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Courtney, on October 2, 2019 at 11:45 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 11

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Are you doing them? I've read on here where they are suppose to be sent out 6 to 8 months before the wedding. October 18th will be 6 months before and we arent taking engagement pics until end of October which means we won't get pics back until 2-3 weeks after that. Should I send them out?

I feel like a benefit to sending them out would be the possibility of some guests going ahead and telling me whether they would be able to make it or not. I am sending out wedding invitations in February with a RSVP card. Right now I have 132 on guest list.

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Latest activity by Kristin, on October 2, 2019 at 10:20 PM

Legend June 2019
Melle · on October 2, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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That's a benefit of sending them but I didn't do them. I just moreso informally told ppl the date
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Champion October 2018
Kelly · on October 2, 2019 at 11:49 AM
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Save the dates are good if you have guests from out of town because they can start making travel arrangements and request off work if they need to. I wouldn’t do it because you think guests will tell you whether they can come or not because save the dates don’t require a reply.
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Legend November 2019
Caytlyn · on October 2, 2019 at 11:54 AM
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Save the dates don’t have to include a photo. Ours didn’t. The benefit of save the dates is that guests can begin making travel accommodations or taking time off work if needed. They aren’t a necessity unless you’re having a destination wedding, lots of out of town guests, or a week dah wedding. If not, I would skip them and save the money. Guests aren’t going to reply to a save the date, that’s what RSVPs are for.
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Courtney · on October 2, 2019 at 11:56 AM
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I saw these on Ann's Bridal Bargains that I thought were really cute. It could serve as a Christmas card and also a save the date. They are 0.69 each right now on sale, but I will have to think about it.
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Jasmine · on October 2, 2019 at 12:03 PM
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Although we will have our engagement photos done and received before we send ours out (according to our contract), I've had our save the dates made long before that and the design just doesn't fit a photo anywhere. I'm just going to post our photos on our website. Photos aren't mandatory although sometimes can be nice.
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Legend July 2019
MrsD · on October 2, 2019 at 12:03 PM
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I personally think sending them late is better than not sending them IF you have out of town or out of state guests. We've been invited to several out of state weddings with 2 months notice and sometimes it would be a lot easier for flights & hotel if we had more notice than that.
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Mcskipper · on October 2, 2019 at 1:04 PM
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If you want to send them, I wouldn’t wait for engagement photos, as I feel like that’d be pushing it a bit late, and photos aren’t necessary— though if you only really want to send them to share some of the photos, go for it! . Save the dates are useful if people have to travel. But if your hope is people telling you if they’ll attend or not— I wouldn’t count on that! That’s not really the norm
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VIP November 2019
Catherine · on October 2, 2019 at 2:06 PM
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We did save the dates! if you go on shutterfly or any sites like that you can get cute ones that are cheap with just your basic info. your save the dates don't have to have your engagement photos on them. sending them just gives the guests a heads up on when and where the wedding is so they can plan ahead!
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Leah · on October 2, 2019 at 2:40 PM
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I did save the dates because 80% of our guests are out of state and would have to travel 4-16 hours to attend in our hometown where it is being held. I wanted to give everyone a heads up and not have to do it by word of mouth. We also have a mid-smallish guest count (125) so i didnt want that to quickly become 50 people who could come by not giving enough time to plan
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Hannah · on October 2, 2019 at 4:01 PM
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I didn't do them. I didn't feel like they were necessary and just seemed like an extra expense. That being said, I don't have a lot of out of town guests. Only a handful that probably will not attend anyway. We sent out invites in the last 2 weeks for our December wedding and so far every one of the RSVPs we've received back have been yes. Most of our guest list are close friends and family though that wouldn't miss it. I think this is one of those situations where you have to know your crowd and decide if it's necessary.
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Super November 2019
Kristin · on October 2, 2019 at 10:20 PM
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1) You sooooo do not have to include an engagement pic with the STD.. we didn't.
2) If you really care about everyone you invite coming, send it! I know my calendar gets crazy full months in advance.
Side note - We got an STD 8/2 for a wedding on 10/12... I didn't actually know what it was, a marriage announcement? A gift grab?... that was until we got the invite 2 weeks later to which we had to decline because we made plans for a long weekend 8 hours away.
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