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Save The Dates - Need to Have or Nice to Have?

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Lynnie, on August 20, 2019 at 12:04 PM

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While sending out save the dates has become pretty standard, you can't forget it's still an additional cost! What's your stance on save the dates? Do your guests really need that much advance notice? Need to Have or Nice to Have? 💌 Photo from 7th & Anderson in Laurel, MT Next Question: Welcome...

While sending out save the dates has become pretty standard, you can't forget it's still an additional cost! What's your stance on save the dates? Do your guests really need that much advance notice?

Need to Have or Nice to Have? 💌

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VIP October 2020
Taylor · on August 20, 2019 at 2:45 PM
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Need to have. With this new day and age being filled with busy schedules, I definitely think it’s a necessity if you want a good turn out at your event. Most people need more than 6-8 weeks notice.
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Beginner August 2020
Denise · on August 20, 2019 at 2:48 PM
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A need.... we have a big family and lots of them will have to travel
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Super August 2019
SraDeCarrillo · on August 20, 2019 at 3:00 PM
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Nice to have. Most of my family has a 3 hour drive for our wedding so we did a digital save the date as a heads up and avoided buying and mailing traditional save the dates.
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Super September 2019
H · on August 20, 2019 at 3:09 PM
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Nice to have, especially if it's a destination wedding.
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Super August 2019
Stephanie · on August 20, 2019 at 3:13 PM
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I think they’re a nice to have. We did them, because most of our guests list works shift work and I wanted them to have advance notice to request the date off, and the other half were coming from out of town!
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Nemo · on August 20, 2019 at 3:13 PM
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Nice to have unless it is a destination wedding, a week day wedding, or on a holiday weekend. We skipped them and don't regret it at all.
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Diana · on August 20, 2019 at 3:17 PM
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For me personally, it was not something I needed to do. We wrote a few handwritten letters to some of our older guests, but a facebook event was Save The Date enough. We will have gorgeous invitations to send out closer to the date, and now we only have to send things to the people we are fairly certain will be coming.
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Dedicated June 2020
Brittanie · on August 20, 2019 at 3:20 PM
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Need to have, because I think there a nice touch but I also know my guests and I know they definitely need the reminder lol
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Eyonna · on August 20, 2019 at 3:28 PM
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Need to have. People have busy schedules; nothing wrong with advance notice for planning and its a nice gesture. We are skipping an engagement announcement as the save the date is more informational before the formal invitation is sent out.
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Devoted September 2020
Anna · on August 20, 2019 at 3:31 PM
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Need if you are having guests travel from out of town, having your wedding on a holiday weekend, or share a date with another couple
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Devoted January 2020
Laura · on August 20, 2019 at 3:38 PM
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Nice to have for sure! We skipped it.
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Dedicated July 2020
Elizabeth · on August 20, 2019 at 4:03 PM
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It’s a need to have, if you have out of town guests. We may be more informational on them to take the place of actual invite or just send them both together.
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Erin · on August 20, 2019 at 4:28 PM
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Need to have. Most of our guests are coming from out of town, so we have to give them plenty of heads up for time off requests, and booking flights, and hotel rooms.
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Maggie · on August 20, 2019 at 4:51 PM
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Nice to have, but my FMIL thought they were a need to have so we did them to stop the nagging
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Super October 2019
Kellie Martinez · on August 20, 2019 at 4:53 PM
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Nice to have unless it's a destination wedding. that is a need to have!
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Super April 2020
Emily · on August 20, 2019 at 4:57 PM
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Need to have for us since we’ll be having a lot of out of town guests.
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Expert May 2020
Erin · on August 20, 2019 at 5:13 PM
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This is just nice to have for us. Not really necessary as maybe one of our guests are from out of town. We plan on sending out invitations a little early.
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Desiree · on August 20, 2019 at 6:23 PM
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I think it depends on the notice you are giving the guests. For me, we're cutting them out because the wedding was only 7 months away when we set the date/venue. So that's just like sending out 2 invites... Not necessary. But had we gone with a different date that was 1-2 years out, I'd absolute send out save the dates. Just wasn't needed for us.
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Super September 2019
Paula · on August 20, 2019 at 6:30 PM
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Nice to have if you have family that will be traveling
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Expert September 2019
Laura · on August 20, 2019 at 7:27 PM
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Need to have. Most of my FH's family are coming from out of town.
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