Thank you note delay due to Honeymoon

Peledreamsofrain · August 2012

Hi all,

I am looking for advice on the etiquette on how to get out thank you notes in a timely manner.

My fiance and I are going to get married on a Saturday, then get on a plane and go to our honeymoon at noon Sunday. Needless to say, between getting outselves collected, things organized, and going to the airport on time, there is no way we will get to even look at the presents, much less open them.

What is the etiquette here? I really don't want to delay getting the thank you cards out, but we won't be back for over a week from the honeymoon. I would think it would be excessively rude to send out generic thank you cards in advance without even opening the gifts and mentioning them in the card.

Help, it seems like a rock and a hard place!

Habs2Hart · August 2012

No worries. Open the gifts when you get back and write thank you cards then. It's not rude if you still get them out promptly. Nobody will expect you to write and send them before your HM.

CFM102012 · August 2012

You're only going to be gone for a week. Open the gifts when you get back and send out personalized TY's then. Most people aren't going to expect a TY within days of your wedding. Just get them out as quickly as you can after you get back from your HM.

Lang125 · August 2012

I think if you get them out within 3 months, your fine. We are also going on a honeymoon right after and that will be a project waiting for me when we return. I don't think people expect a thank you card right after the wedding.

Matty143 · August 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_thank-you-note-delay-due-to-honeymoon?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:3f258bb3-2f49-4c3f-9af6-a8b3ea88ffaaPost:48cf8169-aea1-4365-8b11-ff010651ce9a">Re: Thank you note delay due to Honeymoon</a>:
[QUOTE]No worries. Open the gifts when you get back and write thank you cards then. It's not rude if you still get them out promptly. Nobody will expect you to write and send them before your HM.
Posted by Habs2Hart[/QUOTE]

Ditto this.

We were lucky and received the majority of our gifts before the wedding. When we returned from the HM there were only about 20 TY notes to write.

Avion22 · August 2012

Remember, you may get a lot of gifts before the wedding. You can open them (or deposit checks) but don't use the gifts or spend the money until after the wedding. But you can DEFINITELY write those thank-you cards ahead of time and ge them sent out so the senders know that they have arrived safely. I was able to get the majority of my thank-you notes out early because of early gifts.

stantokm · August 2012

I think the general rule is to try to get all the thank you notes sent within two weeks of returning from your honeymoon. Don't stress and just wait until you get back.

SparrowSong · August 2012

As long as you have them done within a month, maybe two months max, you're fine.

Peledreamsofrain · August 2012

Thanks everyone, I feel a lot better now.

I want to do right by my new and old family both, I'm so overwhelmed by how many people want to come see us get married! Both awesome and unnerving.

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