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If you sent STD's I don't think an e-mail would be needed. If you're worried, could you send the invites out at the end of May instead of mid-June?
Because you sent out STDs, I think it would be a bit much to send an e-mail saying that they would be receiving an invitation. If they plan on attending the wedding, they should have the STD (or at least made a note on their calendar).
We sent ours out around 3 to 3 1/2 months before the wedding. i didn't see any reason to wait, and people were coming from far away and had to plan trips and take off work and all that so we figured why not. We also heard from a few older relatives that they were not booking their airline ticket until they had the invitation in hand. So we figured the sooner the better. For us it worked just to get the real invitations out the door.
I wouldn't send an email as well if you have already sent a std. Most people generally know the timeline of when to expect a wedding invitation.
Honestly, I'd send an email. We are running into so many problems with people forgetting our date or not being available in the 1st place, even though we sent magnet Save the Dates. Some guests didn't get a STD right away b/c I wasn't sure if we had room for them, and when I finally committed and tried to send one they already had vacations/plans for our wedding day. Summer is tough, you have to book people way in advance and remind them..
I sent out STDs over a year in advance (I was excited ;)...wouldn't that again) and am sending the invites out 10 weeks beforehand because the wedding is 5 hours away for most people. I was going to wait for the 8 week mark to mail them out but people have been requesting them. This system has worked out fine, even with the way-in-advance STDs.
I'd suggest relying on your STDs and sending out the invites a little early if your guests need more time to plan hotels, etc.
I don't think you need to send an email. I would just go ahead and send the invites a little early. I already got an invite to an August wedding - that's early! 2.5-3 months is fine, especially if you have a bunch of people traveling.
If you sent a STD and are planning to send the invitations at least 8 weeks in advance, the email is too much. I've also never heard of sending an email additionally too. Some people send an email in lieu of STD for cost reasons, but all 3? Woah nelly!
if you sent out STDs I would not sent an additional reminder email. however, i am sending my invites out 3 months prior b/c we're having our wedding on a holiday weekend.
I hear what everyone's saying about the email being too much if I already sent the STD, but one of the bees above suggested from her experience that I do it just in case people didn't get the STD or lost them, forgot, etc, and also mine is in the summer which makes it tough too.
What I was thinking was just letting everyone know that the invitations would be arriving in a few weeks so watch out for them or something like that...
What do you think?
I really wouldn't worry about it. We're six weeks ahead of you, and did a late January STD. Invites will hopefully go out mid-April, about ten weeks in advance. Most family started in on hotels, etc., right after the STD went out; they don't need any reminding. Friends hopefully marked calendars, but if they didn't, it's unlikely that an extra reminder is going to prompt that. Even people who don't remember the exact date know generally when it is from the STD, so most people should know to double check if they're unsure and are planning a vacation. I don't think you need to worry about sending anything extra, nor will people expect it.
If you're worried, I think the best option is to just send the invites a little earlier---maybe get them ready to hit the mail right after Memorial Day, so people will get them before summer's in full swing?
Yeah, I think you guys are right. I'll send them out like the middle of May or toward the end of May...
That's almost 3 months...but I know things are different in the summer (and these guests tend to take summer trips).
What do you think?
Mid May or after Memorial Day May?
Thanks! :)
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Our wedding is August 14 (four and a half months from now). My fiance had originally wanted to send the invites in May but I'm hearing do it 8 weeks before, which would be mid June. We were thinking early b/c we're a little nervous about people forgetting, it being summer and people possibly taking vacations...These are relatives who are out of state and typically take vacations.
We did send a save the date card around January. I wish I'd sent std magnets. Who knows what they did with the cards...
I then thought of sending an email to everyone in May saying that the invitations for our wedding on August 14 would be coming shortly (Then we'd send them out 8 weeks before -- mid June.) This way they have a reminder but then get the invites at the proper "eight week" time.
What are people's thoughts on this?