Save the dates

Dekazer

We did ours electronically with free emails! (For most people - a select few got a paper one). The email version was a photo of the paper one that I took and uploaded to the emails.

AutumnBride85

Thanks everyone for all opinions! lol!

I would only send them to the day guests anyway, but as stated, I just see it as a heads up for guests, so they can put it on their calendars and know whats coming up when planning stuff. If theyve got hols already booked then thats fine by me.

I was thinking of sending them out with christmas cards to save on postage costs, but didnt know whether 9 months was too early. Knowing people send them sooner than that makes me feel better!!

I dont think theyre tacky or chavvy at all. Admittedly i wouldnt have the fridge magnets as they cost extra and i dont think my guests want my wedding rubbed in their faces for how many years to come. But simple, elegant cards however are cheap (vistaprint) and look great!

I could tell people by word of mouth but 1) id forget who ive told 2) Im a bit lazy and 3) buying save the dates makes it fun

srlgh

We sent Save the date cards as soon as we booked the venue as the wedding is mid-week (Thursday) and in the Easter Holidays and also a number of my fiance's family going to Spring Harvest things which are usually over the Easter Holidays (they run over a few different dates so they are still going, just not the date of our wedding)

We only sent them to people for the day, and it also helped as the minimum number for the venue where we can do pay per person, was 60 and if a large number ended up not be able to come then we would have to spend an extra £1000 (or say we still had 60 people and have spare meals and spaces... odd that if we said we had 59 guests it would be costing us £1000 extra)

Probably wouldn't have been essential to send save the date cards if we had been getting married on a saturday outside of school holidays but it's much better to be safe and advise people.

We just sent out postcards (printed from moo cards) so people could put them in a safe place/on their calendar and chuck them etc whatever they wanted to do. Magnets are ok but not many people have magnetic fridges now, ie they have their fridge built into the kitchen with a woodern door etc.