Our planning session is Oct 31.
Originally, I had planned out sending out invitations this month, so that people could make any reservations at the end of Sept. - especially since we're getting married at peak season.
DF wanted to have menus in the invitations so that guests could pick their main course. We want to do a food tasting at our planning session, but still let our guests indicate which of maybe 2 or 3 entrees. What is the best way to do this? Has anyone on these boards done this with a DFTW?
I am concerned that if we put menus in our invitations, I will have to wait until Nov to send out the invitations, because we wouldn't know the menu until then. Our invitations are coming from India, so then they wouldn't end up going out until the end of Nov. That strikes me as late for a destination wedding. (We're not having an Indian themed wedding, we're getting them because they are scrolls, and they look Cinderella-ish.)
Also, I want to have a clear schedule of the transportation for the day, to give to the guests. Do brides usually put this in their invitation? I was thinking the best way to do this might be to have a day schedule to provide to everyone, maybe mail it out the week before. But then people could end up renting cars when they don't need them.
Finally, we want to have a dessert party. We were going to wait and see what our BEO came out to before deciding this, but are the locations first come, first serve? I don't want to sacrifice having the best venue. Which do you recommend? For invitations this also has an implication, because I want to indicate our on invitations that there is a dessert party....once again waiting for the BEO delays the invites.
Please make as many suggestions as you can.