What postage did you use for your invites?

Question

$0.41?

I am trying to estimate without having to go to the post office and weigh this:
- Outer envelope
- Inner envelope
- Invitation
- Reception card
- Directions card
- Response card
- Response card envelope

This is pretty standard for weddings, so I am wondering what everyone else used. Should I order $0.58 to be on the safe side?

(I am ordering custom stamps with our names and date)

Answer 1

Trust me, take your invitation completely put together to the post office and have it weighed. Have them weigh it twice if you need to. But they need to get it perfectly correct.

I took my invitation in, had it weighed bought the stamps, did all of them, took them to drop off. . . Well guess what?! Suddenly somehow ink must weigh something, because they said the postage wasn't enough and needed more.

Now I couldn't add some tacky .06 stamp onto the invitation. So I had to buy the Love stamp that matched and do them all over again so that they matched, which doubled the postage costs.

So it's worth the run to the post office.

Yes, Bridezilla lived here once, she moved out when 'Aww Screw it' moved in. I don't miss her much but I think she kept a better house.

Answer 2

You can't go by what everyone else used unless you invite is the exact same as theirs. What pound paper did you use? Is there ribbons? Extra layers? What shape is it? Sending square invitations costs more than a regular shaped envelope. How many are there? Our post office gives a small discount for volume mailings over like 150.

Take 10 minutes out of your day, go into the post office with an invite and they will weigh it exactly and let you know how much it will cost.

On that note, I would skip the custom stamps. Look at your mail honey. Every piece of mail gets that huge ugly black register stamp and it will ruin, if not completely cover up, your custom stamps. Besides, invites are sent out weeks before and by the time the wedding rolls around nobody will even remember you had the custom stamps. Save yourself the money or take that cash and use it to upgrade the invites themselves or the reception/ceremony.

Answer 3

I would use the 58 cent ones. My stepsister just had her wedding and she tried to use the cheaper ones. About 3/4 of the invitations were returned due to insufficient postage. Its just not worth the hassle trying to save a few dollars. (She also had all of the same things inside the envelope, but no directions card)

Answer 4

i've got in no way gotten a marriage invitation with return postage earlier. I in no way concept it became a huge deal. that's .fifty two cents in Canada, not gonna injury the financial organization. What if the guy does not bypass? Then it quite is a waste of money, stamps and time for the bride.

Answer 5

Whatever it weighed - I don't remember if it was more than normal, and we had the same setup as you.
Just take a set, put together, to the post office, and they will weigh it for you to see if it needs more than regular postage. Sometimes it isn't weight, either, it depends on if your outer envelope is standard size or not.

Answer 6

Definitely 0.58 but I would weigh them and double check. You don't want to not have enough postage. The invite should get the 0.58 but the response card can get away with a regular 41c.

Answer 7

Save yourself A LOT OF TROUBLE... put together a whole invite and bring it to the post office...they'll weigh it and tell you...they wouldn't even SELL ME stamps without my invite because she was afraid it would be too heavy.

It's just saving you effort in the long run, if you take the time to head to the Post Office first.

Answer 8

It's based on the weight, but I am pretty sure that one stamp is sufficient because though you have a lot going into the outter envelope it's all fairly light, so 41 cents should be enough, but if you would feel more comfortable going with a higher stamp rate then that's ok too!

Answer 9

Postage is based on weight, but sometimes it's also based on the size of the envelope. Put one together and take it to the post office, it's not that hard to do.

Answer 10

I recently sent out my invitations and the post office had us buy the $1.00 stamps! I would first go to the post office with one of your completed invitations and ask them. It not only depends on the weight, but the size.....some of them, due to shape, they cannot "cancel" them by machine and have to "hand cancel' them. For my reply cards, we just got the standard .41 stamps. Best wishes!