Destination Ceremony Help!

Save the Date isn't needed as you are eloping and having guests to know as far they are concerned.

The local reception invitation should have the information for the hall and timing with cocktail hour if happening. It can also be noted you two got married on the date.

Wording wise:

The couples name

Eloped in _______ on _______ .

We would be honoured to have your presence at our Reception to celebrate our life together.

I'm doing things a little differently than what people are saying in this thread. We're getting married in Dominican Republic in June 2020 and we've opted to do Save the Dates and will probably forgo invitations. The deadline for group rates is this May, a full year before the wedding. We chose to do it this way to give people enough time to save up. So everyone who's invited is already aware of what's going on (only about 50, and we figure 40 will come).

We are, however, doing a reception when we get back. That's an entirely different event, for which we WILL be doing invitations. Thats for about 150. The reception invitations will probably come out about 2 months before (so about 1 month before the actual wedding). I doubt I'll do Save the Dates for that.

I personally don't see the point in official/mailed save the dates (to me its just an added expense that isn't worth it). so i personally say no save the dates. (if you have friends/family that live far away and want to give them some notice...send them an email/text etc).

there are lots of ideas on pinterest on how to phrase a "hey we got married, come help us celebrate with our wedding reception"

here is what i am learning wedding wise. there will always be people don't like what you do or will be upset. at the end of the day. WHO CARES! it is all about you and your FH. you don't need to justify anything to anyone!

I think Tyanna has the right ideas for invitations but I would also say that Save The Dates in general are not a must have so if I were you I wouldn't worry about sending them unless you would be having family travel from out of province or more than 2.5hours away from where you are holding the reception.

View quoted message Oh I love these ideas. Thank you so much!!

I would still send save the dates for the reception.

Some people will get upset, it's probably expected, but hopefully they will get over it and join you for your reception - they still get to celebrate your wedding with you!

These are a couple that I have saved to my pinterest board. We are doing a local wedding but will be having reception only invites for some people. I know that it will ruffle some feathers, but I'm working on getting past it.

Ultimately, you and your FH need to realize that it is your day (s) (it's hard, trust me) but people are a lot more forgiving and resilient than we realize. They may be upset initially because that is a normal human reaction but they will come to realize that all that really matters to them is getting to celebrate with you guys on your special day. Honestly, some will be relieved (some people hate ceremonies) that they just get to attend the "fun" part of the wedding!

Don't be afraid of making an "unfavorable" decision. You can never please everyone, no matter how hard you try. I saved both of these invites because I think the wording is respectful, yet to the point.