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Weddings
Invitation
Timeline
| As soon as you set the date | |
| • | Begin looking for an invitation design to suit your wedding style |
| • | Decide on enclosure cards |
| • | If you have guests coming from a long distance, it is advisable to send out hold-the-date cards as soon as your plans are firm, so that guests can make travel arrangements |
| Four months before the wedding | |
| • | Make your final invitation selection and place your order |
| Three months before the wedding | |
| • | Begin addressing invitations |
| • | Set up system for keeping track of replies. We suggest that the hosts give all of their guests a number. They can write the number lightly on the back of the response card and can use this to keep a list of returns. This will also help in case a guest forgets to write their name on the response card |
| Two months before the wedding | |
| • | Determine exact postage needed (take a fully assembled invitation ensemble to your local post office to be weighed to determine exact postage needed) |
| • | Finalize invitations for mailing and determine mailing date - it is customary to send wedding invitations 6 weeks before your wedding, although 8 weeks is becoming more common |
| Three Weeks Before The Wedding | |
| • | Make your response date 2-3 weeks before the wedding. Caterers usually need to know 2-3 weeks in advance how many people they will be serving |
Wedding Day Send out wedding announcements - to announce your wedding to those that you did not invite to the wedding |
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| After
the Wedding
Wedding etiquette states that newly married couples have up to two months to send written thanks for wedding and shower gifts received Thank you notes are available pre-printed with an appreciation verse for acknowledging gifts quickly, and can be followed-up with handwritten note after the honeymoon |
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| How Far in Advance to Send out Wedding Invitations | |
| • | It is customary to send wedding invitations 6 weeks before your wedding, although 8 weeks is becoming more common |
| • | Summer or holiday wedding invitations should be mailed 8 weeks in advance to give family and friends time to schedule |
| • | If you have guests coming from a long distance, it is advisable to send out hold-the-date cards as soon as your plans are firm, so that guests can make travel arrangements |
| • | Make your response date 2-3 weeks before the wedding. Caterers usually need to know 2-3 weeks in advance how many people there will be |
| • | Wedding announcements, to announce your marriage to those who you did not invite to the wedding, should be sent out the day of the wedding |
