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We sent our save the date postcards as postcards. They had our wedding date and wedding website on it. I think postcards are lovely b/c they save on paper and save on stamps. And best of all, you get to use those cute 27 cent fruit stamps! ;-)
Personally I would think it was odd if I got a postcard in the mail and it was in an envelope. I would definitley think "huh, why'd they put this in an envelope?"
Just remember that postcards can take longer to reach a destination then enveloped mail.
I used postcards without envelopes but I know that some of the postcards got really beat up in the mail. There were those ink stamps and lines stamped across some of them. Some had that white sticker that went across the bottom once it arrived at its destination. It's not a big deal if you're trying to save postage or want to execute a cool idea, but just keep in mind that you might get random marks on your cards. Send yourself a card and test it out!
I recently got a save the date postcard that was in an envelope. Like BaghdadBride commented, when I opened it, I was a little confused why a postcard was in an envelope. It wasn't a big deal, but I do think that it would have been cuter it had just been the postcard alone. (However, it was kind of a thin postcard, so maybe it's best it was in an envelope to prevent it from being destroyed in the mail!)
We're doing postcards without an evelope. I'm not really sure anyone in the USPS or the Royal Mail will care that much about our wedding :)
I think it would be okay to send a postcard with information. The postal people will not likely memorize your info. And also, I believe it's against federal law for people to go through mail. So unless it goes somewhere else besides straight to someone's mailbox, then nobody will really read the info.
I would love any recommendatins that you ladies might have for a good place to produce Save the Date postcards?
I used overnightprints.com, and liked their customer service/quality better than vistaprint. You can probably find a coupon online too.
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I think that if you are only having a date (and destination city if people are having to travel), there is no real need to worry about too much personal information getting out. Like you said, all the information is already "public" on your wedding website (unless it is password protected). Personally, postcards remind me of when getting mail was a fun "event," before I started getting bills and advertisements in my name. 
I love the idea.
I think the standard is that if it's a postcard then it's sent as a postcard... it saves on postage too! I wouldn't worry too much about someone getting your information... that would be unprofessional of the mail carriers and highly unlikely!
I had a problem with my oversized STD postcards in that some guests threw them out thinking they were jeans ads or junk mail!!
If I had to do it all over I would have put them in envelopes to make sure the person receiving it actually opens it and looks at what's inside instead of blindly throwing something in the garbage.
Besides that problem, many of the postcards got beat up in the mail, and they were NOT hand cancelled even though I specifically asked them to be hand cancelled at the post office. This was a problem because the resulting bar codes and postmarks printed on the back covered up our website URL, lol.
So yeah. Maybe a "postcard" in an envelope is odd, but I vote for mailing your STD's in an envelope anyway.
Thanks for all your recommendations! We are going to go with the no envelope option and will potentially write a short note on each postcard, a la "wish you were here." I'll be sure to post our finished product.
We printed our STD postcards with overnightprints and were happy with the results. We also chose to send them sans envelope to keep with the whole postcard feel of it. One thing I am glad we did was personalize each one by handwriting all of the addresses. Many said they were about to throw it out thinking it was junk mail or a jeans ad had they not seen their name and address handprinted.
If it is postcard you don't need an envelope. If you want one that is up to you, I used overnight prints on my postcards, they came out great by the way but they didn't confirm that they were being shipped which was kind of weird but they came in the time frame set by them. I didn't use envelopes and no one complained their postcard was thrashed.
I sent my very own designed postcard that I Gocco'd on Postcard stock from Paper Source and sent sans envelope. Everyone got theirs just fine and there was no damage of the postcards that I heard of.
I'm glad I found this post because I had the same concern about sending our STD through the mail. I got them done via overnightprints and they are 4x6. They don't scream 'postcard' but do have a blank backside, so sending as a postcard would certainly save on buying envelopes and regular stamps. I'm visiting a friend who lives an hour away and going to send from their area to see what the results are.
I think the idea of sending a postcard STD as a postcard is super cute and unique. I am *patiently* awaiting product samples from overnightprints.com to check to quality, but I'm trying to find more information in the mean time. Does anyone have a template for the back (addressed) section of the postcard? What is the best program to use to design the card? I tried using the program on overnightprints.com, but it is not very user friendly.
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Hello Bees,
Question: What do you think about sending a postcard-style Save-the-Date (STD) as a postcard --that is, without an envelope? I'm a bit concerned about broadcasting our wedding info to everyone (USPS) thourhg the mail.
Mr. Cantabrigian thinks we don't need one b/c the only personal information that will be on it will be our website, which, technically, is already public.
The price of 100 envelopes is not really the issue. We were thinking of creating our own vintage-looking postcard, which, if sent in an envelope, kinda loses its authenticity. (We're both designers and v concerned with the execution of the complete design idea.)
Your thoughts? How did you send your STDs? What information did you include?