Postage Tips For Your Wedding Invitation

 

The biggest task with respect to the wedding invitations is to send them out through the mail to the respective wedding guests. There are many things to do before sending out the invitations. First thing is to make a budget for envelopes, stamps and other stuff. On an average, around 2-5% of your entire wedding budget is spent on your wedding invitations, including printing and postage costs.

Nowadays many couples prefer technology to save money and time by sending electronic wedding invitation but, sending postal wedding invitations is still the elegant way to ask guests to come to your wedding. A wedding invitation should be saved as a memory and hence, sending wedding invitations through the post is a great idea and it also increases your chances of getting positive replies from your guests.

Wedding invitations are important as they’re the first impression that your guests receive. For this reason, below are a few helpful tips to keep in mind when preparing to mail your invitations.

Assemble The Invitations 

 

Before the wedding cards are sent to the postage house, they need to be assembled first. There’s a certain order for assembling the components of your wedding invitation. You need to assemble stuff and address each card properly. Some of the steps that you would have to take for assembling these cards are as follows:

● The main invite should be placed right at the bottom, and then all the other miscellaneous cards should be placed on top of it in the order of their decreasing size.

● Place the RSVP card inside the reply envelope.

● Arrange every card in the inner envelope by facing text outward—that’s the way guests can read the invitation as they take it out.

● The inner envelope should then place in the outer envelope which is then sealed, and the name of the wedding guests and address have to be written on the outer envelope.

Stamp The RSVP Envelopes

 

RSVP card should be placed into reply envelope with proper stamps. It is very rude if you make your guests to pay for the postage of RSVP for your event.

It will be easy for them to reply by pre-stamping the RSVP envelope. It shows your generous and caring gesture which makes you an excellent host.

Weigh A Complete Invitation 

Before mailing your wedding invitations, first weigh a fully assembled envelope containing all cards, inner envelopes. By checking the weight of outer envelope, you can know exactly how many stamps you'll need.

Measure your envelopes and check how much a complete invitation weighs before you send them out. It will be an embarrassment if your guests have to pay fine and extra postage to receive your wedding invitation.

Time To Visit The Post Office

Do not drop your wedding invitations in the corner mailbox near to your home. Automated postage machines will process the high cards and have chances of getting bent, torn or can get dirty.

The right time to post your wedding invitations depends upon the date of your wedding. Generally, it is a good option if you post your invitations eight weeks before the wedding day. If your guests are from out of town guests, or from other countries, make sure you should post them to save the date card and plenty of information about accommodation, the local areas from around six to eight months before the wedding. Later you can send them their official invitation when you send invitations to everybody else.

Get Your Invitations Hand Processed 

 

The machines at the post offices do processing of envelopes of certain shapes, sizes and weights only. If your wedding invite is heavy or bigger, then the machine would not be able to process it. Hence, it is always better to get your wedding invitations, hand prepared, you have to pay a little extra for this service, but it is the best option as it will guarantee that your mail will process without bending or spoiling envelopes. Don’t forget to put a return address on the back of the invitations to prevent the invitation gets lost while during the post.

Put a Stamp on It

 

Stamps are very important wedding stationery, it is a very small thing but can throw a great impact. Customizing a stamp for your wedding envelope is a great way to personalize it according to your preference and interest, it is the first step you can represent a glance of your wedding theme to your guests.

You can find lots of cool stamps to match your invitations suite color palette, or even represent the theme or destination of your wedding like a desert, garden, roses, lighthouses, falls, mountains, your favorite pets, etc. 

Your outer envelope is just like your living room, and the stamps as your gallery wall. To give an attractive look, you can pair a few stamps together like a collage. You can customize your stamps according to your budget saved for posting the invitations. Custom postage stamps add that additional special touch to your invitations. You can also select a design that matches your wedding theme, personalize the stamp with a photo of the bride and groom or an image that is representative of your wedding.

Mail the Invitations

 

Now your wedding invitations are fully complete and ready to send through the mail. It takes time for these invitations to reach their destination and therefore, you should always send out the invites at least 6 to 8 weeks before the wedding date. It will also give the time for your guest to send the reply message.

You should also send the online wedding invitation to your guests especially who do not live in the same town. It will save the time, and you will be assured.