Wedding HELLLPPP!!!!

missgroovy21

Hi guys, im stuck on 2 things for my wedding. (1) im getting married in March. Its midweek. When do I send out invites as its harder for people to get time off work for a midweek wedding. (2) Im looking for a hairstylist at the minute but christ they are expensive.....ive been charged so far 50-60 pp for an upstyle. Is there anyone out there who doesnt cost the earth? Ps Im in Dublin south area

December2012

Hairdresser cost seems about right.

You could send out save the date cards now and invitations in October.

Alternatively send invitations now and reminders with Christmas cards.

missgroovy21

50-60 is normal??? Wow ok!!! Kinda shocked but than you for your reply I appreaciate it!!!!!

tatli_lokma

Invitations in October?? :eek: that's 5 months before the wedding! A bit excessive I think. Save the date cards around November, then invitations in January sounds more like it to me

€50+ for an upstyle sounds a lot to me. Does that include a trial too? If not then just too much. You can find decent hairdressers for upstyles for around €30 per person.

missgroovy21

No didnt include trial. Ive emailed a few places ive liked and they are all in that price range. Oct seems a bit early I had thought early/mid dec now im thinking just after xmas or early jan. Its hard to know

seosamh1980

My friend sent out invites for a March wedding which half the guests would be travelling very far for in November, to give them time to plan and book. Another friend getting married in March sent them 6 weeks before on the button, but it was a very local wedding. Unless it's abroad October would be very early, could you send them just before Christmas with it being mid week?

I'm getting hair done for approx €40 per person.

missgroovy21

Yeah around christmas i think would be best. Now I just need to find a decent hairdresser at a decent price

blindside88

We're getting married midweek in September and gave people about 6 weeks notice. That should be plenty of time to get the couple of days off work

darkhorse

missgroovy21 wrote: »

Hi guys, im stuck on 2 things for my wedding. (1) im getting married in March. Its midweek. When do I send out invites as its harder for people to get time off work for a midweek wedding. (2) Im looking for a hairstylist at the minute but christ they are expensive.....ive been charged so far 50-60 pp for an upstyle. Is there anyone out there who doesnt cost the earth? Ps Im in Dublin south area

Well, you don't have to send any invitations out to us in the post, as you can do it through Boards.ie. I know, ingenious, but ya probably would have thought of it yourself. I guess I just saved ya a few bob there.:):)

missgroovy21

Ha!!!! Love it

Gatica

We send invites out around 8 weeks before the wedding, because it was a Friday. It's more common than mid-week, but still requires to get time off work.
We facebooked our friends to save the date and passed on the info to the aunts/uncles.

Think you're better off sending save the date emails/texts/cards nice and early so those invited know the date/day of the week and prepare to take time off if they can. Then when the invitations go out the only extra details in it are the time and the location.

January

We're having a New Years Eve wedding and are sending the invites out 8 weeks before the wedding.

pwurple

I don't see any reason to delay invites. As soon as we had a venue booked we sent invites. What's the wait for? Give people as much notice as possible.

Vojera

I got married at the end of March just gone and sent the invitations the first week in January. I was of the opinion that people get so many cards around Christmas that the invitations might get put in a pile and forgotten about, so waiting until after the new year was better.

Penny Dreadful

I got married on a Thursday and while I sent out the invitations 6 weeks before hand I did write a "save the date" note with the Christmas cards I sent out (we got married in June).
I got a haridresser to come to the house to do the respecitve "hairs" the morning of the wedding and she didn't cost a fortune at all. I think it was great value and brilliant that we didn't have to leave until it was wedding time!
PM me if you'd like her details.

ABajaninCork

I sent mine about eight weeks before to give people time to book flights and time off work. Most knew the date and venue anyway as I sent them info beforehand. But then I married here, and not in London.

I think sending them at Christmas is plenty of time. You can pop the invitation in with the cards and save on the postage!

hoodwinked

pwurple wrote: »

I don't see any reason to delay invites. As soon as we had a venue booked we sent invites. What's the wait for? Give people as much notice as possible.

ABajaninCork wrote: »

I sent mine about eight weeks before to give people time to book flights and time off work. Most knew the date and venue anyway as I sent them info beforehand. But then I married here, and not in London.

I think sending them at Christmas is plenty of time. You can pop the invitation in with the cards and save on the postage!

the problem i foresee with sending out the invitations too early would be people can't predict double bookings that far ahead, to minimise the disruption between the "i know i said i could go 6-7 months ago but eh im due my baby/have to go abroad for work....etc on that date" crowd,



6-8 weeks before for the actual invites with the RSVP cards is about right, before that a save the date, or just approach the people you know who work and let them know as some companies require a few months notice for days off,

we got married on a thursday, and this worked perfectly for us,

Gatica

I think that's only true if you expect RSVP replies right away. Giving early notice is a good idea, but leave the RSVP date to maybe last 3-4 weeks. I think it gives people enough notice and scope to change plans if needs be, at the same time you'll be able to chase family/friends that didn't get back to you by the date. At least we didn't have to give final numbers to the hotel until 3 days before the wedding.