Toll Free Voicemail RSVP for Weddings and Other Events

 

If you're getting married soon and ordering wedding invitations you'll probably want to also order response cards. Response cards include an envelope printed with your name and address and make it convenient for your guest to RSVP and for you to plan properly. They include a line for the guest to write in their names, a line for the number of persons attending, and a date asking for your guests to RSVP by. This is very important for knowing how many guests to prepare for and can save you money.

But if you are planning on using traditional response cards with envelopes, you'll have to purchase the cards and put postage on the response envelopes in addition to the postage you're already putting on the actual invitation envelope. At today's postal rates, that's 82¢ in postage for every invitation. Would you like to cut that almost in half?

Recently we've been asked by several couples for information about setting up a toll-free number that rings to a voice-mail service to take the place of mailed response cards. So instead of the bride having to put 34 cents postage on each response card envelope, she now only has to pay for a short toll-free call from each guest; usually of 2 minutes or less duration.

The service we recommend for toll free RSVP is Kall8. Kall8 charges just $2 to open an account and $2 per month to maintain. Your calls are billed at 6.9¢ per minute and everything is charged to your credit card. With Kall8 you get a toll free number that you set to ring to your home or cell phone, but instead of having it actually ring that number, you can set it to go directly to voice-mail. You can set a personal greeting and when your guests leave you a message it is automatically e-mailed to you in .wav format so you can listen to it on your computer. There is no need to waste minutes calling your toll free number to retrieve messages.

Here's how to establish your toll free RSVP service. First, open an account with Kall8. Once your account is established and you have your number, log into your account to learn how to set the personalized greeting. Set your voice-mail settings to go to voice-mail after 0 seconds. Messages will be automatically delivered to your e-mail account in .wav format so you can listen to them and record the pertinent information. Setting up an account takes about 10 minutes, so you don't need to do this until you're ready to print your invitations.

Once your wedding is over, you'll still own the toll free number you chose. You can leave it pointing to the voice-mail account or you can change it to ring to any number of your choosing. These personal toll free numbers come in particularly handy if either of you needs to call long distance to reach home. It's a much less expensive alternative to calling cards or calling collect. If you choose not to keep your toll free number, it is very simple to log into your account and click the link to cancel your account.

If you have any questions regarding Kall8 and toll free voice-mail, please contact us.