Our wedding is June 3rd. The RSVP date for the invitations is April 20th (for certain reasons). I was going to mail invitations out around March 10th -- is this too early in relation to our RSVP date? or is it good?
I think it's fine. I plan on giving myself plenty of time to gather RSVP's so mine will be going out early as well.
AeroJenn
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Does the RSVP date seem unusually early for a June 3rd wedding??
shopaholic07
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Definitely not too early....your guests will have more than enough time to send back their RSVP's.
MrsQ-in2007
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Jenn, sorry to be the only one to say it, but personally if I got an invite for a June wedding and the RSVP was late April I would feel that it's too early.
That being said, it really ISN'T too early, but it would seem that way. Also, my FH has a job where he can only request days off one month in advance so that is something that would influence my train of thought that maybe wouldn't influence anyone else.
Jennifer907
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I agree. I thought it was a little early at first.
happygirl07
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I'd say it's a bit too early as well.
portjeffbride
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our RSVP date is april 30th for a june 9th wedding.... mainly to force the OOT'ers to book hotel rooms while the block is still reserved.
We sent out the invitations today, becuase a lot of people have been asking about details, and about 30% of our guests have to travel 1k+ miles, and need to make arrangements soon...
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Posted by portjeffbride
our RSVP date is april 30th for a june 9th wedding.... mainly to force the OOT'ers to book hotel rooms while the block is still reserved.
We sent out the invitations today, becuase a lot of people have been asking about details, and about 30% of our guests have to travel 1k+ miles, and need to make arrangements soon...
Thats our reason for the early RSVP date too. Also, because i KNOW people are going to wait til the last possible minute to send them back and we have to give our final # to the RH 2 weeks before the wedding I figure, that'll give me enough time to start calling people who dont send the replies back on time.
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Posted by AeroJenn
Posted by portjeffbride
our RSVP date is april 30th for a june 9th wedding.... mainly to force the OOT'ers to book hotel rooms while the block is still reserved.
We sent out the invitations today, becuase a lot of people have been asking about details, and about 30% of our guests have to travel 1k+ miles, and need to make arrangements soon...
Thats our reason for the early RSVP date too. Also, because i KNOW people are going to wait til the last possible minute to send them back and we have to give our final # to the RH 2 weeks before the wedding I figure, that'll give me enough time to start calling people who dont send the replies back on time.
mmm, great minds think alike
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I think it might be a tad early. can you change it to the end of april, possibly april 30th.
what i usually see for an RSVP is 3 weeks. Im doing 1 month.
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Posted by Jess5790
I think it might be a tad early. can you change it to the end of april, possibly april 30th.
what i usually see for an RSVP is 3 weeks. Im doing 1 month.
unfortunately, our invitations and reply cards are already long printed. So, i guess it doesnt matter much. But at the same time, I dont really see why it would matter much if people are asked to respond that early? They already knew about the wedding forever ago when we sent out STDs.
do you think people will be like 'omg, why do we need to rsvp so early?'
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Posted by AeroJenn
unfortunately, our invitations and reply cards are already long printed. So, i guess it doesnt matter much. But at the same time, I dont really see why it would matter much if people are asked to respond that early? They already knew about the wedding forever ago when we sent out STDs.
do you think people will be like 'omg, why do we need to rsvp so early?'
nah people will still not rsvp or rsvp late. You can never win
in that respect, you are right in doing it early so you can call people stressfree.
I might copy you now
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Posted by Jess5790
Posted by AeroJenn
unfortunately, our invitations and reply cards are already long printed. So, i guess it doesnt matter much. But at the same time, I dont really see why it would matter much if people are asked to respond that early? They already knew about the wedding forever ago when we sent out STDs.
do you think people will be like 'omg, why do we need to rsvp so early?'
nah people will still not rsvp or rsvp late. You can never win
in that respect, you are right in doing it early so you can call people stressfree.
I might copy you now
its true -- i did it to avoid people being annoying and not rsvping on time, but it wont matter -- there will always be those people
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I dont think it is too early. I mean people may think i am crazy but i mailed my invitations out 1st week of feb. and rsvp date is April 2 for may 5th wedding. we have gotten a lot of responses out and i am glad i did because now i can start my B list. HTH.
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Nope that's fine.
mskittynj
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I think asking for a RSVP 2 months in advance is a loooongg time.....1 month should be sufficient. XOXOXO Kitty
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I read that the general rule of thumb is 12 weeks prior. I dont think its to early at all. 6 weeks prior for RSVP date and 6 weeks prior to that you mail it.
