Modern Wedding Invitations Fun

Spreading the Word

Yours is no ordinary wedding. Your guests won’t be arriving locally to attend a church wedding and reception nearby. Instead, they’ll have to make travel arrangements. Because of this, you can’t let them know at the last minute. While proper etiquette dictates invitations aren’t sent out too far in advance, you’re going to have to allow enough time for your guests to plan. You can do this by sending a “save the date” as far in advance as possible. A year or more before the wedding is perfect. Two months before the wedding, you can send out the proper destination wedding invitations.

What to Say on a Destination Wedding Invitation

Your guest should already know the details of your wedding, so a destination wedding invitation should come as no surprise. The wording for destination wedding invitations should be no different than those from couples who are getting married locally. The only difference is the address – and you want to be sure to list the full address. This includes the city and the state or country.

Accommodations

If you’ve blocked out a number of hotel rooms or made special dinner reservations, you’ll need to include this information with the destination wedding invitation. If arrangements have been made for discount lodging or other special amenities, this too must be mentioned. Everything your guests should know should be printed on a separate piece of stationery and included in the same envelope as the destination wedding invitations.

Unless you’re paying for all accommodations, you should include toll free numbers for all area hotels as well as restaurants and sight seeing information.

Dress

If the wedding will be informal or the bride will be wearing a beach wedding dress this information will have to be included as well. Your guests will want to dress appropriately. That includes not wearing a formal dress and satin pumps when they have the sand and surf to contend with.

RSVP

You’ll probably want to give your guests more time to respond than you would if your wedding was to be held locally. Once a destination wedding invitation is received, there are a lot of plans to make. For instance, your guests will need to be sure they can take the time off work, arrangements will need to made for children and pets, mail will have to be stopped, and more. Of course if your guests received a “save the date” card months earlier, this may not be the case. Still, you want to be considerate and allow your guests enough time to make a decision.

Whether you are planning to have a seashore themed wedding or are just getting married in the summertime, beach style wedding invitations can present your event with a cool, relaxing vibe.

If you are getting married in the summer or are having an island destination wedding, have you considered sending beach wedding invitations to emphasize your tropical ambience? Now before you go all crazy with visions of gaudy palm trees and coconuts or colorful Bob Marley portraits plastered all over your invitations, hear me out. You don’t have to send invitations that display an artistic tribute to Jimmy Buffet (unless you or your spouse are a die-hard fan and have your heart set on this), but choosing an invitation with sweet nautical elements or images that have subtle hints of the beach on it can really help amp up your wedding day theme.

Still, if you want an invite that is overtly beach themed, you can find designs with palm trees, flip-flops, and sunscreen that do not look like silly pool party invitations. The Trendy Tropical design is a soft, picturesque painting of a tropical beach– complete with palm trees – and is very pretty without looking too busy. The Tropical Paradise design is an actual photo of beautifully clear tropical water with a lush green landscape in the background. It is a simple yet undeniably beach themed wedding invite with loads of style.

Here is the Summer Love design which is a sweet picture of a heart drawn into the sand with a designated place for your customizable text underneath. It’s minimalistic and very graceful looking—perfect for a bride who wants a beach style invite without all of the fuss. Many of these designs can be ordered with matching reception and response cards, and even with matching stamps for that extra special touch. Remember you can always choose simple baby blue invites or invites with a combination of “beachy” colors, such as shades of cool blues, pinks, and tans to accentuate your wedding’s color scheme. Pick something that suits your décor, theme, or personal style, and you can’t go wrong.