"How much does a wedding invitation cost?" The honest answer: a good deal more than the figure on the printer's quote. Let's break down the real budget for 100 guests (roughly 60 households), paper versus digital.
The paper wedding invitation: the full quote
Printing a quality wedding invitation (heavy card, foiling or careful lettering) costs €2.50 to €8 a piece depending on the finish · reckon on €150 to €480 for 60 copies. Add lined envelopes (€30 to €60), calligraphy or address printing (€0.50 to €2 each, so €30 to €120), and postage: a square or thick wedding invitation weighs more than 20 g, so it goes at the Lettre Verte rate for items up to 100 g, that is €3.10 per item · €186 in stamps (La Poste rate as of 1 January 2026). Plenty of couples also add reply cards with a prepaid return envelope: another €60 to €120.
A realistic subtotal: €456 to €966. Then there's the hidden budget: the reprints for the people you forgot, the wrong addresses, the guests added late · and above all the replies that never come back, since a good share of paper reply slips never do, which get paid for in hours of chasing people by phone.
The digital wedding invitation: the full quote
A complete digital wedding invitation · an invitation in your own colours with music and a cover photo, a link in your own name, RSVP in two clicks, response tracking, automatic reminders, a built-in gift fund · costs €49 for the event pass with Invitez-nous, a single price with 12 months of hosting included (monthly plan from €9.99 for tighter budgets). The gallery of 5 photos and the opening video come with the Signature plan. No stamps, no reprints, and last-minute changes are free and instant: the link stays the same, and everyone sees the latest version.
The comparison in one line
For 100 guests: €456 to €966 on paper, with replies you can't count on · €49 digitally, with replies tracked and chased automatically. The difference pays for several nights of your honeymoon.
But what about the feel of paper?
That's the genuine argument for paper, and it deserves respect. What a lot of couples are doing in 2026: a small symbolic paper run for the handful of older relatives who love the object itself (10 to 15 copies), and digital for everybody else. The best of both worlds, for a fraction of the budget.
Fancy seeing what the digital version looks like? A sample invitation is online · music, RSVP and running order included.
