When to send out STDs and Invitations?

[cinnagirl]

We sent out our STDs 14 months in advance just to give everyone a heads up. We'll be sending out the invites 11 months in advance (early!) and giving everyone 3 months to RSVP and put down a deposit in order to secure our group rate. Final payment is due 5 months in advance, so we're doing most things early. 

[jello]

Send out electronic save-the-dates with link to our wedding website 13 months in advance.  Planning to send out invitations 3-4 months in advance, with RSVP deadline 2 months in advance.  We are not doing our wedding at a hotel though, so we have no group rate deadlines or booking deposits to worry about. 

[Kelly Horton]

I got by a little easy on the STD's! My wedding is going to be while on a cruise...so the STD included the cruise information, but didn't need to include a specific resort quite yet! The STD's are out, people are booked on the cruise and now I'm pricing out resorts for where the ship stops. The invitations will go out in a couple months when I've confirmed the resort! Our wedding date is 12.12.12.
 

[LTLFAITHY]

Originally Posted by jello 

 

Send out electronic save-the-dates with link to our wedding website 13 months in advance.  Planning to send out invitations 3-4 months in advance, with RSVP deadline 2 months in advance.  We are not doing our wedding at a hotel though, so we have no group rate deadlines or booking deposits to worry about. 

This is exactly what I am thinking for a timeline regarding sending out the invitations ~ I guess I'm a little behind with the STD's though. 

[alpwedding2013]

We sent them Save The Dates out last week, so almost a year before our wedding date.  We plan on sending the formal invitations about 5 months before the wedding.  I would definitely have a confirmed date before sending out the Save the Dates. 

[MissJali]

My wedding is scheduled March 8, 2014. I am planning to send out the Save the Dates sometime in Jan/Feb after the holiday madness. However, I'm a little confused as to when I should send the invites out? Final payments are due 2 months before the date, I was thinking sometime in like July? Is that too early??

[agm04]

Originally Posted by MissJali 

 

My wedding is scheduled March 8, 2014. I am planning to send out the Save the Dates sometime in Jan/Feb after the holiday madness. However, I'm a little confused as to when I should send the invites out? Final payments are due 2 months before the date, I was thinking sometime in like July? Is that too early??

I think that's maybe a little too early, but I know people do it.  At the end of the day do what works for you!  I just think the more time you give people, the more they put it off.

 

We sent save the dates about 10 months in advance (believe me, I would have liked to do this earlier, but got push back from FI, FMIL, and my mom - all thought it was way too early and I didn't feel like arguing!  Plus FI and his mom really dragged their feet on getting me addresses, so some didn't even go out until a little later), and will send our formal invitations in January.

 

So for our 6.22.13 wedding, we did:

Save the dates - 8.2012 (10 months in advance)

Formal invitations:  1.2013 (5.5 months in advance)

RSVP Date:  3.1.2013 (3.5 months in advance, but our room block is only held until 3.22.13 and I want people to have time to book)

[ornxoxo]

Originally Posted by agm04 

 

I think that's maybe a little too early, but I know people do it.  At the end of the day do what works for you!  I just think the more time you give people, the more they put it off.

 

We sent save the dates about 10 months in advance (believe me, I would have liked to do this earlier, but got push back from FI, FMIL, and my mom - all thought it was way too early and I didn't feel like arguing!  Plus FI and his mom really dragged their feet on getting me addresses, so some didn't even go out until a little later), and will send our formal invitations in January.

 

So for our 6.22.13 wedding, we did:

Save the dates - 8.2012 (10 months in advance)

Formal invitations:  1.2013 (5.5 months in advance)

RSVP Date:  3.1.2013 (3.5 months in advance, but our room block is only held until 3.22.13 and I want people to have time to book)

 

Your timing sounds great! 

[Sophia2616]

Hi

 

Our wedding is 5/4/13.

We did a electronic STD 13 months in advance 4/4/2012 and

I just mailed our invites today 12/4/12; so 5 months in advance

with an RSVP date of 2/4/13-3 months before the wedding but giving everyone 2 Months to think about it

Hope that helps!

Happy planning!

[Zoe Nguyen]

Our wedding is 19/07/2014. 

 

We sent STDs by email to everyone August 2012 , everyone said it's super organised but appreciated the early head up to plan (we got engaged in March 12, and decided in venues and wedding planner in May 12 already).

 

I'm doing the invitation now to finish by May 13, to get to everyone at the latest September 13. 

 

RSVP will be 6 months in advance so mid of Jan 14 (but I will send reminder by emails again earlier), in the hope that we can push them to book their flights sooner than later, and also because we need to book the welcome dinner and in order to get the discount for boat trip by 6 months in advance (guests paying).