August brides - invitation timing?

Hi BrainyBride,

I'm not actually getting married in August myself but thought I'd offer my opinion if that's okay?

We didn't send STD cards either but we did ring everybody invited to make them aware of our wedding plans/date (our wedding doesn't have a huge guest list!) It might be worth you doing them same and/or sending STD cards as personally I'd rather not send my 'official' invites out that early. We're marrying beginning of Sept (only a couple weeks after you) and sending ours out at the end of May!

Hope this helps

We sent save the dates last August but we're still going to send invites relatively early due to it being during the Olympics and holiday time and therefore hotels might get booked up and we didn't send accomodation details in the STDs. We'll send them to overseas people in late Feb I think so they can sort flights and accomodation and also so if they are not able to come, they can tell us and we can hopefully bump some evening guests up - I know this sounds heartless, but some of the overseas are family that I never see and have had to invite becaause of my mum. Non overseas people will probably get theirs around April time.

We're getting married on the August bank holiday weekend too, but in Italy.

I'm planning to send STDs in the next few weeks (once I get round to doing them!), which will have our website address on (I decided for a wedding abroad this was the easiest way to give everybody all the info they need).

I'll probably send the invitations in the summer, although really this will just be a formality, as most of the info will be on the website by then anyway.

Personally, I would send out STDs now, with the invitation to follow. Or alternatively send the invitations in February as your OH suggested. I think for a bank holiday, lots of people will be planning summer holidays or maybe long weekends away. I think it's therefore best to give people more notice.

Hey fellow Augustine Bride.

Because a lot of our guests are coming from Australia, we're sending them out by the end of the month. But I've also found that a few other people have been asking that would like to know sooner than later, so I'm not too concerned about being too early, especially as it's a popular month for weddings.

We're getting married the week after you - 1st September, and sent save the dates at christmas, with a few people saying they have already booked there holiday (I had the same thoughts as your OH re holidays) We're sending out invites out in late April, but I think if we hadn't of sent save the dates, we would have been looking about february.

I dont' think it's too early for you, considering that your wedding's on a bank holiday weekend - most people make plans early for BH.

hope this helps x

I'm glad you have posted this I was gonna ask the same question. I get married 25th august and was last night sorting invitations list out (again). Me and OH disagree I was thinking about april time but he thinks its too early!! I will keep watching the thread and see what everybody else did x

I'm also an August bride and I don't think sending invites in February is too early, I think we are probably going to send ours at the end of Feb/start of March with RSVP date on end of May, mainly because we have lots of overseas guests and if they're not coming then I'd like to invite others in their place without them looking like an after thought.

We're getting married the August bank holiday weekend too, and our invitations have already gone out with our Christmas cards! Yes, it's probably a little early but hey it saves on postage and more importantly we have a number of people from overseas we wanted to invite, plus lots of family that tend to book their holidays for the next year early.

I'm 25th August, sending overseas invites out end of Feb and UK invites end of March. The lady at the venue suggested we do it early due to bank holiday weekend, holidays, para/olympics ect

We have to confirm numbers and meals by June

I don't think it's too early. We're getting married the 11th August, most of our guests don't live near us so will need to book a hotel etc and with the olympics and it being a very popular wedding time and holiday season (especially as we're both teachers with lots of teacher friends some who book holidays years(!) in advance) - one or two guests are already busy. We sent STDs out last, in July, I think. We're sending out invites by end of February (once they are ready really) with an RSVP of 11th May. Gives us 3 months until the wedding, what with having to confirm numbers with venue a month before - it gives us some flexibility in chasing up those who don't send RSVPs back, rather than being on their case straight away.

Im getting married on 11th August.

Im planning on sending invites out in may. RSVP by end of june and that gives us a few weeks before we need to pay the food incase we need to chase people up.

I live in Scotland so I'm not going to be affected by the olympics. I didnt send STD cards but anyone thats gona be invited knows when the wedding is.

x

Thanks everyone, I'm really glad I started the thread given all these opinions. Special hello to fellow 25th August-ers!

I'm still really undecided. To be honest I'm now thinking that we should have sent save the dates with our Christmas cards because then I wouldn't have worried so much. I hadn't really considered it being BH/holiday time/Olympics, but I think it does make a difference. I think now it's probably a little late for them.

I might opt for a combination of trying to spread the date by word of mouth, i.e. getting the mums to tell relatives they see more often than me; and then going for early March for the invitations. I think that might be a good compromise. I think we need to give the venue full numbers by mid-July, and I want to send out the full day invitations first so that I can 'bump' evening guests to full day if people can't make it. I think sending out in early March should give us plenty of time, as well as hopefully being early enough for BH weekend planning. And I need to somehow find time to design and make all the invitations first!

I'm 25th August bride too and have been thinking same about invitations with bank holiday. Most of day guests know but not many of evening ones. We're gonna send them early feb, would hate to leave it later and people be on holiday.

Hello fellow 25th august brides!! There is lots of us now. Have you put your name down on the 2012 brides list?? I think its the most popular date of 2012xx

I am the very unpopular date of 5th August and we are planning to send our invites out around late March. OH wants to send them out in Feb but I don't think they need to go quite that early. STDs went out last Feb so everyone who cares/remembers to check will have known the date for over a year if they wanted to avoid double booking holidays!

We have just booked our date (4th August) so we need to send STD sharpish if we're going to send them at all. My sister is desiging the stationery so I need to push for the STD to be done and printed. I have thought of emailing friends with the STD attached and posting to family (who all know the date anyway as were told over Christimas). I am getting more concerned now about people booking holidays.

I had considered printing onto thick card and then glueing a magnet on the back. I don't really want to pay for these to be made for me and they only have to last til the invites go out.

I would then send invites in April. Hopefully, with the date and location in the STD people can look into accomodation themselves. I am going to have a website but this hasn't even begun to be made (by my uncle) yet. Something else to get moving on!

Goodness...so much to do....

That's quite funny that 25th Aug is shaping up to be one of the most popular days. We booked the date entirely by chance, it was the very last date that our venue had available all summer - clearly not that popular there! It's great that it's a bank holiday though, everyone involved in our wedding is looking forward to that weekend so much.

Hi brainybride, ours was by chance too as it was a cancellation at our venue. Didn't realise till afterwards that it was a bank holiday. I have been fairly relaxed with wedding planning so far but since the new year has come I feel a little more pressure to get some big things sorted. X

I love it. It is really unique and beautiful. Listen to your heart. You are the one wearing the dress. http://www.eastbridal.com/wedding-dresses/spring-wedding-gown-0010.html

I love it. It is really unique and beautiful. Listen to your heart. You are the one wearing the dress. http://www.eastbridal.com/wedding-dresses/spring-wedding-gown-0010.html

Me too clairea84, it's weird how now it's 2012 I suddenly feel like I've done nothing! I haven't done much really - just venue, photographer and dress in 5 months! People keep telling me I'm ridiculously relaxed about the whole thing, but I'm just enjoying it to be honest.

I'm another August 25th-er! And we'll be staggering the invite sending, starting with the people who will be travelling/ need to book hotels and they'll be going out in Feb. We haven't done STDs so I don't think its too early at all. Other invites will go out between March and April.

Im 11th August and my plan is to send them out end of April/start of May.

nice to see August is proving to be a popular month! praying for sunshine! ;-)