SMS & text-message wedding RSVP

Can guests RSVP by text without an app?

Yes — and that is the whole point. Every US guest gets a normal text message with a link, taps it, and confirms for their party. There is no app to install, no password to reset, and no account to create. For guests who are not glued to email — parents, grandparents, the friend who never checks a promotions tab — a text is the one thing they will actually see and answer.

Behind the tap, a lightweight SMS verification confirms the number really belongs to that guest, so your responses stay genuine and your final count is one you can trust. No spammy replies, no duplicate RSVPs from a forwarded link.

• A plain text, not an app. Guests reply from the messages app they already use — nothing to download.
• No login, no account. One tap on the link opens their RSVP; there is no password to remember.
• Verified responses. SMS verification confirms each guest, so your headcount is accurate and clean.

A wedding website with native SMS RSVP

Most wedding-website builders stop at an on-page RSVP form and email confirmations — texting is bolted on, if it exists at all. Duva is built the other way around: your free wedding website and its RSVP live in the same system that sends the texts, so the two are never out of sync.

A guest can RSVP two ways from the same source of truth. They can tap the link in the invitation you texted them, or they can visit your website, look themselves up by name, and reply there — no personal link needed. Either path updates the same guest list instantly, so you always see one accurate count.

• Free wedding website. A multi-page site at your own address, with the schedule and details built in.
• RSVP link by text. Every guest’s invitation carries a one-tap link straight to their RSVP.
• Or self-look-up by name. Guests without their link can find themselves on the site and RSVP directly.

Text-message wedding invitations and reminders

Send the invitation itself as a text — personalized with the guest’s name, not a group blast — and let Duva handle the follow-up. Set a reminder schedule and it re-texts only the guests who have not responded, so you are never the one nagging relatives one by one. When plans shift, broadcast a day-of announcement — a shuttle time, a venue change, “doors open in 15 minutes” — to a whole event’s list in seconds.

• Personalized text invites. Each guest is addressed by name and gets their own RSVP link — never a mass group text.
• Automatic reminders. Duva re-texts only the non-responders on the schedule you set.
• Day-of announcements. Text a live update to an entire ceremony’s guest list at once.
• Text save-the-dates. Send a designed save-the-date by text months before the invites go out.

Is texting wedding RSVPs tacky?

It is a fair question, and the honest answer is no — as long as you use each channel for what it does best. A beautiful printed or digital invitation still sets the tone and makes the formal ask. Text is the practical layer on top: the reminders, the logistics, and the day-of updates that guests are genuinely relieved to get on their phone instead of hunting through email.

Most couples use both. The invitation carries the elegance; the text makes sure the RSVP actually happens and that no one misses the shuttle. Guests almost universally prefer answering a quick text to logging into yet another website.

How SMS RSVP works, step by step

Setup takes minutes, and once it is running the reminders and counts take care of themselves.

• Add your guests. Import a CSV or add guests by hand with their phone numbers and events.
• Assign events. Tag each guest to the functions they are invited to — Duva keeps a headcount per event.
• Text the invitation. Send now or schedule it; each guest gets a personalized text with their RSVP link.
• Track responses live. Attending, pending, and declined counts update on your dashboard in real time.

International guests? WhatsApp is automatic

SMS is perfect for US numbers, but international texting is expensive and unreliable. So Duva reads each phone number and switches automatically: US guests get an SMS, and guests abroad get the same invitation on WhatsApp, the app they use daily. You never have to think about it — one send reaches everyone the right way.

If a large share of your guest list is overseas, see the WhatsApp wedding invitations page for the details of the WhatsApp-first flow. Both channels feed the same RSVP dashboard.

What it costs

Duva is free to set up: your wedding website, guest list, and RSVP collection cost nothing, and you get 50 message credits to start. After that, texting is pay-as-you-go — you buy credit packs ($40, $99, or $165) that never expire, and each message uses one credit per recipient. There is no subscription and no per-guest fee for the website or RSVP tools. You only pay when you actually send texts.