Anonymous wrote:I think it’s cheap. But I also just move on. It doesn’t affect my ability or willingness to attend and celebrate.
For both of my kids mitzvahs we did paper invitations with email reply.

I didn’t do this to save any money. My invitations were $8 each. I did it because it was easier for me to collect 150 responses this way.

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s cheap. But I also just move on. It doesn’t affect my ability or willingness to attend and celebrate.
For both of my kids mitzvahs we did paper invitations with email reply.

I think you do what you want because this person thinks electronic invites are cheap but is then saving money by doing electronic responses! Ridiculous! Do not waste energy worrying about others because someone will always be judging!

I think it’s cheap. But I also just move on. It doesn’t affect my ability or willingness to attend and celebrate.
For both of my kids mitzvahs we did paper invitations with email reply.

You will have issues with the old people, or anyone who simply is not in their email all day. Hell, even I lose track of events via email due to inbox clutter.

We had a really terrible experience with a wedding evite. We are still scarred with PTSD from that incident.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for the replies. I have a follow-up question about electronic invites. I know you can personalize the envelopes, but can you send the same invitation to two email addresses (for a couple)?

I used Greenenvelope and you could with them. Each individual could have a different email linked to the same card. For example, when I sent it to my aunt and uncle the envelope said Dr. and Mrs. Larla Jones but it went to both linked emails. Either party could respond to the invite.

For kids who are invited without their parents, do you send it to the kid and one/both parents? Or just the kids/just the parents with kid’s name?

I generally just sent it to a parent but if a kid wanted it sent to them, I just added their email. I did the first email in the school directory unless I personally knew a parent. It was all quite easy.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for the replies. I have a follow-up question about electronic invites. I know you can personalize the envelopes, but can you send the same invitation to two email addresses (for a couple)?

I used Greenenvelope and you could with them. Each individual could have a different email linked to the same card. For example, when I sent it to my aunt and uncle the envelope said Dr. and Mrs. Larla Jones but it went to both linked emails. Either party could respond to the invite.

For kids who are invited without their parents, do you send it to the kid and one/both parents? Or just the kids/just the parents with kid’s name?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for the replies. I have a follow-up question about electronic invites. I know you can personalize the envelopes, but can you send the same invitation to two email addresses (for a couple)?

I used Greenenvelope and you could with them. Each individual could have a different email linked to the same card. For example, when I sent it to my aunt and uncle the envelope said Dr. and Mrs. Larla Jones but it went to both linked emails. Either party could respond to the invite.

That’s great! I’ll check out Greenenvelope.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for the replies. I have a follow-up question about electronic invites. I know you can personalize the envelopes, but can you send the same invitation to two email addresses (for a couple)?

I used Greenenvelope and you could with them. Each individual could have a different email linked to the same card. For example, when I sent it to my aunt and uncle the envelope said Dr. and Mrs. Larla Jones but it went to both linked emails. Either party could respond to the invite.

OP here. Thank you all for the replies. I have a follow-up question about electronic invites. I know you can personalize the envelopes, but can you send the same invitation to two email addresses (for a couple)?

My daughter goes to a Jewish day school so we’ve gotten 50+ invitations in the past year. I would say a good 2/3 is electronic (not necessary evite but paperless post and similar). We did ours electronically as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate them. I get that they are cost saving. However they get lost in my inbox. Yes ideally I would print it out but I don’t. When I get an invitation in the mail, it goes on fridge and I do not forget about it.

Why on earth would you need to print it out? Open the email and save the date on your calendar.

Because dates of real importance go on my fridge

FYI the current year is 2020.

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW I think it's incredibly tacky, especially since you expect guests to write a check or give something significant

This. Same for weddings

I do t care about the invite. What’s tacky is when there is a 10 minute service or even worse, no service and just party. An invitation in any form is not tacky! OP, I say go for it. They’re so much easier than paper invites.

Anonymous wrote:FWIW I think it's incredibly tacky, especially since you expect guests to write a check or give something significant

This. Same for weddings

The worst is the paper invitation plus an email address to RSVP. My first preference is electronic and second is paper with a response by mail. The most popular option is the paper plus email. I hate this because it requires remembering to email. With electronic it’s easy to RSVP and with the response card it’s easy to put in mail. But if I remember to RSVP at work or at night I might not have the paper invite with me.

People complain about not getting RSVPs and this is why.

Go for it, OP! I wish I could step away from being so traditional but I’m just not there. Would save a ton of $$!