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MrsSankey2011
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Posting Time: 08 Feb 2010 at 2:25PM

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Thanks for all your previous help. Helped me alot. Boiiiiiiing

Now i am wondering when should i send out my invitations? i have got them ordered and they will be ready at the begining of march. I want to send them out as soon as possible so people can RSVP then i know for numbers and things. Boiiiiiiing

When do you normally send them out? xxx Clap

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samantt
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Posting Time: 08 Feb 2010 at 2:36PM

It really is up to you - we sent ours out with our christmas cards, and we got married the following July so that was 7months in advance,

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MrsSankey2011
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Posting Time: 08 Feb 2010 at 2:43PM

thanks....

did people rsvp more or less straight away, i know i don't get married for another 16 months but the excitement has kicked in and i just want to get them sent so i know who is going to come. x On Cloud Nine

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samantt
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Posting Time: 08 Feb 2010 at 3:32PM

some did, some presumed we knew they were coming, and 1 bloke I bugged and bugged and bugged until 3 weeks before and said to him sorry but we can't delay it any longer I'l out you down as not comming, I was sat watching harry potter in the cinema the night before the wedding, when I recieve a text *by the way I'm coming tommorow for the whole day* so I had to be very polite in telling him he's more than welcome to come but theres no food.

and then he had the audacity to bring along his girlfriend (now fiancee) who he knows I cannot stand to be in the same room as her!! but would explain why he didn't ask........

Any way sorry ramble there Hahaha

why not send out Save the Dates (We did magnets) it got some excitment out of me, got people talking, and then there were no reasons for I've booked a holiday that week, etc etc

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Rachiebubbs
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Posting Time: 08 Feb 2010 at 4:23PM

I don't think it matters how early you send them out, some people will respond straight away and some you will have to nag, can't odds it really

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Posting Time: 08 Feb 2010 at 6:49PM

RSVP ing is a nightmare business, u will need to chase people up because they are rubbish!!

Also witrh your evening, if yu need to have your final numbers to the venue 6 weeks before the wedding, get your rsvps for the evening do 8 weeks before the wedding to give u two weeks to chase stragglers

Argh!! Why aren't these things more straight forward

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Posting Time: 09 Feb 2010 at 12:08AM

Traditionally wedding invitations are sent out 6 weeks before the wedding. However, these days with many couples needing to know numbers in advance and more destination weddings it's more common for them to be sent earlier

If the excitement is really getting to you then consider save the dates too

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Posting Time: 09 Feb 2010 at 9:44AM

We are sending our invites out on 20th March for our Wedding on 10th July.

If I were you, I would leave sending the invites until nearer the time, because if you send them out now people might get them and think 'Oh, that's ages away, I'll pop this in the drawer until nearer the time', then forget all about it! I definately agree that save the dates is the way to go. x

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Posting Time: 09 Feb 2010 at 2:34PM

Edited by julesandmatt, 09 Feb 2010 at 02:37PM:

We are sending out our invites first week in April with a deadline for 22 May for rsvp's. We sent out save the date magnets last year round about this time.
It will be very intresting to see who fails to rsvp......We have included rsvp cards in the invites. Not only that but envelopes with our address on it and a first class stamp!! I attempted to squeeze in a pen but there was no room!! Hahaha

[Cant wait to be his Mrs B :)]

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Posting Time: 09 Feb 2010 at 4:09PM

Hey Jules, if I got you some pens from work they would fit in, I work in a bookies lol.

Im not wasting money on invites as those that are coming to Gretna know they are going, so I have only got invites for our after party.

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