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Attn: All 10-10-20 brides! When are you sending your Stds?

Jamie, on September 24, 2019 at 11:39 AM Posted in Planning 0 15

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Because this date is "cutesy" we've already had 2 different people we planned on inviting tell us they have another wedding to attend that day! So I'm wondering if we should get our STDs out early. I was thinking January. It's a local wedding, the furthest people are about an hour away for our venue. I know typical is something like 4-6mo, but since everyone seems to be getting married that day, should we let people know about our wedding earlier? Or is January too soon? When are other 10-10-20 brides planning on sending their STDs?

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Mcskipper · on September 24, 2019 at 11:45 AM
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January sounds great.
Once you’re within the calendar year, I don’t think an early save the date can really *hurt* ... just as long as your plans and guestlist are totally solidified by then!
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Jamie · on September 24, 2019 at 11:52 AM
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Our wedding is 10/3/20 but I’m sending out my STDs in a few weeks! We have a lot of out of state/country friends and family though so we’re giving them time to sort out finances, travel plans and such.
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Katie · on September 24, 2019 at 11:55 AM
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I’m sending mine out by November but I have quite a few out of state guest.
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Sarah · on September 24, 2019 at 12:05 PM
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I am sending mine out next week. We are getting married in Philadelphia, PA and we have a lot of people traveling from Florida, California, and other states. We also are inviting a few people from out of the country. My thought is that I want to give people time to save and plan and also get them out before the holidays come.

Since your guests are mainly local, I think January would be a good time. Its after the holidays but still plenty of time in advance.
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MrsD · on September 24, 2019 at 12:05 PM
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We sent ours out 10 months early! We had a lot of out of state guests so they needed more notice.
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Jamie · on September 24, 2019 at 12:07 PM
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Thanks for the replies!! My mom is concerned that its "too early" and people will basically forget when the wedding is "since there will still be snow on the ground, and no one will be thinking about October." Lol.
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FutureMrsKC · on September 24, 2019 at 1:24 PM
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I'd wait until January at the earliest. There is definitely such a thing as inviting too early. Anything can happen in a year and you don't want to lock yourself into a guest list too soon.
We sent ours 10 months out because all of my side had to travel from PA to FL and a lot of friends were in other states as well. It is a popular date, but remember that even if they got save the dates for other weddings that day they haven't gotten the invite. All that matters is whose RSVP they respond to when you send out invites later next year.
Save the dates mean nothing, other than letting them know they have a decision to make.
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Futuremrsm · on September 24, 2019 at 1:29 PM
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I'm the 17th but we are sending our early january right after the holidays
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Shaina · on September 24, 2019 at 2:13 PM
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10/10/2020 Bride here!! Also plan on sending STD's Jan/Feb
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Rebeca · on September 24, 2019 at 2:19 PM
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We plan on sending ours out next month because we have a lot of family in other states and because 10/10/20 happens to be a Holiday weekend (Columbus day)
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Cristina · on September 24, 2019 at 6:34 PM
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I'm a 10/25/20 bride and I plan on sending ours in January so I think you're on the right track
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Jamie · on September 25, 2019 at 12:21 PM
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Thank you everyone! This helped! I think we are gonna stick with sending them out in January!
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Stephanie · on September 28, 2019 at 7:39 PM
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Im the day after!!! We are sending ours out after taking some cute pictures at our venue October 13th! we are sending them out 11 months in advance then sending the invites 6 months and having our rsvp be august 4th two months before to have a final head count for my caterer / cupcakes / and the bartender.
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Sexypoodle · on October 10, 2019 at 10:30 AM
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We’re having a semi-destination wedding in Vegas and 99% of our guests also live in Southern California. We’ve been telling a few people verbally. But if they can’t make it… No big deal!

We plan to send our save the dates in January as a Happy New Year type of message.
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