Save the date's addressing covid

That being said! 200 is a lot & I think if restrictions aren’t lifted we’ll definitely scale back


Alternatively, if we feel at all uncomfortable with the big gathering we’ll scale back / I expect people May self-select out of attending if it involves travel or if they’re at all concerned. Which would lower our numbers. We’re lucky our ceremony is outdoors and our reception sort of is too (tent area) so we’d have lots of space to spread out families/cohorts.
Either way good luck & hope you find a good way to word your save the dates!!

Following this thread because I’m interested too! I’m just in the process of planning our save the dates and I want to get them out ASAP so people can plan from out of province and bc sept is busy for our friends who are in school/family with kids in school etc.


I think we’ll go with something like “save our date (covid willing!)” or “pending public health advisories” is my fiancé’s suggestion.
We are inviting 200 because we have big families and close family friends, but I think people will understand if between this year and when we send invites next Spring(ish?) if the guest list has to be reined back a bit. That being said we have a pretty understanding crowd

We are facing the same difficulty. We postponed our wedding from this Sunday to next June. We originally invited around 165 guests but as of right now (in Ontario) our venue is limited to 50 indoors and 100 outdoors. We don't know what next June will be like so it is so difficult to plan with that in mind. We don't know how to word new save the dates because we don't know if we will be limited to only 50 guests by then. It's so tough.

We have our save the dates ready to go but I haven't sent them yet. We did not do anything with respect to COVID on our save the dates and are going to send them out optimistically that come June 2021 we will be in the clear. That being said I am sure our guests will understand if we need to change things around. Most of our guests are local, with a few being in other Provinces. We only have 2 out of country guests we would invite.

A note to add to your Save The Date is Our website will be updated for Covid notifications. Its seems simple and easy give the site to follow through on their end and make plans accordingly.

If I were sending them out now I would probably put a line on them that said "stay tuned for wedding updates and details at www." and put your wedding website there.


Another option would be to ask guests to pre-rsvp by email so that you have everyone's emails to send out mass updates quickly should your plans change. I would do "please pre-rsvp to @gmail.com so we can keep you updated".

For us, covid broke out right after our save the dates went out. When we sent the invites, we included a small enclosure that said that we wanted to keep the wedding on track for as long as possible. The enclosure also had our wedding website link for updates if anyone wanted them.
One thing you could do that’s a little unorthodox, is you could save two dates. The one you want and the covid alternative. That way guests are aware of both dates in case covid doesn’t resolve soon.