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allakarasik · November 2009

Hi All,I'm Alla. I need advise on when to send out my save the dates. I'm getting mixed answers from everyone in my family. My mom is telling me to send them ot right away, my aunt is telling me to send them 6 months before.We are getting married in the Dominican Republic November 27th, 2010. The date is booked and I am working on the save the dats as we speak. But I have no clue when they should be sent out. We have a few guests that needed to know all the info a year in advance, so those guest were given all the info already. We are only inviting our closest family and friends, so all the important people pretty much know our date already.I am printing the hotel name and website on the STD cards, as well as the contact info of our travel agent. Please let me know how far in advance you girls sent out your STD's.Also when am I supposed to send out the invitations?

Bigwuhead · November 2009

Welcome! With a DW you have a little more flexibilty, meaning it's not taboo to send things out earlier than you would if you were having a local wedding.We did our STD's almost 1 year to the date, and our invites for our May 20th wedding will go out 10-12 weeks in advance, with the RSVP date being 4-5 weeks in advance.

captainleela · November 2009

Hi and welcome! I would say send out your STDs as soon as you can. We sent ours out 1 year in advance, in order to give people time to plan.

captainleela · November 2009

Oh, and we're sending out our invites about 4 months in advance. There aren't really any hard and fast "rules" with DWs, which is nice. But because guests have to make travel arrangements, generally people will send things like STDs and invites earlier than we would with an at-home wedding.

caymans_christy · November 2009

I was a big old slacker with the STDs... Ours went out just a couple weeks ago for our May 8, 2010 wedding - so about 7 months in advance. We are sending out our invitations in January - 4 months in advance. I would have sent the invites out earlier, but I don't want them mixed up with all of the Christmas cards and gifts.

nubiannqween · November 2009

Hi and welcome! I sent mines out 9 months before the wedding. I wanted to make sure I gave our family and friends plenty of notice. I wanted to make sure that there was enough notice so that if anyone needed to save some money in order to make the trip, they could do so if they wanted.

ginaherman6 · November 2009

Hi and welcome :)I originally planned on sending mine out 1 year in advance, but that got pushed to March - wedding is in November, so about 8 months in advance. Everyone knew the date and location, I was just going back and forth over resorts. We sent our invites out a little over 2 months in advance - you will probably need the final head count 30 days in advance for your resort, so plan for that when you send them out. We left ourselves a 2 week gap in between to account for RSVP slackers. HTH and happy planning!

IrisS · November 2009

The ladies above already gave great advice. I just wanted to add a welcome!

oohlypinon · November 2009

I agree with pp's I just weanted to say welcome and congrats!

ericandcindy · November 2009

Hi Alla, and welcome to the board. With our STD's, we sent them out as soon as we had definite answers such as date, location, etc. It sounds as though you have everything you need as well. It won't hurt to send them out early because it is just the STD. As for our invitations, we sent them out 6 months before the wedding with a RSVP date of 2 months prior. Since the DR needs passports to travel from the US, we wanted to still give them enough time to apply for one without pushing it. I hope that helps.

allakarasik · November 2009

Thank's girls this is very helpfull. I thought I was being logical when I thought a year was the right amount of time, but my aunt was trying to convince me that it was too soon. Her train of thought was that people would missplace the cards, or not be ready to book the vacation for monetary reason ... But since we are only inviting the closest fam and friends none of that made any sense to me.My mom made me promise that I would send them out right after Thanksgiving, So either way I am commited now.Thanks again, I'm sure I will be back with more questions. No one in my family has ever planned a dw wedding before, so I will be back here asking you girls for help.

sarlah · November 2009

Congrats & Welcome! The girls here are amazing!We sent out our STD's in June I think. I don't remember exactly when, but I know it was 6+ months before the wedding. We sent our invitations out in the beginning of September, asking for RSVP's back at the end of October. So we sent the invitations out 4 months before the wedding, and gave people 2 months to RSVP.HTH

Orchid2011 · November 2009

Hi Alla, Welcome and Happy planning!Like pps said there are really no rules with a DW. I'm planning on sending ours 10 months in advance and invites around 4 months. Besides that, I'm a DR bride too. Where are you having your wedding at (city, resort, etc...)?

SandalGirl · November 2009

Hi and Welcome!

t1nkfan · November 2009

Welcome to the board!

suannoch · November 2009

Welcome to the board - one of the friendliest and most helpful around - these ladies are awesome! Our wedding is in Las Vegas and we sent our STDs out about 7 months before the wedding. I plan on sending out our invites around the first of January with an RSVP date of mid Feb (we need them early for headcount)

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