ll already know the name of the fonts you are using, and will be able to put the entire timeline together from when you have to make decisions to when things will be done and sent out by.”Īn example of an online RSVP card from Paperless Post “Colors and textures can change from vendor to vendor, so keeping it under the same vendor will create a seamless and cleaner look,” she says.

Ideally, when choosing an RSVP stationery vendor, you stick with the same person or company you hired to create the rest of your wedding stationery, says Rothweiler. You want to give them buffer time so they aren’t rushed, but also give yourself enough buffer time after receiving them to make sense of the grand total. There is an art to sending RSVPs in a timely manner that allows guests enough of a waiting period before they have to respond. Smith, owner of Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting, in Marblehead, Massachusetts. “This means that if someone RSVPs after the date, you might feel pressured to try and accommodate them, but your venue might not be able to at that point.”Īside from costs, the RSVP also dictates additional details, such as having places at tables for people to sit, the actual number of seats, the amount of wait staff, the stocking of the bar (especially if your friends are boozers), how many centerpieces you will need, and even the capacity of the room, explains Jodi R.R. “The number of RSVPs you are sent back will determine final costs that you, or whomever is paying for your wedding, will be responsible for, and many times, changes cannot be made past this date,” explains Danielle Rothweiler of Rothweiler Event Design in Verona, New Jersey.
