Pre save the date?

nixietink · June 2012

My fiance and I just returned from our scouting trip and want to send something out to our guests about our plans for our upcoming nuptials...kind of a pre save the date.

Has anyone done this? Any ideas on what to say?

Tanq&Tonic · June 2012

I've never seen a "pre-save the date" and actually don't really understand what it means. Whether you send an email or a postcard or a letter talking about your upcoming wedding plans, that single piece of information becomes the "Save the Date". These are normally sent 6-12 months in advance of the wedding and are primarily used to give your guests a heads up. You then follow up with the official invitation. We did poll our family to make sure they were available on our chosen date before we booked the venue, but other than that, no real pre-notice.

What would you consider different between your "pre save the date" and the actual "save the date"? How much time woud the STD take you to pull together, and why not just wait for that?

AKWinterBride · June 2012

We sent out our STD's a year in advance which was more than enough time for everyone to make plans. Destination weddings don't really follow the same timeline as a hometown wedding, for example I think they say for a local wedding you should send out the invites 6 weeks ahead of time. That's just not realistic for a DW. We sent out our STD's a year out and our invites 5 months out. We had a great turnout and everyone had plenty of time to plan ahead.

kimmykupcakes · June 2012

I agree, you don't need a pre- STD. We also sent ours out at a year and it was more than enough time. If you want to give ppl more warning, just tell them verbally.

nixietink · June 2012

Well, we are getting married in June of next year and want to let everyone know asap...as in this month so they have a year notice.

However, we want to use engagement pictures in our STD and haven't picked a photographer yet (we are hiring someone in California). I imagine it would be at least a few months before we could get our actual STD's out.

So in this case...do we just call everyone to give them a heads up? I was thinking of sending just a little card or something announcing our plans with more information to come...but I don't want to overwhelm everyone, either.

carrieoz_76 · June 2012

No need to send a pre-STD.

With that said, we did send the date of our wedding to our parents and the people we expected to be in the wedding party so they could arrange their schedules. But we did that by phone or a plain old email - nothing fancy.

Tanq&Tonic · June 2012

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[QUOTE]Well, we are getting married in June of next year and want to let everyone know asap...as in this month so they have a year notice. However, we want to use engagement pictures in our STD and haven't picked a photographer yet (we are hiring someone in California). I imagine it would be at least a few months before we could get our actual STD's out. So in this case...do we just call everyone to give them a heads up? I was thinking of sending just a little card or something announcing our plans with more information to come...but I don't want to overwhelm everyone, either.
Posted by nixietink[/QUOTE]
In this case I would just send a Save the Date now without the engagement pictures. Anyone you invite to your wedding already knows what you look like, and you could do something fun like Hawaiian Postcards or a printed map or just any other photo you like. I think it sounds like sending something out sooner is a lot better than sending something later.

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