Invitations...Now, or Later?

Can you maybe send a save the date with the info, then send proper invites in Jan as planned?

We're 12th May, and we sent invites out last month to anybody who lives in England, Ireland, etc. We will be sending Scotland ones out late January as people who live here don't need to book flights, hotels, etc.

I know most people will say it is to early but I am planning on sending my invites out pretty early (probably 6 months) for the exact same reason. We have friends and family coming from all over the UK (very few are local) and I want to give them as much notice and as much information as possible. The reason I didn't want to send Save the Dates with the info on was that I pretty much felt I was sending two lots of invites with the amount of information that would be needed.

In short I would say send them when you think is best and just make sure they all transfer it to their new calendars in January! x

I think that sending out invites too early means guests might forget the details, they may not take as much notice because it is so far in advance, RSVP's are less likely to be sent back in a timely fashion and then more guests may drop out at the last minute........ I would leave it to nearer the time if I was you x

My friend got married in Cambridge in July, which was the same weekend as Folkfest and other events. We got our invites in late April and there was absolutely no problem booking a hotel room then. Those who left it until late May/June had a few problems though!

The other thing is, when my brother got married abroad, we booked our flights and hotel (based on the date and town only) in early January, and got the invites later. The wedding was in June btw.

I think when to send the invites out really depends on the circumstances of the wedding in question and in your situation I would be inclined to do it now.

If you are worried you could always send the ones out to guests who live away first and the rest later

Anna

If people are asking for the info and you have it I would send them out now. People who really want to come and are going to be travelling will appreciate the time to book transport anf acoomodation and time off work if they need to and there's no chance anyone will forget about it, it's not as though it's years in advance ?

We are getting married abroad in sept 2012. Wehave already sent our invitations out as family wanted to book accomadation early.

We have found that the guests have been gratful for the invites/information early.

We're also getting married abroad and we will be sending out full invites with hotel/villa and flight/transfer information really early, about 9 months in advance so people can shop around for the best deals for them.

yes, what withy chrimbo coming up!! I get married may 26th too and we were sending our mid to late Jan. We cant do it until after weve had am eeting with our venue early jan regarding food choices anyway!

To get round this we sent out Save the dates around July so people know the date...

I'm also the 26th May, I havent even decided on a design, never mind having them ready to send out... eeeeek!

Must get started!

We are sending ours out 2 months before our wedding. I thnk that is ample time unless of course people are travelling long distances and/or need to book accomodation like you say. If your people are asking for their invites then no harm in sending em. I wouldn't send them to everyone though, you don't want folk forgetting x