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I like it, but I think if I'd sent out save the dates via SMS for my wedding I'd have been sleeping alone for quite a while.

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I am sure there are APIs for postcards. Heck, there are APIs for handwritten postcards ;)

You can also facetime the ceremony if you a groom but still insanely busy working startup life...

What about a bride having a busy startup life and facetiming the ceremony?

i.e. the ending of Flubber[1]

[1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1_4L16ZyI)

Lob.com - postcards API

Just an anecdote, but I tried to use lob.com to send out Save the Dates for my wedding. The couple of test postcards we used did not arrive on time, and the tracking didn't work at all. Their support wasn't good at addressing my specific case – they mostly told me “This is how the website works”.

It could have been that I wasn't using it right, but I didn't have the time to troubleshoot. We ended up printing a bunch of cards at FedEx and addressing and sending them by hand. Everything worked smoothly.

https://maillift.com/ - because handwritten is basically a necessity in a wedding scenario

"Save the date" isn't the actual invitation though. I think it ought to be OK to make it low-key and put the effort into the actual invitations.

Perhaps a nice card from https://lob.com/ with a QR code to the RSVP form?

http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/

http://picturesofpeoplescanningmicrosofttags.tumblr.com/

I spilled my coffee!

"Perhaps a nice card from https://lob.com/ with a QR code to the RSVP form?"

Better to use an Oh By Code, which doesn't need a reader and can be written/read by humans:

https://0x.co

That is only if you have a bride/groom still :)

Why?

Nothing says special like sending SMS weddings invites...

I think what he means is a wedding is a symbolic event that should be mirrored in all the small details, from the hand written card, to the ring, etc, etc... So ya think about it.

Privacy and 4th amendment concerns: They'll need a warrant to open your guest's mail

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