Are Thank You Notes Important?
On my wedding day, I didn't send thank you notes to those who had attended my wedding. On my son's 1st birthday party, I didn't send thank you notes either. After some years, I was invited in a friend's wedding party. I did attend the party. And after 2 weeks, I got a thank you note from the mail man. It's a customized note saying how happy they (the newly wed couple) are, that I had attended their wedding celebration.
I felt happy that the couple remembered me. Let's face it. Thank you notes are not really necessary. It adds up to the task of getting the guest's address. But your friends would really be happy that you actually did an effort of sending a thank you note to them.
If you intend to send thank you notes, make sure you would have a guest book(s) to make your guest sign in their name, contact number and address. It would be better if you would have more than 2 guest books (depending on how many families you had invited). The more guest books, the less time it would take for all your guests to sign in, and the more you are sure that all guests were able to sign in. You would need some people to help you of course. The best people that can help you with assisting the guests on signing in the guest book are those secondary sponsors (the maid of honor, bridesmaid,candle sponsor, veil sponsor, cord sponsor)... if you're having your wedding party. But for birthdays, your close friends, family members or relatives can help you with the guest book sign in.
The perfect time to start making your guests sign in is when all or almost all your guests has arrived. It would be before the start of the event. There would be late comers for sure. You can make them sign in on your party reception area (if you have any).
Making your guest sign in when they arrive at the party is not a really good idea. Signing in would need them to write their name, contact number and address. In that case, your guests would need to line up and wait for their turn to sign in, so they can enter the party area. It would just clutter the reception area. In the end, your guests would choose not to sign in.
When your guests writes their info, there would be some of them who would only put their contact number, or some would only put their address. To the guests who didn't provide their address, and you yourself didn't know their address, you can just send them a thank you message to their mobile number.
Sending Thank You Notes would really make your guests happy, and would make them think that you really had prepared the party from top to bottom.
I felt happy that the couple remembered me. Let's face it. Thank you notes are not really necessary. It adds up to the task of getting the guest's address. But your friends would really be happy that you actually did an effort of sending a thank you note to them.
If you intend to send thank you notes, make sure you would have a guest book(s) to make your guest sign in their name, contact number and address. It would be better if you would have more than 2 guest books (depending on how many families you had invited). The more guest books, the less time it would take for all your guests to sign in, and the more you are sure that all guests were able to sign in. You would need some people to help you of course. The best people that can help you with assisting the guests on signing in the guest book are those secondary sponsors (the maid of honor, bridesmaid,candle sponsor, veil sponsor, cord sponsor)... if you're having your wedding party. But for birthdays, your close friends, family members or relatives can help you with the guest book sign in.
The perfect time to start making your guests sign in is when all or almost all your guests has arrived. It would be before the start of the event. There would be late comers for sure. You can make them sign in on your party reception area (if you have any).
Making your guest sign in when they arrive at the party is not a really good idea. Signing in would need them to write their name, contact number and address. In that case, your guests would need to line up and wait for their turn to sign in, so they can enter the party area. It would just clutter the reception area. In the end, your guests would choose not to sign in.
When your guests writes their info, there would be some of them who would only put their contact number, or some would only put their address. To the guests who didn't provide their address, and you yourself didn't know their address, you can just send them a thank you message to their mobile number.
Sending Thank You Notes would really make your guests happy, and would make them think that you really had prepared the party from top to bottom.
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