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Two questions about guests:

Knottie44579107Knottie44579107 member
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My fiancé and I got engaged last November. We decided to get married 11-07-15 in our hometown in Washington. After doing some planning and creating a BIG guest list, we decided that we wanted to get married in Vegas with a small group of our closest friends and family. My question is, do we send a save the date to those we had on our original guest list or just to those that we want to be there?

Also, did you find it easier to have a wedding website with information for guests or do you think making a cute brochure or something would be better? I'm leaning towards the second one since we have 7 grandparents that are attending and none of them use the internet very much.

 

Thank you all! :)

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Re: Two questions about guests:

  • KikiMiraKikiMira member
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    Did you send out save the dates for the washington wedding? If not, and you want the wedding to be small only invite those who you want be there. But be prepared for questions and people expecting an invite to Vegas. 

    A wedding website is easier by far. You can update info as needed and no one will misplace it. 
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  • Knottie44579107Knottie44579107 member
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    Thank you! That really helped! :)
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  • hmgifforhmgiffor member
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    I did both a website as well as a high level itinerary in the invites for those that didn't use technology as much. 
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  • vegasgroomvegasgroom mod
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    Honestly this sounds like a nightmare if you've already sent an STD to people for one city and now intend to cancel it after some may have booked non-refundable airfare and hotel.  In any case, you need to let that group know the original event has been canceled as soon as possible.  I wouldn't bother with a new STD because I think it will just look silly to send another one; e.g. hey save the date 11/7/15 in Washington.  No, wait, now save the date x/y/z in Vegas.  Huh?

    I'd tell those that got an STD that the event is cancelled with a diplomatic way of letting them know you're still getting married but not having a big ceremony.  Then I'd just do invite for Vegas with word of mouth explanation that hey invitee, you're on a much smaller list of people receiving this so don't go talking about it.

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  • Knottie44579107Knottie44579107 member
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    I haven't sent anything out for the original plan, but I was asking people for addresses to build my guest list. No one got an STD or invite yet.
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  • tcnobletcnoble member
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    Knottie44579107 said:

    I haven't sent anything out for the original plan, but I was asking people for addresses to build my guest list. No one got an STD or invite yet.

    Then you just send STDs to the guests you want at the Vegas wedding.

    ETA we had a wedding website then included a brochure/itinerary with our welcome bags for guests. As you acknowledged in your OP, not everyone is tech savvy.
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  • silverblade005silverblade005 member
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    I would do a wedding website for all, and then just type up something for the grandparents so they have it on paper. My grandparents are the same way and they appreciate having the info on paper to reference (it's on their fridge with the STD).
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  • wrigleyvillewrigleyville member
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    Knottie44579107 said:

    I haven't sent anything out for the original plan, but I was asking people for addresses to build my guest list. No one got an STD or invite yet.

    If someone asked me for my address, I'd assume I was invited. You might want to let these people know plans have changed.
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