Weddingbee boards

We've recently been weighing options for a wedding, and we're considering doing a destination wedding/reception with another reception back home.  My plan is to handle all of them in the same invitation package.  I had a vision in my head and then, lo and behold, I found that someone already created something nearly identical right here on this site.  That made me very happy to see it can be done without being overly busy.

For yourself, I think you need to factor in several things.  What do your deadlines need to be for RSVPs for your destination events and how does the timing of your at-home event compare?  For example, if you need a solid headcount a month before your ceremony, then you need to set your RSVP date a week or more before then.  If your at-home event is say another month after you return, then you're going to be asking people to commit to a backyard party nearly 3 months early.  That's probably pushing a limit on how organized you can expect it to be.

The reason I think we could pull off both with one invitation set is because if we do the destination, I don't expect we'll need a hard headcount for the destination until maybe 2-3 weeks out based on our plans to keep it low-key and use highly non-traditional venues.  If we go this route, we'll probably schedule our at-home event to be maybe 2 weeks after our ceremony since the wedding trip would be part honeymoon.  So, in reality, we would only be asking people to RSVP to the at-home event just a bit farther out than a "normal" wedding.