Post # 1
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Newbee
I’m wondering how far in advance I should send STD’s? We’re getting married on a small island where lodging books up quickly, so I want to give our guests plenty of notice. Our wedding is next September and my thought was to either get them out in October or early November before the Holidays start, or wait until mid-January sometime after the Holiday madness has calmed down. I’m leaning more toward October, but is that too early? Thanks for your help!!
Post # 3
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Busy bee
I think a year prior is OK. So if you send them in October – totally OK.
Post # 4
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Buzzing bee
I’m having a Destination Wedding and I’m sending the STDs by the end of this month…so thats 9 months til the wedding! So I think its ideal if you send it 9-12 months in advance if you have a lot of Out of Town people.
Post # 5
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Sugar bee
They say 6 – 8 months but it all depends on the situation. I would suggest no more than a year as people will forget. Make sure that you get the word out about the lodging so noone is surprised later on.
Post # 6
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Buzzing bee
I’d say send them out in September or October. You don’t want them to get mixed in with holiday mail. Also keep in mind that people may reserve vacations around the holidays too (as gifts for others) so if people can book before then, that would be ideal. Do you have rooms blocked for your guests?
Post # 7
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Newbee
Thanks everyone, I’m glad I wasn’t way off base with this. I’m currently working on room blocks as we speak and will have them in place in the next few weeks.
Post # 8
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Blushing bee
I think a year out is perfectly acceptable. As long as you are completely set on your date, send ’em out!!
Post # 9
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Worker bee
I’m getting married in August and 80% of the guests will be coming from Europe, so we’re sending them out about 10 months in advance. Go for it!
Post # 10
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Buzzing bee
I think anything within a year of the wedding is fine. I mean, that’s the point of the STD, right?
For our 9-26 wedding, we sent our STDs out the last week in October of last year. We’re also having a destination wedding and wanted to ensure if people did want to attend, they had enough time to arrange work schedules and such.
Post # 11
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Busy bee
It depends. Is your wedding on a popular weekend? Such as will people be traveling or is it a holiday? I am getting married on NYE so I plan to send the STD about a year in advance cause I know people 1) travel and 2) make other plans for the holiday. So if you want to go for a year early then go for it. But just don’t send them out in December when they could get mixed in with holiday cards.
Post # 12
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Buzzing bee
I would do it much earlier than 9-10 months ahead. I think a year may be just a little too early.
Post # 13
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Helper bee
I was wondering this same thing. My mom said I need to send it out soon (wedding 7/31/10) as people are already planning vacations for next year.
Post # 14
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Blushing bee
I say since you are having a Destination Wedding wedding 6 -9 months before so everyone can book there flights and aware of when the wedding is.
Post # 15
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Worker bee
I’m glad to see other’s opinions on this. I’m not getting married until Jan 2011, but I’m so excited about making things that I wish I could send out the save the dates now!
Post # 16
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Sugar bee
I’d say anything before a year is too early. =) I think most people do them one of two ways: send them out a year in advance, or send them out 6-8 months in advance.