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my sister did the same exact thing and had no problem with it! I think if you make an effort to do a certain amount every day (say just before dinner or right after breakfast) you'll get them done in no time! well done on being a thoughtful bride!
Well.. if you are crazy so are we.. bc that is our plan as well. We are planning on completing our thank you notes on our honetmoon with a send out the day we return 
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I was thinking I could handle some then as well. Particulary for the gifts we recieve the week or two before the wedding. I have received thank you notes from couples a week or two after a wedding before and been very impressed. So, I hope to be on top of mine as well...
Sounds like a fine plan to me! If you want to do them then, do them then! What is your backup plan in case that doesn't work though? At least if you have a backup plan you will feel prepared if things do not go exactly as anticipated.
Yeah, totally do it :) It's a great way to kill some time on the flight!
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Thanks for the vote of confidence! Glad to know others are thinking of doing this too. My back-up plan is to do them that first weekend home, I guess. And as gifts come in before the wedding, do those right away.
My mom gave me a great tip, too, and it sounds crazy but it may be a huge time-saver-- She said as SOON as I get an RSVP back that says "YES", to address an envelope with that couple's name on it and have the T-Y ready to write. It may waste envelopes if they don't give gifts, but then again a thank you just for coming wouldn't hurt either. If I were REALLY on top of things, I could do all the address envelopes for EVERY guest at the same time I send the invitations out...and just hold on to them.. Not sure if I can be THAT on top of things though!
I planned to do this, but in the end it just didn't work out. The vast majority of wedding gifts were checks. Some checks had several guests names combined on them, others had changed their address since we sent invitations. It took us several weeks to sort out who had given what. It's better to be careful than to risk offending someone by missing their name on the memo line, and you might not have time to examine all the checks before you leave.
oh wow, I never even thought about this as a plan, but it definitely is a good idea.Then again, we're not flying to our honeymoon, we're taking a boat, so I'm not sure that it would work out. I think that you should stick to this plan if it will relieve stress in the long run. You don't want to be in St. Lucia going "oh my gosh, i'm dreading getting home because i have a HUGE list of thank you's to write". Maybe you could plan just to write them at the airport and on the plane, and leave the time you're actually in St Lucia to be just honeymoon and no chores! I hate the thought of you spending your days writing notes instead of soaking up the sun :)
Also, major props to you for being so thoughtful about thank-you's. Some of my FH's friends have gotten married in the past year, and we sent a gift (but weren't able to go to the wedding) and NEVER got a thank you. That really makes me frustrated!
I say do them whenever you think you'll be the most productive! I do agree that you should have a set time to do them b/c you don't want to do them the entire time on your honeymoon (which you probably wouldn't do!).
I love your mom's suggestion about addressing the envelope as soon as you get the RSVP! What a great idea...one that I might steal!
Will you have time to sort all the cards before you leave- to know who gave $ or gift cards?
If you want to do it, go for it. But I think it would have stunk to feel like I had to do the Thank Yous on the honeymoon!
Yeah, I do have mixed feelings and kind of want to just enjoy the honeymoon, but I'm in a PhD program so seriously once school starts I will NOT have time and there is NOTHING I hate more than really late thank-you's. I think a month is the longest I would allow myself to wait without hating myself! I'm thinking I could do as many as possible on the planes and suck it up and do the rest while we're there?
Luckily, the wedding is on Saturday and we don't leave until Monday for the honeymoon, so we should have time to go through all of the cards/gifts/checks and make a good list of who gave us what.
I've been IN weddings and never gotten a thank-you card, not only for the gift but also for being in it, traveling, etc. I think that our guests are making all this effort to come share our day with us, and then giving us a gift on top of it, the least we can do is thank them promptly and properly!!
I think it's completly up to you. Personally I wouldn't want to be writing thank yous on the plane and I would be concerned about the cards getting dirty/damaged along the trip. But if you feel comfortable about doing it then go right ahead.
I do think that if you have all the envelopes addressed that it really shouldn't take you that long to write them and maybe if you wait until you get back it won't be a huge deal. You probably won't have a whole lot to do on the first week back to school and if you divide them between yourself and you new husband and spend an evening or two after dinner writing them you could easily have them all done.
Just a thought!
Great idea for the addresses! I wish I had done the same! :)
I'll chime in, as well....we're also writing (at least some) thank you's on our honeymoon. Might as well stay busy while laying by the pool. ;-)
I think that's a great idea as long as you don't mind the bringing the cards along. It'll make the plane ride go by much faster!
That is my plan too. We are traveling to Hawaii for our honeymoon and I thought it would be the perfect time to write the thank-you notes while on the long plane ride. I purposely booked our honeymoon for a Monday, giving us time to go through our gifts the day after our wedding. What else am I going to do, I don't sleep well on planes!!!
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The thank-you post got me thinking about my current plan for thank-you's and I wanted to see what you all thought. I will be starting a new school year the same exact DAY we return from our honeymoon (not the best idea but only way we could make it work!) so I've been planning to do our thank-you's on the plane rides to and from the honeymoon, as well as possibly while we are there. Am I crazy for thinking I can actually do this? I know it means lugging the lists and all the cards and envelopes to St. Lucia, but honestly I am a stickler for sending thank-you's RIGHT AWAY and I don't want to wait more than a week or two to get mine out. Since I'll be starting school so soon I feel like I should do them on the honeymoon. Thoughts?