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| | | According to The Knot, a couple should send Save the Date Cards six months before a wedding. Printed postcards, magnets and traditional folded cards are popular styles of Save the Dates, and all price examples below include personalized printing. | | |
| Typical costs: | - Not including invitations and reply cards, additional wedding stationery costs an average of $188, according to The Bridal Association of America.
- Printed postcard announcements typically range from $0.20 to $0.55 each.
- Save the Date magnets typically range from $0.30 to $1.60 each, with the lowest prices reserved for orders of 500 or more.
- Folded cards with envelopes may cost as little as $0.30 each or as much as $4 each, depending on the quantity ordered and quality of the card. A common price is $1 to $1.50 per personalized, printed card with envelope.
- Novelty cards cut into unique shapes typically cost $1.50 to $2.50 each, varying on the size of the order. Examples of novelty Save the Dates are paper airplanes, scratch-off cards or admission tickets.
What should be included: | - Customers should be able to personalize Save the Date text with the couple's names, wedding location and wedding date. A variety of themes are available and an online proof of the card should be available before purchase.
- Unless otherwise noted, folded cards should include an equal number of blank envelopes.
Additional costs: | - Basic shipping costs are anywhere from $5 to $14 per order, with overnight-shipping rates starting at $30.
- Each vendor may offer its own additional products or services, such as proofreading, matching labels or printed envelopes, for an additional cost. These products are not offered across the board, however, so choose a company that offers the most important add-ons. For example, Wedding Needs will proofread Save the Date text for $10.
- With an order from Wedding Paper Divas, extra envelopes are $0.20 each, in case of mistakes.
- Paper Style sells matching return address labels for $0.25 each and coordinating envelope seals for $0.37 each.
- My Gatsby will print mailing addresses on envelopes for $0.50 each.
Discounts: | - Free shipping may be available for orders over $100 or $150.
- Large orders of 100 to 250 or more typically cost less to print per item, saving the customer anywhere from $0.50 to $2 per card.
Shopping for save the date cards: | - For orders of 100 or more, 123 Print offers business-card-size magnets for $0.05 each. The company also offers low, everyday prices on folded cards (starting at $0.29) and postcards (starting at $0.20).
- Not everyone sends Save the Dates, but they are helpful for out-of-town guests making travel arrangements. Brides.com features instructions for do-it-yourself wedding announcements using a computer and basic scrapbooking supplies.
- Staples sells basic print-at-home cards with envelopes for $0.20 each.
- As an alternative to mailing announcements, The Wedding Channel offers free e-mail Save the Dates. The Knot offers a free wedding website you can personalize and send to your friends and family to announce the wedding date and location.
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Article updated February 2010 |
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| Amount: $5.00 |
The best deal out there!
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| Posted by: MarquiE11 in San Francisco, CA. | Purchased: June, 2010 |
| Number: 100 | Style: Photo Business sized |
| Company: 123Print |
| I spent a complete total of $10.00 including S&H for 100 save the date cards, I was not only able to personalize them in my own words but I was also able to place a photo of me and my fiance onto the cards. Honestly before I received the cards I thought they were gonna be ugly cheap little cards, cause they were $5.00. but when I finally got them OMG! I was shock at how nice they looked, they had a high gloss finish, very high quality. I am extremely satisfied with my decision to order my save the date cards from 123print.com, I'm now looking to buy the Invitations there as well. |
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| Amount: $160.00 |
Beat THIS!
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| Posted by: teilaweila in Hillsboro, OR. | Purchased: March, 2008 |
| Number: 400 | Style: high gloss marketing |
| For 400 save the dates, I paid only $160 including postage!!! Beat that!!! Thats only $.40 cents EACH with shipping and handling! Gotta love my moms real estate business and cheap marketing productions! lol. |
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