sending out invites

melissasdwedding

My wedding is September 29th, and we were thinking sending out the invitations the middle of july. Is that a good idea or should we send them a little bit sooner or later. Any other September 29th brides out there that can share with me when you are sending out your invites?  Just any ideas please-thanks

SCogs18

I am getting married a week before you (9/22) and I am sending my international invitaitons now.  Domestic invitations July 7th with an RSVP date of August 11th.  The RSVP date is 6 weeks out, which is early, because my vendors require 3 weeks notice.  I would say mid-July is fine, but no earlier for your wedding.  Hope this helps!

So, if I was you I'd send your invitations July 14th with an RSVP date of August 18th

vbjoanna

We're getting married Sept 1, and I just sent out the invitations (June 5). We have a number of guests coming from out of town, and so they need extra time to look for airfares and make travel plans. (We also sent electronic save-the-dates in April as a heads-up for those folks.) I've asked for RSVPs by July 15, but we'll just follow up with folks at that point to see what the story is if we haven't heard anything. To get the group hotel rate, guests will have to book their rooms by August 1, and we also need a count early so we can plan other wedding weekend events, such as a night-before dinner. If all of our guests were local (or if we were inviting a bunch of out of town people we DIDN'T really want to come), we might have sent the invites a couple weeks later.

QueerFemme

Typically, invites go out 6 to 8 weeks before the wedding. For a late sept wedding, I would suggest sending them out late July. If you have international guests, those can go out now. :

L&K2012

I was planning on sending out my invites for my Sept 8th wedding first week in July.  Honestly I want to send them out NOW as I am anxious to get a count, not only for the wedding but for our Welcome dinner (we we are inviting everyone to since it is semi-destination) and the after party which we will be serving food at as well.  I HATe this 6-8 week rule haha!  Does anyone know why that rule exists, what will people think if I just send the invites out in the next week or two (12 weeks early)?  I likely won't, but just curious what the logic behind this rule is.

QueerFemme

Well... mostly because people won't know their plans 3 or 4 months in advance. You end up with a bunch of people saying "yes" and then not being able to attend afterall. Or since they are sent so early, people put them on a shelf somewhere, planning to respond closer to the rsvp deadline, and they forget.

lmurankar

I'm 9/29 too and I was thinking about mid July. I have an rsvp date of aug 24.

Shelskharma

I am 09/29, and I am planning on sending in early July. I know that the recomemdation is 8 weeks, but I have seen here and there it placed at 3 months... And I PERSONALLY would apreciate an earlier invite if I were getting invited somewhere... then again My calander packs pretty early too... Anyway, we are planning on sending early. If thats not "correct", I guess I dont really care... lol... This just makes more sence to me...

danigirl7181

I'm having a 9/15  wedding and we are sending out invites at the 3 month mark. We didn't send STDs, so FI is getting super anxious about sending them out.

sparent2010

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[QUOTE]I am 09/29, and I am planning on sending in early July. I know that the recomemdation is 8 weeks, but I have seen here and there it placed at 3 months... And I PERSONALLY would apreciate an earlier invite if I were getting invited somewhere... then again My calander packs pretty early too... Anyway, we are planning on sending early. If thats not "correct", I guess I dont really care... lol... This just makes more sence to me...
Posted by Shelskharma[/QUOTE]

That's why you have save the dates?

Like Cmg said people don't have an idea of what their calendar is 3 months in advance. So, it just becomes frustrating for you b/c they hold onto their RSVPs until the last minute anyways.

We are getting married September 8th and sending out invites July 14 with an RSVP date of Aug 23. It gives me time to follow up on RSVPs. My venue doesn't require a final head count until 72 hours before though.

volleygurl0306

I'm 9/29.  We are sending out 7/31 with an RSVP of Sep 1.  We don't need our headcounts until 2 weeks and 3 days before though.  Your final headcounts with vendors determine a lot.  We sent STDs to our OOT guests though.  If we hadn't we'd do them a little earlier.  I suggest taking your earliest headcount due date, tack on 2 weeks to track down people who didn't RSVP for your RSVP date.  Then send invites out 4 weeks before that so people (and the postal service) has some time.  Exceptions would be for people who live internationally or you know are moving and will be going thru a mail forward as this takes longer.

sheikscorpio88

I'm 9/28. We are sending them out July 31st and have an RSVP date of September 4th. My venue doesn't need a final count until the 2 weeks before so that gives me 10 days to track down guests who havent RSVP'd.

DreamCLG7

We have a lot of folks that we're inviting from Canada. We're not sure how many are actually going to travel down for the wedding, so I just sent those out today with an RSVP date of Aug 11. FIL seems to think that a lot of them won't come. 

I'm hoping they RSVP early so I can maybe send some to our B list in the states.  yeah, yeah I know. Awful. Oh wells.
 
 

jessa1228

I'm 9/29. My invites are going out 8/1 with an RSVP date of 9/8. I sent out STDs back in January, so I can wait a little to send mine out.

MSwanny87

I'm getting married the day before you on 9/28, and we plan to mail our invites out just after the Fourth of July holiday, with an RSVP date of September 1st.  We have been engaged for almost a year and didn't do save the dates, and I want to get them out!!