Many of us receive formal invitations in the mail to attend weddings, formal celebrations, retirement banquets, galas, etc. She explains the proper etiquette all wedding guests should follow. The good news is now we know and when we know better, we do better.The following article was written by Coterie member, Tara Melvin of Perfect Planning Events. Let’s admit it, we’ve all either been on the receiving end of or exhibited some of the above behavior upon receiving and an invitation to an event. Again, if you can’t leave the person at home or make other arrangements, if they weren’t invited don’t bring them along to the event.
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Sending warm wishes for a fantastic party/event!” is enough. Don’t feel obligated to give a long drawn out explanation.
Life happens, there are conflicts on your schedule that prevent you from attending every event that you’re invited to. It is worth mentioning, it’s okay if your RSVP answer is a no. No matter how you feel about the person or their event if someone thinks enough of you to invite you to a special occasion, common courtesy suggests you at the very minimum acknowledge the invitation. Ignoring an invitation for whatever reason is never a great solution. They receive the invitation and for whatever reason don’t feel the need to respond. This invitee does not acknowledge the invitation one way or the other. In addition, it also puts the hosts AND you in a very uncomfortable position if they have to turn you away. If he/she is a gracious host they have to stop attending to the confirmed guests and now must scramble to make arrangements for guests that they hadn’t anticipated attending. An unannounced attendance causes undue stress for the host. If you don’t confirm your attendance at an event in advance don’t just show up. Or maybe they thought, “it’s just a backyard barbecue they won’t care if I just show up.” WRONG! For whatever reason, they simply don’t indicate that they are attending. This category of folks includes those who don’t respond at all or responded no and still show up to the event. If you do have an emergency that arises and can’t attend contact the host as soon as possible to let them know. Not attending after you’ve accepted the invitation because you simply, “don’t feel like it” is never acceptable. Unless there’s some life-altering event or an emergency.
If you tell the host you are attending the event, please show up. The day of the event and this person is nowhere to be found! No call.
The host just KNOWS they will be in attendance with bells on. They question the hostess is she/he needs help leading up to the event. They may have even corresponded with the host a few times about the event. This is the invitee that responses immediately upon receiving the invitation. But a special event should be fun for both the host and their guests. Especially when you’re not quite sure how many people will be attending. I also want to acknowledge it can be pretty hard to plan an event. The term "RSVP" comes from the French expression répondez s'il vous plaît, meaning "please respond." If RSVP is written on an invitation, it means the host has requested that the guest respond to say if they plan to attend the party or not.
#DEFINE RSVP HOW TO#
Maybe no one has explained to them how to handle the situation.īefore I dive into sharing a few suggestions on ways to respond I think its important to define RSVP. Our conversation got me to thinking, maybe folks really don’t know the “proper etiquette” of how to respond to an event invite. Her conversation centered around the unwillingness of some folks to follow proper etiquette. I recently attended an event where the host complained to me about her frustration with the whole “RSVPing” of the event.
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