When should my fiancé and I send out our wedding invitations?
My fiancé and I are getting married in March of next year. We want to send out the wedding invitations soon but not too soon. We know the holidays are upon us and we are worried that they will become "lost" in the shuffle of Holiday cards if we send them out too late. Any thoughts?
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at least three months prior of the wedding
this is customary of the old fashion wedding
but you really want to give people enough time to get ready for this wedding
if you look in the magazine "brides" and other wedding mags. they will tell you
at least 2 to 3 months notice.
and if there is any problems "let's hope there is none" you have time to make the proper adjustments.
in my wedding planning book that I have, it said invites to out of town guests should be sent atleast 8 weeks before the wedding. And the invites for local guests should be sent out at 6 weeks before the wedding. If you're are worried about the holiday's, you might send out some "save the date" cards too. Hope this helps!
6 to 8 weeks before the wedding is correct. Send them out after the holidays. First week of January is plenty of time. don't send them out till then. No one is going to be thinking of what they are going to be doing in March with all the holiday stuff to take care of
Two to three months notice should be sufficient. If you send them out at the first of January, that should be enough notice and not get lost in the holiday shuffle. The drawback is that people will be recovering from their holiday spending and may not be as willing to give good gifts for your wedding. On the bright side, March is far enough into the year that it should not matter. It is, as you said, the timing of the notice that may be critical here. I still think that getting them out in the first half of January will be good.
Your invites should be sent out 6-8 weeks prior to the wedding and if you follow that all the holidays will be over anyway.
Mid January. 6-8 weeks prior to the wedding
As the other answers stated, 6 - 8 months prior to the wedding, i.e. beginning of January in your case.
Invitations are sent out about 6-8 weeks before the wedding.
If you have out of town or state guests, you want to do theirs about 12 weeks (for people who will have to travel a distance)
I would say send them out in Mid January depending on your actual date.
I would mail then out the first week of Jan.
6-8 week prior to the date is the general rule.
Wedding invitations are usually sent out two months ahead of time. So, by Jan is good.