This week's blog reader question is from Amber in Tarrytown central Austin:
How do I announce my engagement in the Austin American-Statesman and how much does it cost?
Thanks for your wedding question Amber, and congrats on your engagement!
The Austin American-Statesman offers two different options for announcing your engagement. One is the online-only method and the other is the in-print method.
Online-only Announcement: $49.95
Online-only announcements submitted via this form will appear online at Statesman.com.
-Includes up to 2,000 words of text
-Includes one photo
-Will remain online for 3 months
-Includes one photo
-Will remain online for 3 months
-Will not appear in the print edition of The Austin American-Statesman.
In-Print Announcement:
To place a print announcement in the Austin American-Statesman, call 512-445-4008 or click here.
To place a print announcement in the Austin American-Statesman, call 512-445-4008 or click here.
Typically, announcements include information on the two of you, including career and education credentials, and your parents names. If your parents live in a different town, you should also include their hometowns. There's no need to include the wedding date, and some purposefully omit it, as they don't want to be targeted by burglars who will thus know when they'll be out of the house. You might choose to say instead something like "A spring wedding is planned," which helps diffuse the millions of "So, when's the wedding" questions you inevitably get. Good luck!
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Very good info! We didn't announce our wedding in the newspaper because we thought it would be too expensive, but we didn't know they had an online only version. That would have been nice. Love the blog!
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FYI - they are running a special right now that gives you a 20% discount if you place a print AND online announcement.
ReplyDelete@rhonda72 Thanks for letting us all know about the 20% discount! I'm all about saving some $!
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