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I think a year prior is OK. So if you send them in October - totally OK.
I'm having a DW and I'm sending the STDs by the end of this month...so thats 9 months til the wedding! So I think its ideal if you send it 9-12 months in advance if you have a lot of OOT people.
They say 6 - 8 months but it all depends on the situation. I would suggest no more than a year as people will forget. Make sure that you get the word out about the lodging so noone is surprised later on.
I'd say send them out in September or October. You don't want them to get mixed in with holiday mail. Also keep in mind that people may reserve vacations around the holidays too (as gifts for others) so if people can book before then, that would be ideal. Do you have rooms blocked for your guests?
Thanks everyone, I'm glad I wasn't way off base with this. I'm currently working on room blocks as we speak and will have them in place in the next few weeks.
I think a year out is perfectly acceptable. As long as you are completely set on your date, send 'em out!!
I'm getting married in August and 80% of the guests will be coming from Europe, so we're sending them out about 10 months in advance. Go for it!
I think anything within a year of the wedding is fine. I mean, that's the point of the STD, right?
For our 9-26 wedding, we sent our STDs out the last week in October of last year. We're also having a destination wedding and wanted to ensure if people did want to attend, they had enough time to arrange work schedules and such.
It depends. Is your wedding on a popular weekend? Such as will people be traveling or is it a holiday? I am getting married on NYE so I plan to send the STD about a year in advance cause I know people 1) travel and 2) make other plans for the holiday. So if you want to go for a year early then go for it. But just don't send them out in December when they could get mixed in with holiday cards.
I would do it much earlier than 9-10 months ahead. I think a year may be just a little too early.
I was wondering this same thing. My mom said I need to send it out soon (wedding 7/31/10) as people are already planning vacations for next year.
I say since you are having a DW wedding 6 -9 months before so everyone can book there flights and aware of when the wedding is.
I'm glad to see other's opinions on this. I'm not getting married until Jan 2011, but I'm so excited about making things that I wish I could send out the save the dates now!
I'd say anything before a year is too early. =) I think most people do them one of two ways: send them out a year in advance, or send them out 6-8 months in advance.
Etiquette actually says anything under a year is perfectly acceptable and The Knot recommends you send them out between 9-12 months out...So you're totally fine! I sent mine out between 11-10 months before ours (took me a while to get them all out, haha)...Although one thing to consider is that the earlier you send them out, the more likely you'll have a higher guest count at your wedding...So if you're concerned about a high number of people attending,you might want to wait a little bit....
You'll want to have your room blocks at the various lodgings all set before you send your STD cards out. It will only frustrate your guests if the lodging sites don't have you firm on their books. Give a firm date that they must reserve by because you don't want to be responsible for paying for any unused rooms. As a courtesy, advise guests what modes of transportation are available from arrival cities or airports (cab, shuttles, bus, etc.) to the various lodging sites. And 10-12 months is advance is not unheard of.
I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for all the opinions. We're getting married in my hometown in Florida and his family is from Michigan/New Jersey so I want to give everyone enough time to make arrangements. I'll probably drop them in the mail in January 2010 to avoid the holiday mail.
I just got my STD's in and I am at the moment addressing them to go out for my Sept. 2010 wedding bc it is labor day and I don't want family to make vacation plans. Hope this helps!!
We have an overseas destination wedding in Jan, sent the STD's 14 months in advance (to avoid holiday mail) to enable our guests to arrange for time off/day care budgeting etc. A few people did say 09? (not realizing it was a full year out.)
I'm thinking 10 months in advance for me... and then the invitations, maybe 5 months in advance (?)
I have heard 6-8 if you won't have alot of travelers and 9-12 if you will be having more like a destination wedding. I am sending mine out at 9 for a destination but only bc my fi is in the army and deployed and we need to take a few engagement pictures to put in. sooo I have to wait for him lol
I sent mine out in February-we're not getting married til August 2010 :) Probably a little early, but I can always send stuff out again closer before the invites.
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I'm wondering how far in advance I should send STD's? We're getting married on a small island where lodging books up quickly, so I want to give our guests plenty of notice. Our wedding is next September and my thought was to either get them out in October or early November before the Holidays start, or wait until mid-January sometime after the Holiday madness has calmed down. I'm leaning more toward October, but is that too early? Thanks for your help!!