My sister and I are getting married next year I'm in May and she's in September however she's sending out save the dates and said I need to do it as well I didn't think that you really had to do i, I just want to send out invites saves money
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CommentAuthorHollieS252
My question is do you have to do it?
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CommentAuthorFayeJ67
most people send out save the date cards when the wedding is more than a year in advance as it gives people time to plan, get good deals on hotels etc If your wedding is on a week day then it is an absolute must IMO as people need lots of notice to get the time off work.
CommentAuthorStephH96
Agree with Faye. Also if you are getting married in school holidays as people like to go away in the may break.
My dad is getting married on a Friday in November this year. He told me in January, but we do our holidays in the October the year prior so all mine we already booked in and as OH is a teacher there's possibly a situation there. I've managed to juggle my hols but now his GF wants her hen in Benidorm over a long weekend and I can't do that either :/
CommentAuthorMrs D2B
It's up to you, STD's are not a must have, but if your having your wedding midweek as Faye said or during holiday season you may want to send STD's so that guest have plenty of notice in order to book time off work and don't book a holiday that clashes with your date. Again if you are having a destination wedding or you have guests that are coming from a distance away and will need to find accommodation it may be helpful to send STD to give them time to book somewhere. It is your choice tho if you don't want to send them there is no rule saying you must so don't worry about them x
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I think it really depends. My cousin had a Friday wedding but to save money didn't send STDs. They just made sure the important people were aware in advance to book the holiday.
Another friend of mine just set up a FB event as their STD.
Personally I think its important to send them, especially if you have a holiday season wedding.
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CommentAuthorFlossie
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We didn't send save the dates, purely because we are having a relatively small family with just very close friends and family, so when we booked the wedding everyone knew about it anyway because obviously we wanted to tell them the news - because they already knew the date we weren't worried about anyone booking holidays or anything. We are also getting married on a Saturday so we didn't feel it was necessary. We just sent invitations out 5 months before.
If you wanted to let people know but save yourself some money, you could always post something on F@c3b00k letting people know you've booked your wedding and on what date? You could also make a FB event and "invite" people to it, stating that formal invitations will follow in due course.
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CommentAuthorWundatigga
We're having a midweek wedding in August but haven't done official save the dates. We have just told everyone who we want to come the date and location etc via email/in person so they can put it in their diary - then I'm just sending the official invites in the April. But we're only having a small gathering - if you're having a bigger event it might be worth doing.
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CommentAuthorElinor Claire
We didn't bother with save the dates, we just sent out the invites really early. That also gave us plenty time to get RSVPs. We'd told most people the date informally anyway, so there was plenty of warning. We sent the invites in January for an August wedding, as we thought most people would start looking at summer holidays in January.
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CommentAuthorRachaelH705
You don't need to. You can just tell people as you see them or over the phone. Send the invites nice and early.
CommentAuthorRobF94
We booked our wedding 8 months ahead of the date we were getting married so called everyone in the first week and then sent the invites out in the second week. As its at the weekend and there is only family and a few very close friends attending it doesnt really matter in our case but if it is more than a year away or the following calendar year if you get married at Christmas time, you should send out the save the dates so people can put it on their calendar when they get a new one for hte year.
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I never sent out save the dates, but I think if you are looking at getting married on a special occasion like bye then would be a good idea. If you send invites out with good time it should be fine
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CommentAuthorHollieS252
Thanks ladies, our wedding is on a Saturday 13th of May x
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CommentAuthorInDreamland
We sent out STDs to ensure everyone we wanted there had plenty of notice as formal invitations are sent around 3 months before the big day by which time some people may already have holidays etc booked.
We didn't spend a penny on them though. Did it all electronically, designed something and then emailed it out then a few phone calls to some of the older generation who don't have email addresses. My sister did the same when she got married.
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