What is the best way to send massive amounts of thank-yous?

Question

We had about 370 guests at our wedding and we received mostly cash gifts but we also received quite a varying variety of other gifts. I want to get my thank-yous out as fast as I can but I'm not sure of the best way to go about it. My husband suggested creating form letters but I'm not sure how to do that and make it personal. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

www.sayitwithacard.ca

They will do it all for you and it looks like you've hand written it.  It's so cool.  Email me if you want more info: [e-mail]

Answer 2

Several invite websites offer pre-written thank you cards that you can select from. They have cute sayings about sharing in your special day and the gift. This will save your hand. Then, you can just add a personal note to the ones who gave a gift vs cash if you wanted something with a little extra personal touch.

One site I was looking at that had a wide range of pre-written text is:

www.invitationsbydawn.com

Good luck!

Answer 3

You can get Thank You cards already with a pre-printed verse to match your invitations. Check with the place you had them printed from. If you did DIY invites, you can still print up note cards with a thank you verse, but you still want to sign them each and add a small note to those that were especially meaningful.

Answer 4

holy big wedding:O hand written notes are always the best, you could get family and wedding party together and do a nice little "thank you note" party.  If you can get 5 or 6 people involved it's not so bad. Make a whole day of it.  That way they can find out what you got too.  I'm sure they would love to know what the gifts were.

Answer 5

HAND WRITTEN, always.  And personalized.  None of this form letter bull c**p.  When I get one of those, I wonder why I bothered with a gift.

_____ and ______, Thank you both so much for your gift of _____ {Husband} and I will use it often while _______.  It was so great to see you at the wedding!  We both so appreciated you being there!  We hope you had as much fun as we did.  It looked like you did, what with your _________!

Answer 6

You must write individual thank you notes to everyone who gave you a gift.

Preprinted, xeroxes and form letters are not appropriate.

Just plan on writing 25  or so a day until you are done.

Answer 7

Wait till you get your photos back or ask your photographer for small photos and attach them to a simple thank you card.  In fact the photographer has special thank you cards that fit a 3 x 5 photo.  Then hand write your thank you...That is the classiest way.  You could say:

Thank you for your generous gift and for sharing our special day with us.  

Answer 8

Do NOT do form letters. They are so impersonal and insulting to the guest. They took the time to come to your wedding, gave you a gift, and you guys can't even take the time to write a thank you. Hand write your thank yous and make them personal. Do 15-20 a day...assuming some of your guests were paired up, you will be done in less then 2 weeks.  

Answer 9

what i am doing for my wedding is doing a short letter for all my guests and typing them out as iwant them with my our manes and thisn on form my own PC at home.

You can make them as indevidaul for each guest as you want or as plain and simple as you want and they are also cost effective.

to add that extra touch try using parchment paper as it has a slightly more authentic look and feel to it. plus your guests arelikly to appreciate teh personnal touch!!

Answer 10

Thank yous should be personalized to each guest. There really isn't a "quick way." Sorry.

Answer 11

NO, please do not do that (the form letters).

Really, etiquette says you have up to 6 months after the wedding, so there is no rush.  

Please don't do any kind of form letter or a simple generic card saying "thanks for the gift."  

Take your time and do proper thank yous.

Answer 12

E-mail the people that you can and that soulod narrow it down to a few people to send actual letters too. With email you can cut and paste and just fill in certain parts to make it personalized. And do the same for the people without email on a thank you card available CHEAP at dollar stores like dollorama.

Good Luck, and Congradulations.  

Answer 13

That happened to me when I got married and I had to hand write all of my cards. I would hand write them because someone might know your handwriting and look at you like you were to good to write it yourself if you do anything else. Just write something short. For example: if you got a toaster, you could write, "thank you for the wonderful toaster. It will be very useful in our home." then sign it and put it in the envelope.

There is no easy way to do it and it will take a couple of weeks but that's how it works. And try not to stress about so many cards. When you get started, it won't be to hard. hope it helps for you. and have fun.