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Thank You Note Etiquette

posted 2 years ago in Etiquette
  • poll: Can a thank you note in the OOT bag serve as the thank you for attending the ceremony note?
    Yes! : (17 votes)
    47 %
    Heck no : (18 votes)
    50 %
    Well...maybe, and this is why: : (1 votes)
    3 %
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    monitajb    July 17, 2010   Sacramento

    Quick question about thank you note etiquette.

    I am having a domestic destination/weekend wedding. The closest guest to the location is 2 hours away. Most are 4+ or out of state. So I am planning on doing OOT bags.

    I would like to include a personal note in every bag, time permitting. However, if those notes could also count as the thank you notes for people who don't send a gift (I would of course send a separate note for gifts), that would actually inspire me more to finish them. Because everyone is travelling, I expect a lower than average number of people to bring gifts.

    Thoughts? Can a thank you note in an OOT bag cover the "Thank you for attending my wedding" note?

    Be totally honest, I'm not emotionally invested in this yet.

     
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    Future Mrs. Martin    August 21, 2010   London Ontario Canada

    Sorry I answered before I read your post (I shouldn't do that LOL)

    If you are still sending Thank yous on top of those thank you's for gifts - I think you are golden!

     
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    mountain.bride    December 12, 2009   Australia

    I think you're ok. We had favours at our wedding, a thankyou note on the programs and said thankyou to everyone in person who was there. Am I going to handwrite and send thankyous to people who came but didn't give a gift or card? No. I have already thanked them for their presence so I don't think I need to do it again.

     
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    Miss Bravo    October 31, 2009   LA

    I wanted to do the same thing for our DW-but instead we ended up with OOT bags that had personalized items in them so I think that counted. :)

     
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    oops! should have read your post first before i voted! if you are sending thank you's for people who give gifts then that's totally fine!

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    I also think you'd be okay as long as you sent another note to those that brought a gift. = )

     
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    hopewell    July 31, 2010   Baltimore, Maryland

    I'm very relieved that you're not suggesting that for gift thank yous!  But still, I say no, because I'd rather have a personalized note (get small paper so you don't write as much, making the process faster and easier) or just a mention in person - "thanks for coming, it means so much to me".  Mind you, 'personalized' doesn't mean original for each, just a handwritten "thanks ___, I'm glad you could come/looking forward to seeing you".  Get your FI to do half!  Although, if you're including something like a list of restaurants in the OOT bag, it could say Thanks for coming at the top. 

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    I think just a quick thank you note is fine! it's not like you aren't sending a gift thank you....i know ours said "hey thanks for coming!" or som4thing like that.

    Then we sent our real thank yous

     
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    MissAsB    June 6, 2009   Married in CO, Living in AL

    Sounds fine to me since you are sending the real thank you notes for any presents.

     

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