Is a STD necessary for a Destination Wedding in late August?

Re: Is a STD necessary for a Destination Wedding in late August?

• AddieCake member

  

  March 2014

  If you are sending them, you need to do it ASAP. Anything less than 6 months is kind of pointless for an STD. 

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• CMGragain member

  

  March 2014 edited March 2014

  Do not send out your wedding invitations within the next four weeks!  They shouldn't go out until 8 weeks before the wedding.  (June)
  I would send paper STDs as soon as possible.  Be aware that for a destination wedding in the Caribbean, you will get a lot of people sending regrets to your invitations.
  

  

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• JMalettas member

  

  March 2014

   I would definitely send out save-the-dates, as I know I'd definitely appreciate getting one for a 'heads-up,' confirming dates/location. If you're going to send them though, as the PPs mentioned, you should do them a.s.a.p! I would not go with paperless, via e-mail. 

  
  

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• princessleia22 member

  

  March 2014

  I would definitely send out STD's now.  I'm also having a destination wedding in June.  I sent out STD's about 10 months before wedding. We created a website and put all of our wedding info on there, and have been updating it regularly. I was originally planning on sending out invites this week, but decided to hold off. Most people that are going have already booked their trip, but I know that some people still aren't sure if they will be able to go or not,  So sending invite too early or having RSVP too early would be counterproductive. 

  I calculated backward to figure out when to send my invites. I need to submit final guest list 4 weeks before wedding.  I know my family is horrible at RSVP, so I want at least 3 weeks to track down those that don't respond, especially since I need some additional info from all guests. And once the guest list is submitted it can't be changed at all. So, that put my RSVP due date at end of April. I'm hoping that everyone (or most people) will know 2 months out if they can go or not. That means my invites should go out end of March or beginning of April.

  So, if I were you, I would send out STD now, even if it is just an e-mail.  The only problem with doing only a digital STD is that you want to make sure all your guests get it.  I know we have a couple older family members who are not technologically savvy and don't have e-mail or Facebook. But, if you know that all your guests will get it (via e-mail, PRIVATE Facebook message, or other private means), go ahead and do it digitally.  That way your guests have time to plan if they can go and start saving for the trip. Then, if the wedding is late August, I would do like I did and work backwards to figure out invite date.  I think my timeframe is pretty standard and would probably work for you.  You probably want final guest list by end of July, so have early July as RSVP date. And 3-4 weeks for RSVP is good, so send out invites early June.

   

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