what is considered OOT?

The save the dates should go to anyone who will receive an invitation, honestly. as for the definition of OOT - i think it varies, but is typically for anyone that will have to book flights and accommodations to attend your event.

I consider OOT to be about 1+ hours away from wherever the wedding is. To me, our only OOT guests were my uncle and grandfather from Puerto Rico and my bridesmaid and her husband from Georgia. Everyone else had a similar drive to me or my parents (next furthest, living about 2 hours south of me.)

Anyone that has to book a plane ticket is OOT. I wouldn't send STD's 'til about 6-8 months before your wedding, though, and they only go to those you are ABSOLUTELY SURE you will be inviting. If they get an STD, you have to invite them. They can get an invite without an STD, though.

OOT for me is anyone outside of the venue's zip code.

It's more than 1/2 our list.

Our guests either live in that zip code or an hour + away. There are no in-betweens.

I normally book a hotel room when a wedding is 45 min from my house so i would appreciate a STD.

The only people who live within a 30 min drive are my parents and one of my bm's everyone else is at least 45 mins away. Noone lives close to the venue. I think we'll send save the dates to everyone because march in new england can be vacation time for people. I'll just put a list of hotels and stuff in with the save the dates.

@ Just Reenski - we def aren't sending them out til august september I just like to be overly prepared lol Fh wants to order everything together in june (std's, invitations, response cards) that way we'll save money on shipping.

Thanks for the tips ladies I'll just tell FH we need to order std's too.

My daughter saved the postage and send a 1 year warning email to everyone. It worked out great and everyone responded. We sent them to everyone that would have to travel. Our out of country guests thought it was a wonderful idea and thanked us.

Just make sure your budget, venue and date are absolutely 170% solid before you send STDs. Yes they're cute, but more often than not they create trouble for the brides. Also, this is obviously another regional thing. I live in DC area and our closest friends live 45 minutes away. We traveled for weddings anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours, and did not consider it to be OOT.

We classified OOT as anyone that would probably stay in a hotel the day before and/or of, or anyone who would have to get on a plane.

What does OOT mean, and why does everyone seem to know bridal language but me???

Glorianna, OOT = Out of Town.

For a list of common acronyms used here, check out https://support.weddingwire.com/questions/701/WeddingWire%20Community%20Lingo

You get used to them quickly after you have been around the forums for a while

OOT would be about 95% of our guests. We'll send STDs to everyone though since its a holiday weekend. I consider OOT as anyone who may need a hotel room that night.

Don't feel you have to get them, if they are not in the budget. Yeah they are nice to receive as any type of guest whether I live a block away or states but they aren't necessary. STD are fairly new, so what did people do before they came out? It was all word of mouth. So don't stress and use extra money that could go towards something else. Lord know you will need all the extra money you have lol!

I am still 50 /50 on this - most of you have pointed out traveling. I also wasn't thinking the reception will end at 730 so its not like people will be out til 1 drinking. I'll just send a list of hotels in the area with the invitations. We had put the extra for them in the budget so I'll just wait and if we dont' use it put it some where else :-)

Almost everyone in my family is 45 minutes away at least for my wedding, and my venue has a "hotel" right off the back of the conference center (It's on a college campus and the "hotel" used to be dorm rooms.) Not the greatest, but they are cheap, and you could easily stumble to them after the wedding. For that reason, I think a lot of people will want to stay, not just the REAL OOT guests. So I sent STDs to everyone for this reason.

I am sending out std's to all the guests . We are having a wedding at the beach . so everyone on our guest list lives 2 to 5 hrs away from there including ourselves . so we have blocked a set of rooms for the guests that will be staying at the hotel with us.

In my opinion, an out of town guest is someone who lives more than 100 miles from the venue.

In our area, 45 minutes would be considered a normal commute to work. I definitely wouldn't be considering someone an hour away OOT.

But then again, I'd be very wary about sending STDs at all. I've seen far too many people here send them, and then reconsider the size of their wedding (when one of them loses a job, or has unexpected expenses, or just discovers that weddings cost more than anticipated). Or they regret inviting a particular person because they drift away from that person between sending the STDs and sending the invitations. Once you've sent someone an STD, you're really locked into inviting that person. I'd recommend limiting STDs to people a) who are so close to you that you're sure you're inviting them, and b) who could reasonably be expected to adjust other vacation plans/save up to come to your wedding.

I need some advise on STD's. When should I send them out?

We recommend our couples mail the save the dates 6-8 months before the wedding. If its a holiday weekend or a DW, 9 months is recommended. Here is a short blog article if you want some tips: http://favorite-announcements.com/?p=261

Kari

Definitely be careful about sending STD. If you are concerned about the budget for the STD, you could go the route we did and do an online STD. That being said, we also relied on word of mouth for some of the older relatives we invited.

Definitely make sure your guest list is set before you send them out.