Wedding Invitation with a stamped response card for confirmation!

I think it's a wonderful idea. And it's only right that confirmation should be given to the host if a guest is coming or not. I mean, it's not easy planning and preparing for a wedding. For the host (especially the bride), everything has to be PERFECT, including the food and the number of guests! So it's kind of like an act of courtesy to the host to inform them if they are coming to the wedding or not. At least the host will have an idea as to the budget they will be preparing.

I think it is an excellent idea and why not as so many businesses are adopting the idea. The per plate prices are outrageous so I feel this would be a good way to prevent having to pay for plates that were never utilized. I think a card is the first step which should include as to how they prefer to be contacted, via email, sms or phone call. Great idea!

Hi Dear Narendra! I am also from India! Our culture is different, when we give invitation card that includes the invitation to the family along with friends and relatives! That is the Indian culture what we had in the past! That was applicable at the time when there was no dearth of food, when the communication and commutation was difficult! But in today's World, these things are not applicable! Today we are highly influenced by other cultures and we are evolving ourselves by adopting the values and traditions which have more practicability! Since today we have more of literate crowd in the Society that what we used to have in the past, the mentality of the people also has got changed! People have become more open and broad minded! They appreciate any thing new and useful in nature! RSVP - (Respondez S'il Vous Plait), was commonly seen printed on the invitation card right fro my child hood, which means Please respond. then no body used to feel this as a bad thing as no body actually used to pay any interest toward these words. So in my opinion this is nothing new, but implementation is bit practical one! By confirming the availability we are not only helping the Hosts from wasting the food, but we are helping them to prevent wastage in other arrangements like booking rooms for guests in the Hotel, hiring the taxis for the Guests to fetch the guests from Airport or station, arrangement of return gifts etc. So in my opinion I think this is a good idea and it should be invited with an open heart and I think it will be adopted by one and all in future and then no body would feel bad about it! Thanks for the discussion I liked participating in it!

Hi narendra, I wholeheartedly agree with this practice .I have seen so much of wastage taking place in the name of a wedding.I feel that a wedding should be a simple affair where only close relatives, well wishers and friends attend to make it a happy and memorable occasion instead of people flaunting their wealth whether they have it or not in the first place. Some families go bankrupt after spending on their daughter's wedding since it is the practice in India to insist on putting the entire financial burden on the girls family, which also should change. A wedding is between two grown individuals and they should have the maturity to take responsibility and see that the expenses are shared equally by both..

Hi narendra That is great and I did not know of this. It would definitely reduce the food wastage. But I have a different view here - In Indian society weddings are mostly done on a grand scale. I am not sure about all but a few that I have recently attended tell me that people are now opening up to this food wastage thing. On a few, I was told that the food that left un-consumed, would be distributed to those who are on the roads - the beggars. One even decided to call in the kids from the slums the next day and celebrate the fun with them (not sure if the one-night old food remained hygienic or not) but they did it. So I believe that there is now awareness and consciousness growing among the people around. But that said, I still have no doubts in agreeing with what you mention on the discussion - The Confirmation and it would also help if they add up the number of people who would actually visit. A good discussion indeed

Well for me this is a very bad idea to tag the list of relatives and friends , Its up to you to decide whether to call some one or not if you will just call for confirmation as if you are booking seats for them and they are already pleased to be invited by you . so its not good idea to call before the wedding by some agency people will feel arrogance and probably will not come specifically in our part of area or culture .

Hi, So far, I never receive any wedding invitation that come with response card for the confirmation of whether to attend the party or not. But i definitely agree with this idea,it is very good idea, at least the inviters may know roughly how many guests will attend their function and what will be the portion of food need to order,etc. I do heard about wedding planner and it is a great job.Not easy task as you have to be firm and carry out your duties as per couple's expectation,you have to make sure the programme is carry on well on that big day. What i saw lately in the invitation card is not to give present(in term of physical things) for the wedding party.It is new trend in my town here.

For me it is a wise idea for the wedding couples to save some more from their wedding budget. And in today's times where everything is so expensive, it will really be a good step for saving some more for the couple's starting fund as a married couple. And besides, it is not good that the restaurant or the caterer prepares so much food and end up with too many wastage, there are so many people dying of hunger and it is not a good idea.

I think this is really a good idea. Food wastes will be eliminated. There will be savings from the hosts as well and of course resources from our major food providers will be saved as well. Waste of food is never a good habit. We all knew that in occasions such as wedding not all of the guest can afford to eat everything that is served for them. During my wedding, we also kept the food order in the minimum and asked for confirmation from guests. But there were still some who confirmed but did not attend the party, so we brought the food home and give it to our neighbors.