Do you send save the dates out for just day guests or night guests as well? Would it be rude to send a night guest a save the date for them to learn they are only coming the night party?
I've sent mine out for both but put evening in corner
We sent them to both.
I've always associated save the dates for day guests only. If I received one I'd assume I'm going to get a day invite
Make sure you specify it's just the night. They don't need to save the whole date if it's just the night, if I got a save the date I'd be annoyed to later find out it was just the night. Especially of its a weekend as it would have been difficult for me to sort out the whole day off.
We did save the date magnets for day guests and save the evening magnets for the evening guests x
I sent them to both as the invitation will give more details to day or evening x
sent them to both then sent invites out few months after but told those that were only invited to night do that we might have space for day depending who says they cant make it :) plus we had room at ceremony for everyone just not at reception explained this and welcomed evening guest to church ceremony n tbh none of them took offence all understood x
I've put save the dates in with the invites. Saves on stamps and confusion!
Pretty sure save the dates are for day guests then if you get declines you can 'promote' evening guests. Then when all day guests are confirmed you can invite evening guests :)
I think you need to send to everybody you are inviting to your wedding - and if you want to distinguish between save the day and save the evening then you can specify that. Especially if you are getting married mid-week, people will need time to finish work/shower/change and get to your venue. I was invited to a midweek wedding and although it was only 20 minutes from my workplace I still needed to change my shift and ask for an early finish so I could be there on time.
Yes both your just suggesting they keep that date in mind they know they will be invited either way
I sent 'save the day' and then 'save the evening'
We had our save the dates say 'pencil us in' we're getting married on 15th July 2017. This gave us the option to do Day or evening invites as it doesn't say save the date or save the evening! X
Just send save the dates for the day time xx
U can buy save the evening invites
I only sent save the dates to day guests :) thought it would be awkward to send to evening as well in case they assumed it was the day they were invited to :)
I think it's probably best to specify if it's day or night/both. Nowadays it's less common for people to just work Mon-Fri 9 til 5 so people appreciate getting as much notice as they can as getting time off work or shifts swapped can be hard (especially for those who work evenings/weekends)
I'm sending my save the dates to all my guests as we haven't quite decided who's going to which yet!!
I've made two versions of my save the dates - one saying "save the date for the wedding" and another saying "save the date for the evening celebration of the wedding"
A friend of mine did two types of save the day invites.
One to the day guests which is the normal save the day.
One to the night guests called save the evening x
I'm only doing save the dates for the daytime guests then will send out invites about 6-8 months before to both x
I only did save the dates for all day guests
Just send them for the day x
I have save the date magnets they are being given to day guests and some evening guests, they all have the same magnets. I know people are saying they would be for day time guests only but I know some of my fiends coming to the evening would still like a magnet. Me and my fiancé also work shifts so some of our friends will be working night shifts and would have to try and book the shift off. You should send them to who you want to send them too.
I didn't do save the date's at all. I couldn't justify the cost of doing so. But then again, we decides to get married at New Year and we got married on Oct 1st so by the time I sorted the venue & reg office out it was March so I sent the full invites out instead. We had already decided that we would just have to cope without those that couldn't attend so we saved a heap of money on printing and posting
Katie Paddock this is the thing I was on about! Xx