sending invitations to wedding party

Yes, definitely sending invites to the wedding party.

You need to send invitations to everyone who is invited to your wedding.

Absolutely! these are your nearest and dearest people. I even sent one to my parents (who "hosted" the wedding), just because I knew my mom would love getting it in the mail

ETA: I only got an RSVP card back from about half our BP....I knew they would be there and they knew receiving an invite was a formality- if you are doing plated meals you should definitely send them an rsvp card to account for their meal choices. We did a buffet and stations, so that wasn't required for us.

Even though they are in the wedding, they still should receive an invitation. Invites were sent to my wedding party, and some surprised me and put they were bringing a guest. You just never know, plus Im sure your wedding party would like to keep it as a momento.

I am sending invites to everyone invited..

Yep, still sending them to everyone who is invited.

our bridal party generally have the date/city of our wedding but they do not have the exact times and addresses of everything. plus i need their entree choice on the RSVP card. some of them have been invited with plus ones, and i'm not sure if they are bringing any one. it's just easier to have them follow the same RSVP procedures as everyone else.

I am sending invites. I think they deserve the same curtsy as the rest of the people invited

This literally just happened to me last week. My FH and Daughter were in his aunts wedding but we didnt get an invite. I had no idea about where or what time to do anything. I was so annoyed. You know men are so nonchalant and FH had no details. He asked her and she sent him a PIC of the invitation. I was even more annoyed.

"I want to cut costs by not sending my nearest and dearest invitations" said no one with common sense ever

FH is in a wedding next month, an invite came in the mail addressed JUST to me. We were so confused and he was a little hurt because it really made it look like he wasn't invited. To be fair, there's been no communication about where he needs to be and when..... but that could be a whole thread in itself....

I absolutely encourage sending invitations to the wedding party. They'll need to know times and locations, you'll need to know whether they are bringing a date/plus 1 and whether their date has any dietary restrictions, and they might just want to hold on to your invitation as a keepsake

Yeah, you might save 15 bucks.

Send them.

Yes you need to send the bridal party invitations. Especially If you are doing a plated meal, you need to know what meal they chose to have. And they should have all the details on paper too.

We sent them! Our BP was mostly family so they wanted to keep them.

I'd think it was really odd if I was in a wedding and didn't receive an invitation

Of course! They are the VIPs, it would be super weird to skip invitations for them. They will probably be the most excited to receive them out of anyone.

Definitely send them. In addition to all the great reasons people have been saying, an invitation is a beautiful keepsake.

Agree with PP, this is not where you will get savings, send your wedding party invites.

I sent my wedding party invites.

Yes ... for instance my FH was in a wedding a few weeks ago and kept asking me what the invite said ...

Yes you should absolutely send your wedding party (and parents) wedding invitations!! That is their formal invite, and you'll still need their RSVP and maybe meal choice. No matter what, they should still get an official invite!