Save the Dates vs. Invitations for Destination Wedding

Staceyb815

I know that the correct etiquette says to send a save the date 8-10 months in advance and then the invitations 2-4 months in advance.  I am on a tight budget for my wedding and was thinking of sending invitations very early, but enclosing a magnet for people to keep on the fridge.  Is this unheard of or should it be ok? 

J&K10910

Not a good idea.  And actually, you send your invites 6-8 weeks in advance.  I wouldn't send them more than 10 weeks in advance.  People will lose them, forget to RSVP, etc.

You don't have to send STDs.  If you want to, since it's a DW, and you want to save money, you could email them.  Or there are lots of budget friendly ways to do them.

aragx6

By budget do you mean the additional cost of sending separate save the dates? If so, the answer is simple: Vista Print has sales like all the time which will allow you to get postcards as STDs for damn near free.

J&K10910

I truly wish STDs had never been invented.

annakb8

JINX

J&K10910

Nope.  I said mine after yours.

A different mean was implied with mine. 

J&K10910

Sure am!

adktd2boots

Jinxers- I agree! 

The only reason I sent any out is because I did them as Christmas cards, and we are having a somewhat DW.  Otherwise I wasn't going to waste any money.  I think they've gotten WAY too out of hand.  Too much thought, time, and money are going in to something that's really only kept on the fridge by a small handful of people.