The Hardest Part
Over Thanksgiving, we were standing around the kitchen of j.'s cousin house talking wedding with various members of his family. "How many rooms at the inn?" they wanted to know. Around 30. "How are you going to fit everyone?" they asked. We're not. "We get a spot, though, right?" Um, yes?
The deal with Newagen is we have to decide where everyone goes. We have to send Newagen a list with who exactly is staying in each room. When people call to make their reservation, Newagen checks out our list to see where they're going and how much to charge them. Which means, we have to know soon who's coming. I think. Is ten months out too early to send the invitations out? Even before the save-the-dates? I just don't know how to do this.
Which is why I will be consulting my wise mother when we're home for Christmas. Ideas welcome.
The deal with Newagen is we have to decide where everyone goes. We have to send Newagen a list with who exactly is staying in each room. When people call to make their reservation, Newagen checks out our list to see where they're going and how much to charge them. Which means, we have to know soon who's coming. I think. Is ten months out too early to send the invitations out? Even before the save-the-dates? I just don't know how to do this.
Which is why I will be consulting my wise mother when we're home for Christmas. Ideas welcome.
posted by hannah at 8:03 AM
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Alright, I have only done this once (gotten married), but Greg was really interested in all of the mailings that were issued to our guests. He blamed this obsession with paper on being a lawyer and having a fine appreciation for documents. A 2000 pager really gets his motor going, accordingly our wedding invitation should be a paper of the finest quality with the potential to be the longest lasting keepsake of our glorious day.
Ah well, at least all those invites that our guests finally removed from the side of their fridge to make room for xmas cards last winter will take their sweet time biodegrading in the depth of some landfill along the NY State Thruway.
Alright, here are my thoughts on the mailings. I believe that save the dates can be sent out at anytime. Of course it is good to indicate lodging options on this mailing, and perhaps those in the “inner-circle” who will be staying at the Inn could get a special insert with booking instructions. Invites: I think a safe time frame for getting these out is 5-3 months out from T=0. Especially with a destination wedding people like the extra time. As far as picking them: Of course you can’t go wrong with Crane, classic, timeless, elegant. May I introduce to you William Arthur…Mr. Crane’s cheaper yet just as classy little brother. One cool thing that we did for the response cards instead of the traditional, “check here if you want the bloody prime rib or here if you don’t” was this little card that people could write us a note back on. I love getting mail so that was really fun. Some people were afraid of something different and still drew in their own little boxes to check and number of guests attending lines…
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