Save the Dates and Invitations

brookelichelle

It has been many many years since I have attended a wedding, and I was very young so I don't remember much. One of my questions would be: Is the Save the Date necessary? My second question would be: How far in advance do you send out the save the dates? And the Invitations for that matter.Anyones help on these matters would be great!

cortneyloo

Save the dates aren't necessary but we sent them out since we had a lot of guests coming from out-of-town that way they could have plenty of notice for flights and finding accomodations. If you have a lot of OOTers or are getting married around a holiday I would highly suggest sending STDs. Our save-the-dates went out 4 months in advance and invitations went out 2 months before the wedding. Some people mail them out way sooner but from my experience if you send them too early people tend to forget about them or toss them to the side and lose them

ootmother2

STD go out 6 months before the wedding if you are sending them. They are not necessary at all.   Invitations are send 6 - 8 weeks before the wedding