Using RSVP Services

You're just beginning the wedding planning process, and, in the middle of happy excitement, you're both getting a little frazzled when you consider the endless hours of hard work ahead of you. If, like most modern couples, you each have a full-time job or career, all of the wedding details, at least the ones you're aware of, can seem overwhelming. Of course, there's always your family and friends to help out, but they have busy lives, too.

Clearly, the first thing you need to do is to get organized, start making lists, and determine what tasks you can delegate to professionals without spending a fortune. Without hiring an expensive professional wedding planner, you can still take advantage of such aids as RSVP services that can provide guest management. Once you've selected sites for the wedding ceremony and reception and determined how many guests you will be inviting, these services can take a time consuming and often stressful task off your shoulders.

RSVP Services Online

Here's how it works. You select an online guest management company and provide them with your guest list. They will help you to word your RSVP request in such a way that you will be more likely to get timely responses. In fact, by adding the RSVP line to the bottom of your invitation card, you can save up to two dollars on each invitation, not to mention the time you won't be tracking responses and worrying about who hasn't answered.

Your RSVP service may provide a toll-free number for your guests to call. It takes much less time to leave a response at a dedicated extension than it does to get it to the mailbox or post office, so you are likely to get more responses. In addition to tracking responses for you, they will usually offer to call those who have not replied by a date you set so that you will have an accurate number of guests for the caterer. There are dozens of other inexpensive services you can use, such as a website about your wedding that includes directions, meal choice selection options, and even links to the gift registries you have selected.