Sending invitations 7 months in advance??

I wouldn't.... Sounds like some cousins might be trying to one up the next...

Uh, no. The typical timeframe is to send invitations 8-12 weeks prior to the wedding. I'm sending mine out in mid-April for my June wedding. So your timeline sounds perfect.

Sending them out too early will lead to people forgetting to RSVP because who the hell knows what they're doing in October??? The invitation is just going to sit in a drawer for 6 months until someone calls to ask them to RSVP. Why would you need to send them out any earlier just because your cousins did? Will your family have to travel for any of the weddings?

I'm sending mine the end of March/Beginning of April. You're 2 weeks before me, I would suggest maybe sending them mid March? But yeah, they're sending out a bit ridiculously early.

That sounds way to early. I haven't even got my STDs out. I think you should stick to your plan and you will be fine

I could see sending out a save the date but not an actual wedding invite that early. I think if you send them out too early people tend to forget about the wedding.

Haha FH are struggling with this. We are over a year and a half away but we've gotten so many questions from family about when they can book etc. that we are seriously considering sending them soon...I know some people will think it's nuts, but others are practically begging for the info even though we can't provide it all yet.

Don't worry about what those two crazy women did. You shouldn't send your invitations out no earlier then 12 weeks. People will lose them, forget to send the rsvp back, etc, because they are given so much time to respond.

Would it be too early for me to send my invitations the first week of April?

RSVP due date is May 15th and wedding is June 13th.

I'm sending mine out the first week of May for a June 20 reception. I think anything more than 6-8 weeks is too far. I would forget. Giving people a whole month to respond gives them 4 weeks to forget about it, except for those who already know they're coming and RSVP right away.

I'll be sending mine out the first week of April, that's 10 weeks out and over a month before the rsvp ( I think mine is May 16th) so I think you are good doing that

I feel like that's ridiculously early! FH and I are getting married in October and don't want to send ours out until August, but we want to wait until after the shower (which is in August as well).

I got my friend's wedding invite for her 6//13/15 wedding in January, a bit ridiculous might I say. I think you are good to send it mid April.

Does it count as a destination wedding if 90% of the guest list has to travel? I'm just confused on this, because its in the city we live in, but we are the only ones that live here.

We are getting ours out for August in the next few weeks - but one reason is because I'm back in the UK for 2 weeks from tomorrow and can sit down with my sister and help her put them together. Plus for half the guest list it's a destination wedding and I want people to really have time to start planning. The save the date went out but I know people won't really think about it much until they get the actual invite.

It seems early but one of my BM's double checked that a friend is still invited to the wedding. This friend thought they were uninvited because they hadn't received an invitation yet..... and I'm later than you. I sent out save the dates so I'm thinking late March early April for sending out mine. It's still early-ish. I've recieved an August wedding invite in December the year before.....

I was planning on sending mine mid-to-late March but my mother is really anxious to get some RSVP's, so she's asking me to send them right away. I told her I'd get them out this week and plan to wait until Saturday, haha. I'm a little worried that it's too early (our RSVP date is May 1) but I'm trying to keep her happy!

Standard is 2-3 months. I wouldn't send them out any earlier I think the people that did jumped the gun. I am sending mine out 12 weeks before and I am asking for rsvps 6 weeks before.

Honestly, I think these premature invitations -- and that's what they are -- look a little silly, and I think they are really about a bride who just can't wait to get her invitations in the mail. It's a bad idea, for several reasons. There was a thread going on a few days ago about this very subject. The bride wanted to do the same thing -- send out her invitations for an October wedding in early April. It has something to do with room blocks, or so she said -- the same stuff all of you maneuver without needing a six month window. Brides will do what they're going to do, so don't let the few who ignore the socially acceptable time line affect you. You have nothing to worry about. Two or three months is standard.

That's so strange.... do not speed up when you're sending your invites just because they made a strange decision. Its a bad idea, because people will forget, invitations will get lost, plans will change, things will come up, people will break up, etc, etc. (This is why the save the date was invented...)

If the family members ask, tell them YOU were surprised to get THEIR invitation so early, since the standard is to send them no more than 8 weeks out.

I would worry a lot less about what's right or wrong or looks silly and give people as much notice as possible.

I know there's STD's, but I can't see the benefits of holding off on sending them. from what I've seen on here, you're going to be hunting people down to their RSVPs no matter what, so I'd just get them sent. I don't think most anyone is going to give you points for doing it closer to the wedding planner books timeline. if it was my family, they'd wonder why you waited so long while the other brides got theirs out before hand. edit for typo