You are well into the procedure of planning your marriage. The number and types of invites accessible is overwhelming. The believed crosses your mind that you may not get the invitation cards in the mail by the proper date. But when should you send your wedding invites? After all, you still need to pick out the invites, finish the guest list, and get the cards printed and addressed. Will you be ready in time? Let’s look at what the traditional time frame is to get your invites in the mail. There are also several other invitation types to consider in addition to the one to the ceremony and reception. You can use your wedding invitation mailing date to figure out when to send your save-the-date card and testing dinner card.
A save-the-date card is a suggested post card sent out as an initial invite prior to your real invitations. A great example of a case when you would use a save-the-date card when be if you are anticipating many out-of-town guests. Sending out innovative invitations gives your out-of-town guests a little more advanced notice so they can plan on participating. The same rule applies to location marriages. The traditional time that a Save-the-date card gets put in the mail is no later than 4 months before the marriage. To look at it a different way, you want to send out the save-the-date card no later 2 months before your wedding invites goes in the mail. You can send them out as early as 6 months before the marriage date. The 6 month time frame would be more suitable for location marriages. The extra time gives people for of a chance to plan.
The next invites to get put in the mail is your marriage invites. The best time to get it in the mail is 2 months to 6 weeks before the marriage. You want the marriage invites to get to your guest’s mail box no later than 6 weeks before the actual date of the marriage. On the opposite side, you don’t want your invites to arrive any earlier than 2 months before the wedding. If you want to decide on the date to send your wedding invitation first, you can deduct two or three months and get a date for delivering out your save-the-date card.
If you are planning to have a testing dinner after the wedding rehearsal, then you will want to send out an individual invites to the event. You want to make sure the visitors know they are invited since this is a lesser group than is actually invited to the wedding. This invitation should go in the mail a few days after the marriage invites. You want them delayed slightly but guests will need to make plans so they are available the day before the wedding. Having the invites arrive around the same time will give your guests an idea of how to plan their weekend. This timeline will also make sure they are not amazed with an invitation at the last-minute. Be sure to connect with the groom’s side of the family or whoever is hosting the rehearsal dinner. They will be in charge of delivering out the invitations for the event. They will enjoy the information so they get their planning completed on time.
Marriage planning goes more easily when you have a plan in place. Take a look at the dates you want to send out invitations early in the preparing process. Making these plans will help make sure that you are not waiting around to the last-minute to order invites or get them resolved. Your guests will enjoy your wedding so much more because they have had time to make the proper plans.