First of all hank you very much for reading our articles!

I think that everyone’s opinion on wedding invitations is a very subjective reasoning. I totally agree with you with all the aspects you have presented related to your wedding. I know that electronic invitations cut off a lot of costs (like paper, mail taxes, stamps, etc.) and save a lot of time but I think that we should see this article just like an orientation opinion, in one certain person’s view.

Definitely that online wedding invitations fit better for the days we live in, but this also depends on what categories of people you invite. I think it would be useless to send my grandma an online invitation. All my friends would like, because they are all Internet users, but certain guests have no Internet access or required skills to read that invitation.

Moreover, some people still have an old-school way of thinking, and if they don’t receive a “classic” wedding invitation, they don’t take into account any other forms of invitations. Your idea with the online “yes/no” invitations is great, because it’s straight to the point, and you avoid that waiting and the uncertainty.

All these been said, I wish you a happy wedding and I suggest you not to take the article personally (your idea is great!), and see it like someone’s opinion!

Our formal ceremony is still a wreck. The location’s on a boat that’s currently being renovated: we have a month before the ceremony as of now, & it’s not done. The venue would never give me a contract to sign, never get in touch with me about measurements so I can plan decorations, NOTHING. This is something my husband wanted dearly, so I’m still going along. That, & we’d be hard-pressed to find another location at this point. But, because of the delays, when we should have sent out invitations back in December or January, it’s the end of March, & still no invitations have been sent. Not “save the date” cards, or anything.

We plan on using electronic invitations to get a quick “yes” or “no” from those we want to invite. We only have a limited number of space on the boat (50 people, crew included), & those that aren’t going to be able to come, we can quickly send another invitation to our friends closer in town that we had not originally been able to invite otherwise. It’s also a way for us to be able to do a head count w/ our caterer. Having e-card invitations will also save us on money. Although I’d received the paper invitations for free from Freecycle.org, it would save us a lot of money to keep from mailing them out. They’re larger than normal in size for invitations, & the cost would be more than the average postage stamp. And we’d still spend at least that of a postage stamp on the return cards.

So this person that wrote the article shouldn’t be too quick to judge about the convenience of using an e-card invitation. On-line, it’s a lot easier to keep track of a larger wedding than waiting to expect to receive “yes” or “no” reservation cards. (I know from experience w/ my first wedding.) That, & the cost to receive those back is cut as well. It doesn’t make it any less impersonal. But, it does save time & money for the soon-to-be-wed (or in our case, married) couple.