Hi Ladies,
I looked at past posts about these two subjects, but wanted to see if I can get a more specific answer for our scenario. We're getting married in November 2010. We're signing a group agreement with the resort (30 rooms) in which we start getting charged deposit for all 30 rooms 30 days after we sign the agreement. Should we send out our invitations along with our save the dates to allow everyone to start booking? Basically giving them time to contact our travel agent and get a quote from them and pay them a deposit where they can also pay through a payment plan while locking in the plane prices and resort?
Or should we just bite the bullet, pay the $200 for each room deposit and send the invitations closer to the wedding date?
I'd rather not pay for the deposits, which we'll get reimburse once people book each room. On the website (placed on the STDs) we mention the various options our guests have. Book now and through our TA then they can get the flights locked in and pay using the payment plan.
Help!
Hopefully I explained our situation well enough. I just don;t think waiting until July or August to send out invitations would be logical...but I could be wrong.
Again, Help!