Hi ladies, I'm having a DW in Hawaii and I'd love your input on the following:
Here's my plan:
Jan 16th - food tasting, finalize the menu
Feb 1st - send out invitations, at 2 months plus a couple days out
Feb 19th - room block with wedding rate ends & rooms are released, this is 45 days out
March 5th - RSVP due, 1 month out
April 2 - final headcount due 3 days prior
April 5 - wedding!
We've sent out save the dates with out website info, and maybe 15 or so guests have gone on, this accounts for 30-40 guests and we expect +/- 100. The website details accomodations & the cutoff date.
* Should I make the RSVP date early to coincide with the Feb 19th room cutoff date, or just leave it as a separate issue and remind people word of mouth and hope they see it on the website? If we do the Feb 19th date, this potentially allows us to invite additional friends at 6 weeks out. It depends on if extended family decided to come and most likely they will not, I'll try to figure this out before invitations go out. (I know B list is frowned upon here) I'm checking to see if the hotel would extend the cutoff date for rooms.
*To get invitations out with entree options will be tight since there is only 2 weeks between food tasting & ideal mailing date to order and get invitations ready to mail. One option is just send invitations a little earlier without entree choice and then we'd contact each guest after RSVP, or put it on our website. Or I could order invitations with options and mail as soon as possible, but could be a little later than planned, but hopefully guests will have started to make travel plans based on the save the date & website and not wait till the actual invitation to do so!
Thanks for your input!
