It is tradition to place an RSVP in an invitation for any sort of event but in this case I will be talking specifically about birthday invites.
In the past, I have hosted birthday parties for my son and to my surprise no one would RSVP that they could not attend the party and about 25% of invited guests will actually respond with a "yes" answer.
When you are planning a child's birthday party you need to know about how many children you can expect otherwise you can end up with tears at the end of the party because there were not enough cupcakes or goodie bags.
Of course the ultimate reason would be to save money.
No sense in buying goodie supplies or food enough for 12 kids when only 7 show up.
You need to adjust your RSVP method so that it works.
Here are some quick tips for your RSVP area of the invite: - You simply cannot leave the door open by not putting a specific date to respond by.
Be Specific and put a date commitment for guests to respond by; such as "Please RSVP by Tuesday, April 8th".
You can even go a step further and say: "Please respond no later than Tuesday, April 8th".
- Be specific and demand that even people not attending contact you with a "no" response.
This is done simply by adding the note "Please respond with your "Yes" and "No's" to aide us in planning.
" - It is okay to leave a phone number and an email.
I find that more people are more comfortable emailing you with a response versus calling you; especially if when it comes to parents you have not met yet.
Sure; it's less personable but you are likely to receive more responses this way.