critical, especially choosing and creating the right wedding
invitations. Invitations not only reflect the couple's personal
style but also inform your guests of the upcoming event setting
the tone and theme of your wedding. For example, if your
destination wedding is on a beautiful tropical island you want
to set your sights on a beach theme invitation. Your wedding
invitations, save the date cards and thank you notes can be as
elaborate as you want to the most simple of invitations.
Your invitation specialist can help you decide on the right
invitation, keeping with your style and theme, as well as what
wording on your invitations is appropriate and looks the best.
The invitations should contain the basics such as who is hosting
the wedding, date, time, place and the names of the bride and
groom.
Begin your quest for the right invitation as soon as you secure
a wedding site. Invitations take up to three months to design
and print so give yourself six months to order them. You want
your invitations as soon as possible so that you can send them
out ten to twelve weeks prior to the wedding instead of the
usual six to eight weeks, giving your guest enough time to make
plans. Ask for RSVP's no later than six weeks before the wedding
date. Based on the save the date cards you should have a good
idea how many people will be attending. The save the date cards
can go out as soon as you decide on a date and destination.
These cards are exactly what they say they are, cards to simply
give your must be there guest, family and close friends, time to
work on making arrangements. Save the date cards should go out
about eight months prior, if not sooner, to the date. Do not
send cards out any time before a year. You want to include the
date and place as well as hotel and flight information, specific
information about the destination such as weather, currency
used, etc. and dress code.
A lot have couples have opted for emailing save the date
announcements. The advantage to this is that it can save you
time and money while putting a new and different twist on your
announcements. However this form of communication also has its
disadvantages. You will have to take into consideration that
there are those guest who do not have computers, are elderly or
not computer savvy. Therefore a limited number of cards may need
to be sent to these individuals. Make sure you look of over your
list and assess whether or not emailing your announcements would
work for you.
An invitation can be as simple or as elaborate as you would
like them to be. Talk with your wedding invitation specialist
and let them know the theme of your wedding and let them help
you find the perfect announcement.
About The Author: Yasmin Shikina created weddingsafar to help
brides plan their destination weddings easily. Having
experienced the stress of planning her own destination wedding,
Yasmin wants to share everything she learned, including all her
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