(photo: Edmonton Journal)

If you are about to mail your wedding invitations or perhaps waiting for those rsvps to return in your mailbox, the current postal strike definitely isn’t making things easy.  Although, Edmonton delivery is not affected yet, it may be.  With our fingers crossed it may not affect us at all, and if it does – it won’t be a long strike as negotiations continue.  Here are some tips:

If you need to mail your invites, this is where proper etiquette may suffer.

- If you’re not able to wait – mail invitations to guests living in Edmonton now before the strike affects us; hopefully they reach guests’ mailboxes in time.  Typically mail within Edmonton is delivered in 1-2 business days.   Trick: ensure you mail them in the morning for the 10am run.

- If you’re mailing to areas outside of Edmonton, like Winnipeg, who has been affected by the strike you can set up a wedding website with your details.  You’ll need to then give your guests a call and let them know about the website.  You can also do this if Edmonton is eventually affected.

- Do not invite guests via facebook, e-vites or email.  This is extremely bad etiquette and typically not received well by guests.

 If you’re a few weeks or days away from your wedding and still waiting for RSVPs call your guests.

Brides and grooms that are looking at ordering wedding items online, check the shipping options.  You’ll be able to receive your packages using courier companies such as UPS or Fedex.

Bottom line:  Don’t panic!  My bet is that the strike won’t last long.

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Posted: Friday, June 3rd, 2011 @ 10:09 am

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