| Wedding save the date cards have become | | | | always making plans. Since your actual wedding |
| fashionable in recent years. Many modern couples are | | | | invitation will only go out 6 - 12 weeks before the big |
| choosing to send save the date announcements and | | | | day, your potential guests may have already made |
| their popularity continues to grow. But should you | | | | plans by the time they receive it. If they know in |
| consider sending save the date cards for your | | | | advance the date for your wedding, they won't |
| wedding? Here are the top seven reasons that save | | | | schedule anything else that day. |
| the date cards might be the right choice for you. | | | | 5. You're just so excited that you've set the date |
| 1. You're planning to invite a lot of guests from out | | | | that you can't keep the news to yourself. Save the |
| of town. If you have friends and loved ones spread | | | | date cards can double as engagement |
| out across the country or even the world, a save | | | | announcements, letting people know that you're |
| the date card gives them extra time to make travel | | | | engaged and have set the date for your wedding. |
| arrangements. By sending out save the date | | | | 6. You want to show off your fiance' to all your |
| announcements 6 - 12 months before the wedding, | | | | friends and relatives who have never met him. You |
| those far away guests will have the opportunity to | | | | can send photo save the date cards and everyone |
| book flights and hotels at a better rate. | | | | can see the love and happiness on your faces. In |
| 2. You're having a destination wedding. There is a | | | | fact, the latest trend in photo cards is to include |
| growing trend to choose fun and exotic locales for a | | | | multiple photos on your save the dates, so you don't |
| wedding, such as Hawaii, the Caribbean or Las Vegas. | | | | have to settle on just one picture. |
| If you've decided on a destination wedding and are | | | | 7. They're fun! There are no rules and no etiquette, |
| hoping your invited guests will be able to come along, | | | | so your save the date cards can be unique and |
| it's a good idea to give them as much time as | | | | imaginative. They can reflect your personalities, |
| possible to plan. Sending save the date cards will give | | | | hobbies, time of year you plan to get married, |
| them the chance to schedule vacation time and | | | | wedding destination, bold colors or just about |
| make travel arrangements. | | | | anything you like. There are scratch-off save the |
| 3. You've set your wedding date around the holidays | | | | date cards and save the date magnets. It's your |
| or typical peak summer vacation time. If the date | | | | chance to grab everyone's attention. |
| you've selected is around Christmas, New Year's Eve, | | | | So with all these great reasons to send wedding |
| Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, even Columbus Day | | | | save the date cards, is there any reason you |
| weekend, your guests may make other plans unless | | | | shouldn't? Well, because save the date cards are an |
| you alert them well in advance with a save the date | | | | optional gesture, you don't have to send them if |
| card. Let people know your wedding date before | | | | your budget is extremely tight. This is not an |
| they make vacation plans, and you have a better | | | | absolutely necessary expense, if you're strapped for |
| chance they will attend. | | | | cash. No one will get mad at you or feel slighted if |
| 4. You're seriously hoping that most of the people | | | | you decide you can't afford to send them. |
| you invite to your wedding will attend. Even if your | | | | But for everyone else, save the date wedding cards |
| wedding will be in your hometown, with mostly local | | | | are a fun way to share your happy news. If you |
| people invited, on a day that shouldn't conflict with | | | | want to guarantee that your guests will mark their |
| holidays or vacations, save the date cards can help | | | | calendars and save the date for your wedding, |
| you achieve more positive RSVPs to your wedding | | | | nothing works as well as save the date cards. |
| invitation. People have increasingly busy lives and are | | | | |