Adding Directions In Wedding Invitations
Wedding are very important events in people’s lives and everyone should enjoy it, and while most people do, lost guests usually do not have the chance to be very happy about it. Think about it. Have you ever heard someone tell a story about how they could not make it to a wedding exactly because they got lost on their way? Or maybe it happened to you once or twice. Either way, you probably know about how people get lost on their way it the wedding location because the bride and the groom did not think about writing directions in the wedding invitations.
Adding Directions In Wedding Invitations (Source: wedding-maps.com)
Therefore, if you want all your guests to show up at your wedding, make sure you write the directions on the invitations. The thing is that this rule applies only of the place you are holding your wedding ceremony or wedding party at is somewhere where nobody knows about it. Otherwise, if the wedding takes place somewhere very popular; people surely know how to get there.
If there’s the case of an unpopular place, make sure you follow these simple steps into making sure that all the people you invited to the wedding are going to be there. First of all, you need to write down all the stops that you want to provide your directions to, because guests usually come all over the place and that is the main reason for which you would want to start making the map starting from a major freeway that is closest to the place you are having your wedding at.
Secondly, you will want to also add pictures to your map and that is also quite an easy thing to accomplish. All you need to make sure is that your directions are correct and they are easy to read, otherwise your guests will continue to have difficulties finding the place of your wedding and you do not want that now, do you?
Adding Directions In Wedding Invitations (Source: invitationsbyajalon.com)
Making up maps and adding them to the wedding invitations is quite a recently thing, but it is very helpful, especially for the guests that are not from around the place. These maps help the guests come to your wedding and they are the ones to assure that everybody’s going to be there. All you need to do is make sure the maps are accurate and you can check them online if you are not sure, just to be safe.
How Soon Do I Send Wedding Invitations
Many brides are tempted to send the invitation for their wedding as soon as the date of the event is set. The common etiquette and sense ‘say’ that you need to send the invitations closer to the date of the event in case the wedding will be canceled or the date suffers modifications.
Here are some pointers on how soon you should send the invitation of your wedding.
How Soon Do I Send Wedding Invitations (Source: justforinvites.com)
The first thing you need to do is to begin writing the wedding invitations. Before you start writing your wedding invitations, you should check and see if the wedding guest list is completed and if it needs some modifications. Once that is settled, start writing your wedding invitation, about four months before the wedding. Five or six months before the wedding, you should start ordering and buying things that you will need for your wedding invitations. Do not think that you can write all your wedding invitations in a week. You will stress out and make yourself and the ones that help you miserable. Avoid that and start early.
If you want to send as soon as possible the wedding invitations, you should consider sending them eight weeks before the event. This is the perfect time to send the wedding invitations, especially If there are many guests that are out of town. This will offer the guests plenty of time to make the travel and hotel arrangements. In addition, there will be plenty of time for your guests to get ready and buy the necessary things for the event without breaking the bank.
How Soon Do I Send Wedding Invitations (Source: studio-alidor.ro)
Six weeks before the wedding, at the latest, you should send the wedding invitations. This is perfect if the entire guests are from the same town as you and they do not need to make travel and others arrangements. In addition, six weeks are perfect for the guests to send the RSVPs. This also will give you plenty of time to speak with your caterer and to plan the seating chart.
If you have friends and family members that are busy with their lives o do not have the money, you can send them a “Save the Date” cards. These “Save the Date” cards are little notes that announce the wedding day so that people can plan better. Also, these “Save the Date” cards are perfect if the wedding is taking place in the busy summer season, around holiday or if the wedding is taking place out of town. You can send these cards four months before the wedding. You can also email the cards.
These are some rules or pointers that you should follow when you are thinking, when to send the wedding invitations to your guests.
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