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July 2012 Weddings
Is 3 months out too early to send invites?
Now that we're officially booked, we're sending out the STDs only to certain people and others will just get an invitation. The reasons are a little complicated so I won't bore you guys with the dramatic details. Anyway, for those who are just getting invites, is 3 months too early to send them out or should I stick to the 2 month rule? It's a local wedding, but it's in the summer and I know people will be making travel plans and such and we're having a small, 50 person, wedding and only close friends and family are being invited and I really want them all to be able to come. Many already know the date, but some won't have any idea until the invite arrives and there's nothing I can do to change that (again, drama).
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Re: Is 3 months out too early to send invites?
We're sending ours out about 3 months beforehand, but we sent our Save the Dates back in October. 99% are OOT and need to make travel arrangements, so that's the rationale behind ours.
[QUOTE]Three months seems a bit early to me. I'd worry that people would forget to RSVP, since they'd have two months to do so, and then you'd have to call a lot of people. Since you can't tell people about the date without a paper item, could you compromise and send your save-the-dates to everyone? That would give them a heads-up on the date now. Plus, you don't have that many people, so it shouldn't be too expensive.
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We ordered enough of each to send both to everyone and had planned to do that initially, but there is some family drama on both sides that is preventing us from telling people that we have an actual date set and venue booked. I may just split the difference and go for 10 weeks rather than 8 or 12.