First: what a digital invitation actually is
It is not a PDF dropped into the family group chat, and not a picture on Instagram. The digital invitation we mean is your wedding website: your names, the date, where and when, directions to the venue, and a form where a guest says in two clicks whether they are coming, with whom, and what they do not eat. The guest gets a link; you get a list that fills itself.
The printed invitation everyone knows. A beautiful card, an envelope, a stamp, and then that evening when they sit on the table in three piles: addressed, sealed, and the ones you still do not have an address for.
What it really costs
You do not send an invitation to every guest but to every household, so a couple in Slovenia usually orders somewhere between forty and eighty. Printing with an envelope runs from two to six euros apiece depending on paper and trimmings, and a stamp is another euro. For sixty invitations you are quickly at two hundred and fifty euros, and that is before anything goes wrong: one wrong date or a forgotten aunt means a reprint and more postage.
A digital invitation has no per-piece price. With us you pay once when the site goes live, from 79 €, and after that it does not matter whether you have thirty guests or a hundred and fifty. If something changes, you fix it on the site and everyone sees the new version.
| Printed invitation | Digital invitation | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | about 4–5 € each with envelope and stamp | one payment for the site, whatever the guest count |
| From order to guest | order three months ahead, send six to eight weeks ahead | the same day the date and venue are fixed |
| When something changes | reprint and more postage | edit the site, visible at once |
| Who is coming | reply cards, phone calls, a spreadsheet | the guest clicks, the list fills itself |
| Guests abroad | pricier stamp, days in transit, two languages as separate print runs | instant, site in Slovenian and English |
| A keepsake | a card in the memory box | none, unless you add a printed one |
Time and nerves
Printers advise ordering about three months before the wedding and sending six to eight weeks ahead, earlier for guests abroad. That works as long as everything goes to plan. Plans like to move: the venue shifts dinner by an hour, the best man moves house, someone decides to bring a new partner. With paper, each of those means working down the phone list.
A digital invitation lets you send the link as soon as you are sure of the date and venue, and add the schedule, places to stay and gift wishes when you have them. Meanwhile guests block the day, which is the only thing they truly need early.
How guests respond
Guests are never as quick as you would like. Platforms that collect online replies find that half the guests answer only about a month after the invitation, and that a few always need a nudge at the end. With a printed invitation it is the same, except the nudge is a phone call and the answer is something you copy into a spreadsheet yourselves.
With a site and a form, the nudge is the same link sent once more, and the answer records itself, together with the headcount and whatever someone cannot eat. When the venue asks how many you will be and how many vegetarians, the answer is one line.
When we would still choose paper
- When the wedding is small and formal and the invitation is part of the ceremony, not just a notice.
- For grandparents and anyone who does not open links. Print for them, with the link or a QR code on the card for everything else.
- When you simply want to hold it in your hand. That is a perfectly good reason.
What we would tell a friend
Take both, in the right proportion. A few beautiful printed invitations for the closest people and the memory box, and for everyone else a link to the site where everything is in one place and the replies collect themselves. What is lovely about paper stays, and what is tiring about paper goes.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does a printed wedding invitation cost?
- Printing with an envelope runs from two to six euros apiece, plus a euro for the stamp. With printed addresses and a few spares you land at four to five euros per invitation.
- Is a digital invitation impolite?
- Not if it is well made and personal: names, date, venue and schedule. An impolite invitation is one the guest cannot understand. Send print to older guests and the link to everyone else.
- When should we send a digital invitation?
- As soon as the date and venue are fixed, usually two to three months ahead. Details can be added later without sending anything again.
- How do guests reply?
- They open the link and enter their name, how many are coming and any food needs. No account, no app; you see the replies as they come in.
Sources
- Poročna beležnica: wedding invitation price list 2026 (2026)
- Organizacija porok: wedding cost calculator (invitations 2–6 € apiece) (2026)
- Pošta Slovenije: domestic postal price list, valid from 1 January 2026 (2026)
- K-Print: Wedding invitations — 5 things to know before sending (2024)
- RSVPify: Average wedding RSVP response time (2025)