When do people normally respond to wedding invitations?
December 15th, 2009 | 
Author: I send my wedding invitations out 2 weeks ago for my wedding on May 24th and I haven’t had that many responses.
I send my wedding invitations out 2 weeks ago for my wedding on May 24th and I haven’t had that many responses.
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I would give them another week or two and then start making phone calls. it’s probably been about a week since they actually RECIEVED the invites and then you need to take in account the turn-around time for the post office to get it back to you. So really…it’s only been a couple of days.
People these days are lazy so usually take their sweet time sending the cards back if they do it at all.
You are gonna have those people who think to themselves that they have tons of time left and then put it aside, then will remember it shortly before the wedding and then send it off. You will even have some people who forget to do it altogether and show up or call instead of send the rsvp cards. Then you have the people that will reply immediately to get it done with so they don’t forget it. You’ll probably start getting more responses in the next week or so.
You will be amazed at how many people don’t bother to respond. They should have received them a week ago so you can start telephoning any time now to get their responses. That way you can confirm numbers for the reception. Keep in mind that people will change their minds about attending so your numbers will fluctuate.
You will probably find most people respond within the last few days of the RSVP. Then of course there are those who won’t respond at all. Probably by about the end of April you should have the responses for late May wedding.
If it’s anything like my guests – this is what happens;
3-5 weeks after sending the invites 75% will reply
6 weeks – 20%
Then once you have reached your rsvp date you will have to ring the further 5% to check that they received the invites and what their answer is!!!
Wait, your wedding is like 12 weeks away, and you already sent out your invites? Everywhere I have looked it says to send them out 6-8 weeks before. And then you shouldn’t expect responses much before a month before the wedding. Why are you doing all this so early?
A lot of people will wait to the last minute to respond, regaurdless of you RSVP date. The reason for this is that they are making sure nothing important (not to say your wedding isn’t important) and unexpected comes up. And I would count on about half of the remaining people who have not RSVP’d to show up at the wedding unannounced.
few weeks to a month.. depending on their schedule of course.. they have figure how they are getting there, booking their flights, anything to get to your wedding. don’t worry.. it will start showing up. congrats and good luck!
you sent them out a little early, should be about 6 weeks before. people might lose them. a week or two before the wedding i would have the parents call the people that didn’t rsvp and find out for sure if they are coming. some people think that you just know they will be there
You won’t get the majority of your responses for another 2-4 weeks. Be patient and enjoy them as they come in!