direction cards..

JuneBride14 Posted: Mar 03, 2011 02:36 PM

direction cards..

with the invitations- are they really necessary now a days with everyone having gps?

ColliMac23 Posted: Mar 03, 2011 02:36 PM

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Just to be safe! Not everyone hasd one!

pjc92980 Posted: Mar 03, 2011 02:44 PM

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YES! i didnt have one in a wedding invite over the summer and the invite didnt have the exact location (just the name and city) so i had to look it up online, write down the address and then put it in my gps. the direction card gives all the info you need and you take it with you.
no need to make them to match the invite IMO but get them from your venue and include them

JuneBride14 Posted: Mar 03, 2011 02:45 PM

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ughh i have no desire to make them and was hoping to get out of them.... do i just give directions from hotel to church and back and hotel to reception hall and back?

njoseph8 Posted: Mar 03, 2011 02:45 PM

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Posted by ColliMac23

Just to be safe! Not everyone hasd one!

agreed! I just put in the one the hotel and the RH gave us, didn't go too crazy since as you said most people do use GPS

LindyBride22 Posted: Mar 03, 2011 02:59 PM

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I did a map just cause I thought they were cute. It has the places address and a graphic but not the step by step directions (theres a pic in my album)

FutureJOC Posted: Mar 03, 2011 03:23 PM

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I totally agree with you on the GPS point, but we sent them anyways just in case. Some people may not GPS, some may not even have a computer to get the directions (like older relatives). I'm sure majority of your guests are going to wind up printing their own directions but it's nice to include them just in case they forget their own directions at home (at least they have yours).

merbride Posted: Mar 03, 2011 04:17 PM

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I think you can leave them out! break the tradition! Just make sure you have the addresses needed...

LKatz1029 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 12:41 AM

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I am so glad ppl agree with me that you can just stick in the direction cards the place gives u and not waste money on making them match with the invites that will get tossed in the garbage lol... I mean Im sure it looks nice to match but who really stares at your invites and analyzes that????? no one but a psychoooooooooo hahahaha

POM917 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 05:39 AM

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I like the direction cards because most times that's the only place to see full address to then put in your gps

MNM0805 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 06:12 AM

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I wasn't spending the money to have the direction cards match the invites. I'm just taking the ones from the church and reception hall, and putting them in the envelope.

angelscri Posted: Mar 04, 2011 07:47 AM

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Posted by MNM0805

I wasn't spending the money to have the direction cards match the invites. I'm just taking the ones from the church and reception hall, and putting them in the envelope.

I agree this is what I did.

rmiller2255 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 08:25 AM

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We're only putting the directions in for the old people who we know won't check our web site. For everyone else we're inserting a card that says for directions, accommodations and more information please visit: (our web site)

Chanwich Posted: Mar 04, 2011 08:56 AM

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our hall gave us direction cards that we are sticking in there, but I know a lot of people don't have GPS so I would probably put them in there regardless.

adelz Posted: Mar 04, 2011 08:57 AM

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We didn't include any - the invite has the address for ceremony/reception (at RH) and majority of our guests have GPS/computer to look them up from. Plus, I totally forgot

SoonToBeMrsCali Posted: Mar 04, 2011 09:19 AM

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Yes, you should put them in. We took a cab to our friend's wedding not near trains and the cab driver needed directions. It's nice to not have to print your own.

pjc92980 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 09:47 AM

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i did mine on vistaprint...the free postcards. so it cost me abut $5 in shipping and its the same color scheme as the invites. just an option if you dont want to use the venues direction cards

LKatz1029 Posted: Mar 04, 2011 03:59 PM

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Posted by pjc92980

i did mine on vistaprint...the free postcards. so it cost me abut $5 in shipping and its the same color scheme as the invites. just an option if you dont want to use the venues direction cards

ooh that's a great idea!!!!! thanks!