Has anybody gotten one of these? I have gotten two of these just recently from people we know that are getting married. Is this something new? They have the date of the wedding and the contact info for hotels that have reserve rooms for the people attending the wedding.

By Insaneusmcwife on Monday, February 2, 2004 - 11:30 pm:

I have never gotten one but I think its kind of cool. I like to know things way in advance. Although when you are in the military it doesn't always help. I bet this makes for a better attendance, allowing a longer time to budget for the event.

By Ginny~moderator on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 05:49 am:

I got one recently (by email) from the daughter of a long time friend. Not sure how I feel about it, but I guess it makes sense.

By Yjja123 on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 06:48 am:

Save the date is now pretty common. I used this when we renewed our wedding vows 6 years ago. It allows you to tell people of an occasion months before they receive their invitation. I think it is a great idea--particularly for people who live out of state and will need to request vacation time, make flight arrangements, etc. This gives them the time to plan and possibly get a better travel deal.

By Kaye on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 08:23 am:

We have gotten two of these recently. I think it is nice. I don't think I would have used them though, we had kind of a low key thing. I do tend to put them with the spendy type weddings!

By Mommyduncan on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 08:58 am:

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess it would have to depend on who the couple was that was getting married. If it was people that I was close to, then I might appreciate the heads up. But more than like if that was the case, I would be told without needing a pre-invitation. If it was a couple that we weren't really all the close to, then I would probably think it was just away to get more gifts. Sorry, that's the way my mind thinks, even though it's probably not the intentions of the couple.

By Melanie on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 09:51 am:

My BIL and his bride intended on sending these. Their wedding was going to be held in St. Croix which meant anyone intending to go would have to fly in and make arrangements for a hotel or to rent a house. It definitely was not intended to get more gifts. It was a courtesy to the guests so they could make their arrangements early. I thought it was a good idea.

By Mommmie on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 10:17 am:

I've gotten two of them, but they weren't for weddings, they were for fund-raiser/silent auction things, one for my son's school and one for my son's camp.

By Mommyathome on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 10:45 am:

I think it's a good idea. Especially for traveling guests. Usually you just end up with an invitation 10 days in advance and scramble to get things set up. This way, you can plan on it and it will be a lot less stressful for everyone involved

By Cheerio on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 01:27 pm:

My brother is getting married this summer in CA and he sent them out a month ago. About 90% of the guests will need to travel from out of town and we're talking most of them coming from the east coast! In lieu of trying to contact everyone personally, they sent the postcards out with a few hotel phone numbers and a link to their wedding website on theweddingchannel.com. I think it is now the new thing to do. I had a lot of people travel from out of town for my wedding seven years ago and I had to include a little card with my invitations for hotel info. I had put room blocks in place based on an estimate of the number of people I thought would make the trip. This method seems much easier and gives everyone the much needed advanced notice to make travel plans.

By Mommyof4 on Tuesday, February 3, 2004 - 04:59 pm:

I guess I could see using it for family and friends that would need to travel to attend.

By Bea on Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 12:43 am:

Since we don't live in the same city as many of our family members, we appreciate a notice like this. It allows us to hold the entire weekend open, since we need to travel, and stay with another family member when we attend weddings there.