Invite Typo.....what to do? what to do?

sarahebrown

So, I'm over at my FMIL's house last night putting together our invitations and she notices that Kill Devil Hills is spelled wrong! It's spelled as Kell Devil Hills. CRAP. Crappity, crap, crap! So, I pull out the proof thinking that it's not possible I missed this, that the printer made the mistake. But....I'm wrong. It was spelled wrong on the proof too and I never caught it. Super crap. So...what do I do now? Do I shell out the cash to have them re-printed?? Or just send them as is?

I'm trying to rationalize it by thinking- maybe our guests will go online for directions and who really takes the invitation as a guide for a destination wedding? I mean, most of our guests are flying in and be shuttled into town. But, then again, I'm really not sure, maybe it's worse than I think.

Help! What should I do??

mparwulski

While is sucks, it sounds like a minor typo.  Maybe they thought Kell sounded nicer than Kill.  I would just make the correction on your website, if you have one and direct people there.  Spread the news word of mouth.

boderboo

OMG, I truly feel your pain.  Having said that, you obviously know that the right thing to do is talk to the printer.  Since I am thinking that only part of the print package had an error, the printer would probably be willing to work with you.

As a case in point, I received an invitation for a shower and the name of the major store that had their registry was misspelled.  I was mortified for them, especially knowing that this family is so technically correct about everything.

I would bite the bullet and have it correct.  You know this will bug you.  Besides, you will want to put this in your wedding scrapbook also.

Just my humble opinion.

jkramas

BUMMER!  I am sorry to hear that Sarah.  I am afraid I don't have much advice for you on this front except maybe try and speak with the printer to see if they will take any responsibility and help you out on reprints.  I understand that reprinting them out of pocket will be a major unexpected budget hit. 

I personally am a horrible speller myself, so it wont make a difference if I were to receive something incorrect, I likely wont even notice.  But some people get personally offended for whatever reason over a mis spelling/type-o so it is a tough call.  Good luck and keep us posted on your decision. 

ms_teach

As a guest, I wouldn't really care and everyone should be able to figure it out between your website, word of mouth, and google.   If it's really expensive to fix, I'd let it slide.

Having said that, if it were me, I'd fix it because I'm super picky about details and it would bug me as the bride.  We were halfway through our invites and I realized I left the extra "m" out of accommodations.  I grumbled, but reprinted easily since we did it at home.  They FI hacked ALL of our RSVPs the wrong size.  More grumbling, out to buy more paper, and then back to reprinting.  It's just one of those things!

HStafford

I think its totally up to you!  Personally, I probably wouldn't change it because I tend to not get worked up about things like that, but I know some people do.  If you didn't notice it after looking the invitation over time and time again, do you think other people really will?  If they know it is in the Outer Banks, they will figure out that it is supposed to be Kill Devil Hills if it is just directions that you are worried about.

Personally, I can think of a lot of other things that I would rather spend money on than reprinting (not to mention restuffing) the invitations, but if it is one of those things that will irk you, then it is probably worth the extra money.

Lastly, I can almost ensure that people will not be bringing the original invitation with them in their suitcase, etc. so maybe they will think they just made a mistake when copying the address from the invitation

OBX2011

Stafford took the words right out of my mouth

People will probably read over it so fast, they won't even notice it

sarahebrown

Thanks ladies, you are beyond helpful. OBX brides ARE the best!!