Destination Wedding Invitations

Here’s a little bit of etiquette advice for you…

So, you’ve decided on a location for your wedding – congrats! And you’ve decided on a destination wedding to get away from it all – so much fun! You’re guests are sure to enjoy themselves at fabulous destination, but to ensure you’re convenience for your guests it is best to keep a few things in mind. Lifestyle expert, Colin Cowie, shares a few of his suggestions when it comes to invitations and destination weddings:

Timetable: It used to be standard to mail out your invitations six weeks before your wedding. However, that will not be enough notice if your guests need to make significant travel arrangements. It is best to send Save The Dates up to six months in advance and the invitation itself at least eight to 12 weeks before the event.

Confirmation Package: Once you receive a positive RSVP for a destination wedding, send out a confirmation package with important travel information including logistics, accommodations, attire and activities.

Create a Welcome Packet: Every guest room for your attendees should have a packet of information that is very similar to the confirmation package that will inform your guests about the locale, events and other activities and anything else your guests might find useful. LVL Events suggests you visit the town or city’s convention and visitors bureau online to find out all sorts of useful information. And don’t expect your guests to have brought their confirmation packets so be ready to supply backups!

Good Night Wishes: For an added touch, have the stay place a preprinted or prewritten card on your guests’ pillows. When booking room nights with the hotel, you can have have added turndown service to do this. Get creative with your cards by using poetry, a saying or even just a heartfelt thank you for their attendance. This is especially important if your guests have travel a great distance and at a great expense.

Give Thanks: We know that being the fabulous bride you are you will undoubtedly send out thank you notes to your guests. So when designing and ordering your invitations, you might as well throw in a set of matching thank you cards in the same theme as your packets.

Looking for a local Southern California company that will help you with your destination wedding invitations? Here are a few we recommend:

Artiface in Costa Mesa, Calif. is owned by KristyMcTaggart. Artiface strives to create unique and fabulous designs in the world of paper and art. They can create invitations and stationery for any type of event you will have.

Prim and Pixie in Valencia, Calif. is comprised of two sisters that formed their design studio after searching for invitations while planning their individual weddings. The results are stunning!

Design by Lenila in Fallbrook, Calif. uses organic materials from around the world to create a unique and exotic invitations for the bride that wants to send an extra special touch to her guest.