How late is too late??

pockysquirrel · July 2012

My stepmother offered to print my invitations, RSVP cards and envelopes for me and they're coming out great, but there have also been a lot of delays and it's just been taking a whole lot longer than I thought it would. I was supposed to drive out to her house this weekend so I could sit down with her and my dad to check everything over, get the RSVP cards filled out with how many seats are reserved, and then stuff all the envelopes. Well, dad and stepmom apparently had to go out of town unexpectedly and didn't think to tell me until after they had already left. They won't be back until next week. Right now, the only option I can see is to put off finishing the invitations until next weekend and get them in the mail on 8/7, with an RSVP deadline of 9/7 and the wedding on 10/6. My worry is, am I giving people enough time if I mail the invites this late?? Any suggestions on what I should do here?

islandmonkey8 · July 2012

I think you'll still be okay. They still have 3-4 weeks to RSVP.

brainybrunette · July 2012

I think you're fine...a month should be plenty of time for people to RSVP. If people aren't going to RSVP in a month, then they're probably not going to RSVP at all. Plus, it's standard to send out wedding invites 6-8 weeks before the wedding. I'm planning on sending mine out around August 12, RSVP is September 12, Wedding is October 12.

kimm260 · July 2012

I think that should be fine. If you are worried could you push back the RSVP date a couple of days and still be okay with giving your numbers to your venue?

cbear215 · July 2012

I agree with PPs, I think you're fine. My wedding is October 7th, RSVP date of September 13th and my invitations won't be here until Monday (that's causing me a little stress, not going to lie)!! But my plan is to get them out around the 6th.

Alisha9544 · July 2012

I think you'll be good. I'm Oct 6th too & we're planning to get them out before next weekend.

ericaandtom2012 · July 2012

I think that's fine; it's standard to send invitations 6-8 weeks in advance (TK checklist tells you 3 months for some unknown reason). Guests will have 4 weeks to RSVP, which is more than enough time. Any longer than that and you risk having people forget.

FWIW, I'm dropping my invitations in the mail on 8/22, with an RSVP date of 9/24 for my 10/19 wedding.

tamrahelmer · July 2012

Oh I think you will be fine. I am a 10/6 bride too and I was originally going to send them out August 11th with a September 8th RSVP date. I only just sent them out because they were ready and I couldn't handle looking at them anymore. I think a month should be fine, especially if you sent out STD's to the people you really want there. They will already be expecting the date to be the wedding and should have planned accordingly.