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Am I too late to Save the Date?

posted 1 year ago in April 2011
  • poll: Am I too late?
    6 months is ok : (56 votes)
    92 %
    Don't bother, just send invitations : (5 votes)
    8 %
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    AEMalmostK    April 30, 2011  

    My wedding is April 30th, but I won't be sending my STD's out until the beginning of November (about 6 months prior)... Is that too late? Should I not even bother? 

    Most people are from at least a couple hours out of town and I'm not going to send my invitations out until the end of February.

     
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    JennyW1    February 19, 2011  

    I just sent out my STDs for my wedding in February. So obviously, I don't think you're too late.

    (I think 6 mos is kind of overkill unless you're doing a destination wedding somewhere outside of your home country--airfare isn't that much different 6 mos. out versus 4-3 mos. out).

     
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    Jacqi    February 28, 2009  

    We sent our save the dates 8 or 9 months in advance. The funny thing was that most people didn't even know what a save-the-date was! Only our friends and guests from our generation think they are normal. Everyone else thought they were extra-special, so send them. 6 months in advance is ok.

     
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    lefeymw    April 16, 2011   CT

    I think 6 months is the standard for STD's, but up to one year ahead of time. Its so that out of town people will have adequate notice to buy tickets/make reservations. If you dont have that many OTT people you dont even have to have that expense.

     

    I am April 16th and I am sending them early December.

     
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    MissBoston    June 2011  

    We are sending ours next week but only because we don't have a hotel block so need people to book their rooms asap. Otherwise I probably wouldn't bother til November or December.

     
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    noodlesploosh    June 25, 2011  

    I think we're sending our STDs out about 5-6 months out. BUT we had already sent an informal STD email to all of our OOT guests this past June, and almost everyone who's invited already knows the date.

    Side note, the reason we sent an informal STD out so early was because as soon as we got our block of hotel rooms (over a year in advance), we told everyone to book rooms immediately because the wedding is happening during our city's biggest tourist event. We had to hunt desperately for a block of hotel rooms anywhere in the city, let alone some that were less than $350 a night! Anyone who wants to visit now might not be able to even FIND a single room in the city, let alone one at our super fancy hotel that also happens to be relatively reasonably priced.

     
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    jhair1111    May 28, 2011  

    I think that you have a great time line for your save the dates!!! 

     
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    DeaconBride    April 30, 2011   Cleveland, OH

    It is enough time. We are date twins and I am sending mine out with our Christmas cards.

     
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    MsGreenTrees    April 30, 2011   Houston TX

    You have plenty of time! Go for it!

     
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    LY1923    April 2, 2011  

    I think 6 months is safe, it's plenty of time for people to plan and I'm sure your close family and friends know the date and are prepared.  I feel I sent mine too soon and now I have to invite old co-workers that I don't have any contact with.  I'm sure they will decline but it's still a waste of an invite and postage.

     
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    AEMalmostK    April 30, 2011  

    Thanks for all the responses-- they go out tomorrow!

     
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    cosmocity    April 9, 2011   Annapolis, Maryland

    We are sending ours out this month...mid November, we have very few OOT guests and only 57 on the guest list

     
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    Ms.Teddy    April 2011   South Carolina

    @AEMalmostK: yay!!! Thats so exciting!! It almost feels "official" that its going to happen when you send out Save the Dates!

     
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    Soccrblondie9    April 16, 2011   Ripon, CA

    Mine's April 16, and I am getting back from the designer sometime next week.. And hope to have them out by Nov. 15th..

    Most of our guests are traveling as well about 3-4 hours.. California.. it's a broad state :)

     
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    Nati-Lyte    May 29, 2011   Wedding in Bristol/Newport RI

    I think you have plenty of time!  We sent ours out in August only because of the # of OOT guests we're having.

     
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    smiles1979    April 30, 2011   Nrth Central, MA

    @AEMalmostK: I hope you're not too late - haha - for one b/c I too have my date as Apr. 30th and am still working on my save the dates! ACK! I am looking to get them done by this weekend and sent out. :)

    Why do I do this to myself!? haha. Next week will be 1 year that I'll have been engaged....so about 1.5 yr. engagement....and I was gun-ho w. my planning like RIGHT after I got engaged and then stopped for months...then picked things up again, then stopped. Now, I feel rushed and hate the feeling. :(

    So, I hope it's not too late for either of us! :)

     
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    theresa1078    September 25, 2010   Lindenhurst, NY

    We sent our STD's in May, and our wedding was September 25th...I thought it might be too late also, but I'm glad that we ended up sending them.  It still gave people plenty of time to keep that date open.

     

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