Well. No money to send invitations. What now?

crlewis803

OP-I'm not sure how big of a wedding you are having but if you already have the invitations then maybe you can hand deliver some of them. It could be a more personal touch. I realize that some guests might not be close but for those who you see often or are nearby maybe you could save the postage on them.  Of course, if you are having a large wedding this might not work out so much. You could find out then whether or not they could attend. Either way, I hope it works out!

chewyjam

Short advice:

Do NOT use facebook to invite people-this will invite more trouble than you need. 

I would prioritize who you send/give invitations to if you can afford some but not all-for example, prioritize sending print invitations to older family members who are important to you but would not necessarily understand a phone call invitation (I know my grandparents would be really confused by only a phone call).
I agree with the advice to self print invitations in order to save money for postage, rather than fancy paper.

Then use phone calls ton invite the remaing, less old fashioned guests (friends, close family like siblings and parents would probably be more amenable to a phone call invitation).

Long advice:
I wouldn't necessarily advise you to postpone your wedding-when you want to get married doesn't necessarily have to be tied to when you can have a 'dream' wedding.  However, there are a lot of last minute suprise costs involved in weddings that might not have come out in initial budgeting (ie events running over, things breaking, a multitude of small things forgotten in the big budgeting determination).  If you are cutting it so close at this point (1 month beforehand unable to afford postage/invitations), do you really have the savings/money to handle the wedding and leave a cushion for emergencies/last minute things?  If not, think about scaling back (fewer invites, reception with just drinks or appetizers,dinner with close family, etc).  Scaling back to a more comfortable event money wise might be wiser than dealing with last minute crises/monetary stresses/cancellations/debt, etc-not the makings for a pleasant way to start a marriage.
You can always have a renewal ceremony and reception later on once you are more financially stable if a bigger event is important to you.

seltonandashlee

I'm confused. You already have the invitations, but can't afford the postage? Is that right?

 

If that's the case, then I would just hand-deliver the invitations to people on campus (I'm in college as well, and that's what we'll be doing when it comes time!) and then do the postage to the people you can't get to.  

jemmini6

OP- I usually don't suggest this, but I think you should postpone your wedding until you are ready.  I don't understand why, if you are still in school, you have to get married now...when you can't even afford to send your invitations.  I'm really not saying this to be mean, but this just screams like one of those situations where you should wait a few more months until you are both more financially stable.  I think it's great that you haven't taken on debt and that you are planning a budget wedding within your means (mostly), but postage is not a huge expense and if you can't even afford that, then I imagine you might be struggling elsewhere on necessities?  I could be wrong there, but I hope you understand how we might come to that conclusion.

If you do decide to get married as scheduled, I think phone calls are your best option.  You'll just have to be prepared for a lot of people to not come as they won't have the details in writing to follow, not to mention the short notice (you said you lived far from people right?).  Also...you absolutely MUST mail formal thank you notes for people that get you gifts, so please consider this and save up for postage to send those.

Good luck!  I really hope you do get things figured out and that you guys are able to get back on track financially.