Today’s couples continue to put their personalized touches on their special day by incorporating meaningful and new ideas. This season we have been hearing a lot about technology and weddings.
Plugged or unplugged during the ceremony? Webcasting your ceremony, posting your status to Facebook from the altar and power charging stations at receptions are all the talk, when planning a wedding today.
One of the hottest topics being discussed between couples is another computer- related option that is highly controversial; whether to invite or evite when it comes to your wedding invitations.
Your invitation sets the stage for your guests in regard to the tone and formality of the day. The 2014 couple is talking about emailing their invitations in lieu of using the traditional post.
In the past, a mailed invitation was always a welcome addition to the letterbox. With its fancy penmanship, it signified a special event; one that was specially planned for and one that was different from just a normal party. It is important to differentiate between this day and others when you make your decision to go paper or paperless. Why treat your wedding like an ordinary day, when in fact it is SPECIAL? Why eliminate that well- thought out paper announcement that presides your wedding day?
Email can also be a dicey proposition if someone isn’t expecting your invitation. If their inbox gets filtered or their ISP provider has increasingly stronger firewalls and your message goes into SPAM, how will they ever know that you wanted them to share the day with them? Your well- intentioned invitation may well go unnoticed and undelivered.
Photo: See You There Invitations
Another downside of email invites is trying to track the RSVP; it works fine when you have up to 30 guests, but try tracking up to 300 people, each with their own details, menu preferences and sometimes a warm greeting to accompany it. It is a fact that invitees are slow to return traditional RSVP cards in your time frame- try investing your time and energy trying to track them down via online on your computer.
One might say that postage will just add another cost to your wedding expenses, but it’s still nice to receive snail mail. It makes it much easier on everyone to receive your great news when it comes to them directly because paper is tactile. There are moms, dads, grandparents, siblings and friends who a) may not have a computer or use email regularly and b) some who would sentimentally keep your treasure, just because it’s you!!
