How far in advance do you send Save The Dates

kjzimpel Posted: May 10, 2011 10:44 AM

How far in advance do you send Save The Dates

How far in advance should I send our the Save the Dates, I have alot of people that will be flying in from out of town. I already have my block of rooms so they can start booking at any time.

TIA

pjc92980 Posted: May 10, 2011 10:48 AM

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i sent mine to family a year in advance bc a bunch are OOT and a bunch also like to take summer vacations. I sent them to my 'a' list of friends about 9-10 months in advance

hth

jettahot Posted: May 10, 2011 10:53 AM

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I sent mine to family and very close friends 1 year in advance. We have OOT guests and its a holiday weekend!
HTH
Good luck!

Rivera2be Posted: May 10, 2011 10:55 AM

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I'd say about 8-12 months before your wedding.

LTrivitt Posted: May 10, 2011 11:14 AM

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I think it depends on the date and where everyone is coming from. We have a holiday weekend and alot of people from the mid west... so we did 11 months in adavanced.

BUT that didn;t make a difference... basically no one from out of town is coming. 80 people said no!

kdm822 Posted: May 10, 2011 11:32 AM

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I think people do it whenever. We literally just got one for a weddign in oct!

HopelessRomantic Posted: May 10, 2011 11:39 AM

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Posted by LTrivitt

I think it depends on the date and where everyone is coming from. We have a holiday weekend and alot of people from the mid west... so we did 11 months in adavanced.

BUT that didn;t make a difference... basically no one from out of town is coming. 80 people said no!

me too!! I send mines at the 8month mark.. I personally care.. my earring are ringing.. 'SAVINGS!!!' lol

snowflakes11 Posted: May 10, 2011 12:04 PM

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I sent mine April 1 - and my wedding is this December.... Im still sending a few out now, some of the addresses were wrong that FFIL gave me! GRRRR

FutureMrsJC Posted: May 10, 2011 12:12 PM

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We sent ours 6 months in advance, but if you have a lot of OOTers or you are having a destination wedding, I believe you are supposed to send 9-12 months in advance.

IrishAli Posted: May 10, 2011 12:37 PM

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I think 10 months is good

I think a year out is kind of crazy unless it is a holiday weekend

rosatemp Posted: May 10, 2011 12:39 PM

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i sent mine 9 mts in advance and that is because we got engaged a month before othewise i would have done a year lol

FutureMrsPanuch Posted: May 10, 2011 01:28 PM

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We sent ours about a year in advance since it is a Sunday night and the first weekend of summer ( most kids are finishing up the school year that friday) so we wanted to give people enough time so they didnt plan any vacations or anything...

Soon2BeABC Posted: May 10, 2011 03:23 PM

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Im sending mine around the 9 month mark, only because we just decided to do them and now we need to get a picture, so we will work on that in the next few weeks.

Kelley, what hotel did you block rooms at?

leesah85 Posted: May 10, 2011 05:05 PM

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family and very close friends about 11 1/2 months in advance - a lot of OOT guests

Ellynrose Posted: May 10, 2011 05:06 PM

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I sent mine out almost a year in advance.

dpanzarino Posted: May 10, 2011 06:09 PM

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My engagement is only 9 months. I sent the STDs as soon as we booked the date and reception hall in the middle of September!

lisagail55 Posted: May 11, 2011 10:34 AM

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6 months. 12-6 months at least. And honestly, 6 months is more than enough. I feel like people (OOT/family) planning vacations will contact you or your parents if they have any questions and there's always talk amongst family of when a wedding is happening anyway. I got a STD for a wedding in TX 6 months in advance - there will be a lot of OOT because the groom (my cousin) is from Jersey, the bride is from TX, and they met while in the Peace Corps, meeting people from around the world.