wedding invitations - online or paper - which is better?

Definately use paper. Much classier. If you really want to have a great wedding, you wouldn't mind the price. Unless you are on a tight budget, I suggest sending an E-vite, but make sure it is still classy and pretty. Congradulations on your wedding and my best of luck to you and your fiance.

PS--make sure your decision is something you won't regret!

While an E-vite may go over well with the younger crowd; the older, more traditional members of the family/ invited guests will not appreciate the ingenuity. Wedding invitations are a part of the tradition, and unfortunately the prices on these things just keep going up; but if I were you I would send out traditional wedding invitations to everyone... plus it is always great to be able to look at the beautiful invitation that was picked out by you, a symbol to the very beginning of your commitment. Good Luck to You, in what ever choice you make.

I think that the e-mail thing is kind of tacky. Plus some people may not even have e-mail addresses. I say mail the cards to your out of town guests and to older people and people that you may not be that close to. I would hand deliver to family and close friends and that will make it so much more personal than a stamp in the mail and I it gives you and your fiance time to visit and get to know each others relatives that you may not know very well. Stamps really are expensive, and I didn't know that they were about to go up. That's ridiculous. But Good Luck! and Congratulations!

I think (personally) that E-Vites are tacky. However, I think if you're close enough with some of your peers, then you could send THEM the E-Vites and people who there's a chance of them taking offense to an electronic invitation, should get something in the mail. Always send Paper invites to family, and people you don't know as well.

I know it's expensive, I just spent over $150. on Thank you cards, I couldn't believe it cost's that much!

Good luck!

I would really say paper. Online is great - and you're right about the whole postage stamp thing. But, some people like me don't check it often, and it could be the wrong emial address or something. Of course, it could get lost in the mail, but that's a different issue. I would want to get a paper invatation, because it means that you put a lot of time, money, and effort into addressing each one, and making sure they were all right and everything. I would appreciate that you cared so much!

Hope this helps,

muffinlover515

I know what you mean. Postage for my save-the-dates was $60, and those didn't even go out to everyone, and didn't have a return envelope! I'm dreading when I have to suck it up and buy the postage for my invites.

I can see where you would be tempted to do evite, but I think it would be better to mail them. Why not hand deliver as many as possible? You can say it is an excuse to visit with some of your guests before the wedding.

Good luck!

Keep in mind those who are not computer savvy. Also, even though it may be more costly, paper invites provide a keepsake for you and your guests. If you do decide to do e-vites, it's probably best to send paper invitations to out of town and older guests.

I wouldnt take to kindly to getting an email wedding invite and I'm only 30. Spend the money for the stamps and mail them out on paper.

Well you could go the lazy way and just do it via email but then you would be letting everyone you know, know that you ARE lazy and that they really don't mean a hell of a lot to you for you to spend the lousy 41 cents and the time it takes to be a little bit personal. So it's up to you, would you rather those you invite figure you don't really care if they show up for your big day or not or would you want them to think that you acutally thought aobut them when making out the invitations.

Snail mail to EVERYONE. People who didn't get paper invitations might be offended that you didn't care enough to send them a real one. Plus, email invitations are terribly tacky. They can get sent to spam folders, and people tend to pay less attention to what's in their inbox rather than their mailbox, so you run the risk of not having people respond on time. Unless your wedding is extremely casual/low-key or you are only having a few people (think ten or less), paper invitations are proper.