It’s a daunting task to plan a wedding, and it can be especially overwhelming when you realize all the details that need to be considered. We completely understand that pretty much everyone has a budget and that’s why we offer a huge range of options to work within most financial constraints. While it can be tempting to try to DIY your wedding paper, it’s generally not the best idea. Leave it to the professionals!
The last thing you want is to send out something with incorrect information or that does not accurately set the tone for the day. Designing the perfect destination save the dates is hugely important, as is figuring out all the details and specifics that go into it. In this article, we will show you all that goes into the process and explain why we’re the perfect fit for the job!
Getting the Timing Right
The last thing you want is for your wedding to be announced either too early or too late. If you send out your cards a month before the wedding, many people may already have their schedules booked and may not be able to attend. Conversely, sending them out 18 months in advance is far too long – while the wedding is the most important thing going on in your world, remember that your guests are certainly excited but also likely have a lot of other things happening in their lives.
The ideal timing to send a destination wedding save the date is six months to a year in advance. This is the most considerable and respectful option. In short, knowing the right time frame for your wedding is very important.
Provide The Right Information
When you use online templates, you can only fit so much information into a card. When you work with us, we can make whatever you want fit and work because we are graphic designers. We are not using drag and drop templates. You want to make sure that the information the guests are getting is the most important.
The Names of the Hosts
Giving credit where it’s due is important to maintaining relationships – the last thing you want is to upset someone with the wedding invitation. The hosts are more often than not more than just the bride and groom. The people bankrolling the event are hosts too, as they’re making the entire thing possible. Anyone that is majorly contributing to the funding of the wedding should be put down as a host in the card unless they have explicitly said that they don’t care or aren’t interested in being listed on the invitation.
Location
Typically the wedding save the date simply indicates the city where the wedding will take place, and the wedding invitation will later mention more specific details. One reason for that is that you do send the save the dates awhile before the wedding and some locations (for example, the welcome party) may not be confirmed yet.
Other Information
Sometimes, especially for a destination wedding save the date, we will include additional information to help the planning process. If you have hotel blocks reserved, we often will include that information on the back of the save the date. For international destinations, it can be helpful to put information such as passport requirements, typical timelines that should be followed to acquire a passport if the guest doesn’t have one, etc. A wedding website is also an excellent idea for almost every wedding because you can include more information there and also continually update it.
How We Make It Happen
You’ve gotten the timing down, you’ve included the right information in the right places, but how do you make sure that the guests actually get excited about the whole event? This is where our skills in wedding invitation card design really come into play. We make sure that everything we just talked about is presented in a visually pleasing way.
You have enough to deal with in planning your big day – you don’t need the stationery to be entirely on you too! Out of everything to outsource to a professional, the save the dates and invitations should be the first choice. You want your guests to receive the save the date and invitation in the mail and think, “I’m going dress shopping!”
Reach out today and we will work together to design the perfect save the date, impressing all your guests and leaving you free of worry about such a crucial time in your life.
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