Online Wedding Invitations
Can Save Time & Money

But Should You Use Them?

First, do all of your guests have a computer with Internet access? If not, you may want to rethink doing online wedding invitations and start shopping for traditional styles that you actually mail, complete with direction cards and RSVP cards.

Another thing to think about, a lot of your friends, relatives, and even you for that matter, like keeping the wedding invitation as a memento.

Printed invitations can be put into scrapbooks with photos and wedding napkins too. That's kind of hard to do when an invitation only shows up in your email.

Here are other pros and cons to help you decide if you should go with online wedding invitations:

• They save money. Online wedding invitations are definitely cost effective, especially with free sites like evite.com with their very elegant looking e-invitations. Your guests can even accept or decline an invitation virtually.

• They save time. You don't have to shop for designers or print-them-yourself kits or shop at craft stores if you decide to make your own invitations. Just sit at your computer, pick your design, customize, upload your guests' email addresses and Click. What could be easier and faster!

• More convenient for your guests who are online a lot. They open their invitation, link to the website, get all of their information online, then click to accept or decline.

• You get your RSVPs by email so no one has to worry about them getting lost.

• You can include links in online wedding invitations to maps and directions at Google or Yahoo Maps or Expedia. Your guests can decide if they want to print them.

• For your out-of-town or out-of-state guests, you can include convenient links to local accomodations and attractions.

• It takes a good deal of time and can be very frustrating trying to compile and verify all of your guests’ current email addresses. Some people may have changed their email addresses but didn't let you know, consequently, their invitation may not ever get to them.

• Not everyone is online. Not everyone can afford a computer or has a need for a computer or even wants a computer. It would be very inconsiderate to some family members or friends to do online invitations when there will be some people on your list who won't be able to receive them.

When you put together your traditional invitation package, include your wedding website address with instructions that they can RSVP on the website instead of mailing back the RSVP.

The bottom line about online wedding invitations is that what's most important is that you have the wedding you've always wanted. Wedding planning can be frustrating enough without putting too much clout into tradition and etiquette. And it's always fun to start a new tradition.

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