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Save the Date Etiquette: Everything You Need To Know
By
Edna Renskers
Save the Date Cards are announcements that inform
your guests of your future wedding in order to keep
your special day free. They are essential in the
following situations: if many of your guests are
traveling to your wedding, your wedding takes place
on or around a holiday, you are planning a faraway
destination wedding, or your wedding will take place
in a seasonally busy or tourist locale, where the
flights and hotels perhaps book up early.
They are generally sent at least 4-6 months prior to
your wedding but, if you are planning a destination
wedding, for example Hawaii it is strongly
recommended that you send them 12 months in advance
if not longer. For seasonally busy and tourist
locales or on or around a holiday it is best to send
them 9-12 months in advance. Your guests will then
have ample time to make all the necessary
arrangements needed to be a part of your special
celebration and may even extend it into a vacation
of their own.
Use your imagination, Save the Date Cards are not
meant to be formal. There are many design options
available. You can have them match your wedding
invitations, magnets, brochure style, post card
size, multiple layers, booklet style, you can add a
picture of you and your fiancé, or embellishments to
add a personal touch.
Here are some guidelines on what your cards should
state, your names, date of wedding, city or town and
state of where wedding will take place. Also,
because Save the date Cards are a recent trend and
many that have not attended a wedding recently may
mistaken them for the actual invitation be sure to
include something along the lines of, “Invitation to
follow”, “Invitation and details to follow”,
“Invitation will follow” this is usually placed at
the bottom of the card. For more wording suggestions
visit
www.verseit.com.
If you have a wedding website don’t forget to
include the address for your guests to view.
If you need to keep your guest list to a minimum,
make a list of close family and friends whom you
want to make sure will be able to attend and mail
them a Save the Date Card, you do not need to send
Save the Date Cards to everyone you are inviting
but, every guest that receives a Save the Date Card
must also receive an invitation.
We recommend providing your guests with additional
information to help facilitate their planning such
as airline, car rental, hotel, information on things
to see and do in the area and surrounding areas,
special events, theatrical shows etc. Go the extra
mile and acquire group discounts by calling specific
companies and seeing if they offer group discounts.
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