Too early for invites?

[SkyBlue1987]

Wondering what the consensus is as to whether this week is too early to send out invites for a preschool party weekend of 23/24 Nov? We are heading away and if we don’t send them now we’ll send them when we get back which will be 4 weeks before party. Conscious that’s it’s a busy time of year for people!

4 weeks is plenty of notice. If you send them now you risk people forgetting about it nearer the time. Or people not RSVPing because there's plenty time to do it, and then never actually doing it.

Yeah, 4 weeks is plenty of notice. Now would be too early.

4 weeks is perfect, even 2-3 weeks is fine. I would absolutely lose than and forget before end of November.

Meh, I don't think it's early at all. In fact I've always done party invite 8-10 weeks in advance. The invites trickle in over the weeks as they're always in the kids bags and I always get a good turn out for DD.

We had one for the weekend of the 23rd this week. I prefer more notices as we have to arrange childcare for another child and sort out missing football matches etc if they clash.

Yes it's way too early, especially with half term before then - people will definitely forget or lose the invitations.
Send them out when you get back
I've found that around 2 weeks in advance gets the most rsvps!

Most people have things called calendars. Do you usually only make plans 2 weeks in advance? Why is a child's birthday party any different to any other plan you'd make in advance?

OP it's honestly fine. As I said, I sent invites out a couple months in advance. It's always worked for me and always had a good turnout. Some people on MN are strange about commitments and find a commitment in advance as a huge invasion of their privacy or something 😂

Not too early, sent mine already for a party the weekend after that. Pretty normal amount of notice around here. Will send a reminder the week before

I don’t think it’s too early given that you’ll be away and it’s good to get it sorted. Just say, maybe sending it a bit early but it’s a busy time of year so would love to get this in people’s diaries. Lots of people like or need to plan ahead as other invites or plans come in, it also heads off potential clashes with other parties. Some might not rsvp but you can always send a follow up when you’re back.

I disagree with all PP - at least send a "save the date" email. I'm in London and anything like soft play parties, laser tag parties, arts/crafts parties have to be booked at least two months in advance if you want Saturday or Sunday afternoon, so people always send a save the date as soon as they've booked the party. Also prevents any other parent from the same class booking something else in the exact same a lot and you winding up with a clash,

It wouldn't be too early for a Save the Date in my circle - also London. No concerns about forgetting as it goes in our family Google calendar - pretty much all parents use some kind of online calendar. RSVPs happen fairly immediately as it's all done on Whatsapp. Then reminders are sent 2 wks & 1 week before. We book a lot of weekend events several months in advance, especially in Nov/Dec when there are lots of festive events on, so we appreciate early notice.