when to send invites?

[Amaunet]

For all recent weddings (including ours) we got/sent a save the date email well in advance (months and months)...invites 8 weeks before - 8 weeks alone would not have been long enough for our O/S guests to save / plan / book .

Our wedding was in April - a busy wedding month so we wanted to make sure people knew when ours was. We have friends getting married in Sept and recieved the invite about a month ago and an email in January. Being UTD it was good to know what was coming up.

[Turkish Delight]

My friend has her wedding on the 25th of July 2009. So, in 39 days.

She is yet to make her invitations (to save money)!

No invitations have been sent yet!

[trini246]

lol i would be sooo stresssed by then if I didnt have them sent out!

Im also a uni student so i will be on a 4 week placement leading up to the wedding day so that will make it a little harder with all the essays, exams & placement i will be doing! but im still sooo excited

[organicem]

8 weeks if travel is not too far.
Would suggest you send save the date cards (or give them a call or email) to all those a distance away from you now and then invites later with more details.