Wedding Invitations Make Your Own

Question: Mail the local wedding invitations or give them directly?

(Posted by: on 2012-02-02 15:35:31)

50 % of our guests live locally and the other 50 % will have to travel. I'm meeting up with a friend for lunch tomorrow. Should I give her, her wedding invitation when we meet or should I be mail it to her? The same goes for the others who live locally. Mail or give directly? Thanks! I would never drive all over the city hand delivering our wedding invitations lol When I wrote hand deliver, I just meant when I have lunch plans with friends that we are inviting and that I'm already going to be meeting up with anyways over the traditional mailing. I have chosen to give directly to our family and wedding party and to mail to our guests. Thanks all! :)

Posted by: sme168 on 2012-02-02, 16:59:28

If you can easily hand them out, then yes. At one point, this was the fashion of how formal invitations were delivered. Others have good points about spending the gas vs the cost of a stamp, so keep that in mind. UPDATE: Then by all means, hand deliver the ones you can. As I said, this used to be the fashion of how formal invites were delivered. Just as it used to be people were to hand write their RSVPs....I know things have changed, but I don't think it is considered 'cheap' of you to give them in person.

Posted by: Common Sense on 2012-02-02, 15:40:01

Let me ask you this---If it were Christmas time, would you hand deliver all of your Christmas Cards? Probably not, eh? So, NO, do not cheese out and hand deliver your wedding invitations. My goodness, by the time you drive around delivering them, you would have spent more money in gas than you would in postage. And, what if the person is not home, would you just leave it between their doors? If you put it in the mailbox, the mail man may just pick it up, thinking it needs to be mailed. I once put a check in an envelope for my oil man and the mail man took it out of my mailbox thinking it needed to be mailed. Send the invites, otherwise you will look like a cheep skate.

Posted by: amber on 2012-02-02, 15:40:55

Wedding are expensive at the best of times, postage is expensive so there is no harm in you putting them through their letter boxes, and you will know that they have actually got them.

Posted by: ♥ ♥ on 2012-02-02, 15:51:25

I mailed out some of my save-the-date cards to all the people who lived far. The people whom lived locally, I hand delivered them the card! I had two family parties to attend so I gave them their save-the-date cards. I saved so much money on stamps!! I don't regret my decision to hand deliver some of the save-the-date cards. If you are going to see some of these people soon then hand deliver them your wedding invite! There is nothing wrong with saving money on stamps!! My brother-in-law to be thought I was doing the smart thing by hand delivering him his save-the-date. If you can do that option it will save you so much money that could be used elsewhere for the wedding. Congrats on getting married!!

Posted by: Jessica on 2012-02-02, 16:15:03

I say mail them all, it's more formal when you mail them. Just my opinion :)

Posted by: fairypelican on 2012-02-02, 16:22:08

For your local invitations - hand deliver them if you are already going to visit the person, as it would be false economy for you to drive out of your way to do so. It could cost more in fuel than postage would.

Posted by: Kelly on 2012-02-02, 22:35:30

A wedding is a formal/ semi-formal event for the most part. You should mail all of them regardless of where they live. Getting a hand delivered a wedding invite can be awkward for the recipient. What if they hadn't planned to attend or had other plans? They may feel almost obligated to attend at that point if they are hand delivered. My wedding party and my immediate family (who was mostly also my wedding party) I handed them theirs. My husband however, mailed all of his.

Posted by: R on 2012-02-03, 06:58:06

It would be somewhat convenient to hand deliver if you are already seeing them, but it will make it seem much less formal. To give you an idea, I did calligraphy on the invitations for my friend's wedding, and she asked I also address the one to myself. Then it came in the mail to me. See? That makes it formal.

Posted by: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥☮TheOne☮♥Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ on 2012-02-03, 17:10:12

You should always mail your invitations ☮ peace ☮