Wedding question about RSVP envelope postage

[musincy]

We are inviting several guests from different countries to our wedding and I just realized that US postage probably wouldn''t work on their RSVP card envelopes. What should I do?

 

[Clairitek]

You know, this is a very good question! I will run into the same problem. My cousin from New Zealand recently invited us to her wedding and they had an RSVP via email for us. Not sure if they did the same thing for the people within New Zealand.

Thats what I would probably do for the out of US people. Makes life much easier. Unless they are older relatives (I know my grandma wouldn''t email me her RSVP!) who won''t be as keen on the online thing.

 

[musincy]

Date: 1/28/2009 2:21:23 PM
Author: Clairitek
You know, this is a very good question! I will run into the same problem. My cousin from New Zealand recently invited us to her wedding and they had an RSVP via email for us. Not sure if they did the same thing for the people within New Zealand.

Thats what I would probably do for the out of US people. Makes life much easier. Unless they are older relatives (I know my grandma wouldn''t email me her RSVP!) who won''t be as keen on the online thing.

Hmm, maybe that''s what I could do, but I''d prefer the traditional route. Maybe someone will have run into this situation and can give us advice

 

[Clairitek]

I had a feeling you''d want more traditional methods of RSVP.

My cousins is VERY laid back and casual and her wedding is a beach DW in the Cook Islands.

Are all of these people from the same country? I wonder if its possible to order stamps of the right postage amount from the country they live in.... Hmm.

 

[Guilty Pleasure]

I may be off base here, but don''t you just pay an international rate instead of a domestic rate, but still use USA postage? I''ve never bought special stamps to send letters to other countires, and the letters made it. I also just used Australian stamps and Mexican stamps when I sent postcards home on vacation.

 

[CDNinNYC]

I'm also going through this issue and came across International Reply Coupons as a possible solution.

ETA: "The purpose of the IRC is to be able to send someone in another country a letter, along with the cost of postage for them to reply. An IRC removes the necessity of acquiring foreign postage or sending appropriate currency."

 

[CDNinNYC]

Date: 1/28/2009 2:50:56 PM
Author: Guilty Pleasure
I may be off base here, but don't you just pay an international rate instead of a domestic rate, but still use USA postage? I've never bought special stamps to send letters to other countires, and the letters made it. I also just used Australian stamps and Mexican stamps when I sent postcards home on vacation.

Hmmm, I wouldn't want to risk it. Canada Post, for instance, should not be accepting US postage on letters (R.S.V.Ps) mailed from Canada to the US.

 

[musincy]

Date: 1/28/2009 3:03:59 PM
Author: CDNinNYC

Date: 1/28/2009 2:50:56 PM
Author: Guilty Pleasure
I may be off base here, but don''t you just pay an international rate instead of a domestic rate, but still use USA postage? I''ve never bought special stamps to send letters to other countires, and the letters made it. I also just used Australian stamps and Mexican stamps when I sent postcards home on vacation.

Hmmm, I wouldn''t want to risk it. Canada Post, for instance, should not be accepting US postage on letters (R.S.V.Ps) mailed from Canada to the US.

Right. You can send to any country using US postage. But you can''t use US postage to send from other countries to the US.

 

[marchswallowbird]

Can''t you just ask the post office what to do?

 

[cammy85]

I just had them respond via email. It may not be traditional, but I''d rather save them the postage! I think it just gets really complicated when trying to figure out postage from another country to the US when you''re in the US.

Let us know what you figure out, I''m curious!

 

[pocahontas]

Date: 1/28/2009 3:09:32 PM
Author: musincy

Date: 1/28/2009 3:03:59 PM
Author: CDNinNYC

Date: 1/28/2009 2:50:56 PM
Author: Guilty Pleasure
I may be off base here, but don't you just pay an international rate instead of a domestic rate, but still use USA postage? I've never bought special stamps to send letters to other countires, and the letters made it. I also just used Australian stamps and Mexican stamps when I sent postcards home on vacation.

Hmmm, I wouldn't want to risk it. Canada Post, for instance, should not be accepting US postage on letters (R.S.V.Ps) mailed from Canada to the US.

Right. You can send to any country using US postage. But you can't use US postage to send from other countries to the US.

Musincy, you and CDN are correct! Personally, I would follow CDN's advice and look into using IRC's.

 

[neatfreak]

IRC''s.

 

[Guilty Pleasure]

oh, duh!!! the REPLY envelope, not the invitation. I was thinking of the outer envelope that goes to the person from the US, not the reply envelope that comes back to you

that''s really nice of you to consider this. Personally, I would not worry at all about it. It is not that hard for someone to get a stamp out of their purse and put it on the invitation (or email if they''re lazy), and I''d bet they can afford the 50 cents (or international equivalent) without feeling put out. I''m sure they can figure it out and not hold it against you, especially since pre-paid postage reply cards are a modern addition to the formal invitation.