Is it too early?

Oh, I love an organised person!

Especially with the knock on effect of postponed 2020 weddings, it is very wise to book your main suppliers as early as possible. I suspect that the wedding industry is going to be playing catch up for some time, so the early bird catches the exact worm she/he/they want!

Save the Dates are a relatively new phenomenon in the UK; they have been more usual in the US due to the size of the country, so guests needed plenty of advance notice for travel and accommodation. A 12 month countdown in the UK is enough time for your guests to mark the date, start their own preparations and allows them to share in your building excitement. I think that any earlier than that, and the momentum is lost, and possibly the card is too, meaning a potential doubling up of expense as you send out another round of cards.

Hope this helps, keep on planning!

Ali xx

Amazing work with all the planning so far, it really helps to get the big things organised sooner rather than later.

One thing to consider with sending Save the dates early is, the people who are on your guest list now could potentially change by the time you are sending out your invites, and you dont want to be left with awkward situations.

Personally we just told people verbally the month and year and then got specific when we sent the invites out. And we have had some people move from all day to evening only or not invited at all due to relationships changing.

I don't think it is too early (I am sure it will be nice for everyone to have something in the diary to look forward to!), but I'd say it depends on your guest list. If you will have lots of people coming from out of town who will need to travel/book hotels etc then it's helpful to give them a heads up that they will need to hold that whole weekend, and make sure they have enough time and money to come. As I am getting married in Central London, and hardly any of my guests live here (and some are abroad), I'm doing mine super early as I know some of them will want extra time to plan and save for a weekend in the City.