I don't know how necessary they are! The wedding is on June 14th, church at 1 and reception at 7 on a Saturday. It's on Flag Day but who really goes away for that? I'll be having about 30 OOT guests. But I have a running total of over 400 people! (this is driving me crazy but what can you do with two really huge families?) So now the question comes: should I bother with STD's? I don't really know how much I would spend (not too much) but then who would I send it to? I can't send it to everyone right? I kinda think it would be a waste of money. Ya know, with the price of stamps rising and all.... What are your opinions??
Pinkiegirll07
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The only reason I did STD's was because I had a lot of OOTers...about 100...FH's family is OOT, so that's why we did them. I only sent STD's to his family and my immediate family and bridal party. You definitely don't need to send them to everyone!
Vicky423
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I didn't have STDs I just sent my invites about 2 weeks earlier.
SusiBtoM
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It is a matter of choice. I personally don't think that STDs are necessary when invites are mailed out in a timely manner. STDs are a relatively new thing.
As for your OOT guests, give them a call to let them know of your wedding date, so they can make travel arrangements. Or, you could send them a traditional STD.
Nina_m74
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We aren't doing STDs - I did call a few people who are OOT just to give thema head ups.
You could send them to your OOTs or you could do it with a phone call :)
cindyandkevin
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You don't have to send out STDs and you don't have to send them to everyone. The rule is: if you send someone an STD then you have to invite them to the wedding. That's important if you end up cutting your guest list down. So if you want, you can just send them to the people who will definitely be invited like close family and your BP.
Kara and Todd
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I did STDs only because more than half of the wedding guests invited are from OOT. I wanted to get them the date and the hotel info early so they would be able to arrange to be there.
In your situation, with so many guests, they may not be necessary.
If you DO send them out, make sure they go only to those who will 100% be invited (close family and close friends)... some pe ople run into trouble by sending out STDs and then later being forced to invite people they're now no longer friendly with. Don't send them to coworkers either, unless you're good friends outside of work.
iwannabmrsD
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i'm doing std because my wedding is on a sat before a school break and with my family and friends, all being teachers, many plan to travel that week so i want them to leave on Sunday instead of Sat..
if it wasn't for that i wouldn't...
and hey... I CELEBRATE FLAG DAY!!!
rkl1130
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STD's are not a necessity. I only sent them out because we have a good deal of OOT guests, and we only sent them to close friends and family as opposed to our entire guest list.
bonch20
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i'm going to send them since it's a holiday weekend. plans always get busy during the summer too!
ant n tilde
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i didnt send them bc my only OOT guests are from Italy and one family from Florida so i just called them up to tell them the date right when we booked!
danibrwneyes
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I think the STD's are good, I sent them to everyone who was on my final list which was about 180 but it was actually 90 sent out (1per couple). I think it doubles as an engagement annoucement, especially since we chose not to have an engagement party. My STD is my aviatar. I used A Giftful Heart and they were great to work with.
Dee606
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I am so glag that I did not send out STD b/c my original invite list changed so much from what it is now. We cut about 50 from our list. If you do them, make sure that you will be inviting everyone who will be getting a STD.
Soon2beMrsH
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The only reason we sent out STD's is because the majority of FH's family is OOT and we are getting married over a big holiday weekend. In any other situation I would have just saved the money and put it towards something else.
