Sending out invites early

We're in the exact same boat! We're getting married August 2021 but a lot of our friends are newly engaged. Plus with many couples moving around dates, we decided to send out our Save the Dates, ASAP. I ordered just some simple ones off Vistaprint (super cheap) and I sent them out this week!

I think you should send them whenever you want If you worry that it's too early, perhaps you could send a virtual save-the-date in the near future and then a physical one down the road.

My fiance and I sent out our save the dates a year in advance just so people knew when our wedding was going to happen as well as where it was going to be since we are getting married in another province and all of our guest will be traveling.

I do agree with Save the Dates to be sent out early so your date can be known to book when needed next year upon the arrival of the formal invitation. Many couples rebooking their dates is making it limited to attend your day as others may have been responded. This is the time to have Save the dates to keep your guests prepared and open to come celebrate with you.

View quoted message Before we moved our June 27 wedding to 2021, we sent out of save the dates in September 2019 as well! That was pre pandemic life lol. So I would also send out your save the dates earlier! Maybe June/July?

I've been thinking the same - my cousin was supposed to get married this August and I don't know if she'll be postponing her wedding. We're getting married next June and was thinking of sending save the dates in September but might do so a bit earlier so that everyone knows when our wedding is.

Yeah why not! vista print has some good deals with save the dates

I think you could send a save the dates early. It would give people something to look forward to right now, and as next year's wedding season is likely to be quite busy it wouldn't hurt to lock down your guests now.


I would hold off on the full invitations, sending them too early can lead people to forget about the date or lose the details and need to bother you closer to the wedding day.

We sent our save the dates pretty early because we wanted to make sure the people we wanted there knew the date and were able to come!! I’d say send them out early!!