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I think they are a good idea if you have a lot of out of town guests. It gives them longer to plan for the trip. You might want to put a wedding website on there with event info.
Save the dates are a great idea...especially if you have out of town guests and/or it is a destination wedding.
You should send them out 9 months-6 months before the big day :)
I am getting married in June and sent mine out in October.
They don't need to have a lot of info except "save the date!" then list the date, location, and i put an extra card with our wedding website and a phone #
then on the website put registry stuff, hotel info, etc :)
If you're running into a budget issue, you can email STDs. I know it's not something you hear about a lot on WB, but brides REALLY do that. Just not the OCD ones on Wedding Bee. lol.
Yeah, I was going to suggest email STDs. Or postcards only for the out of town guests. It would make it a lot cheaper on you!
I originally didn't want to send them at all but it turns out we're getting married on a holiday weekend (Labor Day) and now we have to so that people can know ahead of time. I plan on doing something really simple with a picture we've already taken. I might do a vistaprint or another DIY printing site that's inexpensive. I don't like the idea of a postcard, only because it doesn't afford much privacy.
We're sending ours out at christmas time to sort of kill 2 birds with 1 stone. And in order to save some money, we're only sending them to folks we need to send them to (important family members, parents friends, etc) and leaving off people like my college roommate who's also a BM (folks like that will know everything they need to anyway).
I think they're a good idea. Honestly, I'm sending them to people who may be "in the know" anyways as a reminder, and as something they can look at when they're planning their summer. Even if you don't have tons of people who'll need flights in town (we have <30), with summer weddings people are planning vacations, lake weekends, etc, and you want them to be sure to plan to come to your wedding!
We went with VistaPrint's wonderful 100 free postcards - - a grand total of $16 for shipping and uploading images. Adding on postage, the total is still less than $50. Worth in, IMHO.
I say YES to sending STDs! It'll give your OOT guests a chance to prepare (plan, save money, book early) for your wedding!! It doesn't have to be anything fancy or you can DIY! We did our own and spent less than $50. I know other bees have used Vistaprint to do STD postcards for a really good price!
thanks everyone! love the idea about sending them out to only out-of-towners or those who aren't particularly "in the know"!
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hi all, i've been struggling with the proper etiquette when it comes to STDs and would love some advice. i was initially planning on forgoing the whole STD idea and sticking with invitations only. however, my fiance has brought up a couple of points that has me reconsidering, particularly the fact that our wedding will take place in San Diego, in the summer, which can = not so cheap flights and not so cheap hotels.
what do you think? are STDs a good idea? look forward to your thoughts!