What is RSVP or R. S. V. P.

RSVP or R.S.V.P. comes from French (réspondez s-il vous plait) and means "please answer". If you receive an invitation with R.S.V.P., Regrets only, it means that you answer only in the case you have to decline the invitation. You do not need to send any confirmation of your presence if you want to come.

Refusing (declining) an invitation

Here is a sample letter to refuse an invitation

Dear Sirs,

I am pleased and honoured by the invitation to participate in your conference. I very much
regret to say that it will not be possible for me to participate this time. Between 20th and 30th June 2012. I am giving a series of

Invitation to a conference

Here is a sample business invitation letter. This letter is for reference only.


Dear Mr Smith,

I am writing on behalf of the Organising Committee of the 5th International Conference on Information Technology.  The conference will take place from 25 to 28 June 2012.

Please find enclosed the programme and

Points to keep in mind while writing letters

Modern media like fax or e-mail are mostly used to send messages. But letters, especially official, still have not lost their importance although they are not sent by post so frequently as a few years ago. Here are some dos and donts about writing official letters.

Keep to the layout given below if you use unheaded paper. Some companies use a different format, but by using the format presented on