Please, Please RSVP!
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Have you ever gotten an invitation in the mail be it a wedding, a birthday party, dinner party or a business function and you set it aside thinking you will RSVP later or maybe you even think that it is really no big deal if you RSVP at all? Okay I am guilty of the same thing, but I am making a commitment to change as of now, especially when I see the direct impact of late or non-existant RSVP’s on a daily basis with my clients.
Invitations with response cards are not inexpensive in most cases and so many things depend on the host getting them back in order to make accurate plans and arrangements based on head count for their event.
Not only do they allow the host to have enough food prepared but they are important for seating arrangements, number of tables needed, number of centerpieces needed, number of linens needed, number of service staff needed, number of favors needed, amount of alcohol, amount of plates, flat ware, glasses, servings of cake and on and on. You can probably tell that the little card included in your invitation that is probably already pre-addressed and has postage already paid in order to make it the easiest and simplest process possible to motivate you to go ahead and fill it out and drop it back in the mail ASAP, is very important to the person who sent it to you.
So in closing I ask that the next time you recieve a gracious invitation in the mail that has been carefully selected, designed and sent with you in mind, please, PLEASE RSVP! 
April 15th, 2010 at 7:46 am
Amen sista! I have been involved with several weddings that they had no idea how many were coming because the RSVP cards were not returned. I just received an invitation about a week ago for wedding out of town the end of May, and the RSVP was due by May 15th. It’s already been mailed!
April 15th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
YES!! It drives me nuts when I am planning a party and people call THE DAY OF to see if they can still come! HELLO? What part of RSVP do you not understand??