Save the Date invites - worth it?

We didn't bother with save the dates but we sent our invites out relatively early. Also our wedding is in October and we only got engaged last November and hadn't booked the venue until April this year so it felt a bit pointless to send save the dates when we would have the invites out very shortly after.

If my wedding had been as far ahead as yours is I would have sent save the dates to try and avoid as many scheduling conflicts as possible. One of my bridesmaids had to rearrange a family holiday so she could come to my wedding, I am hugely grateful that she was able to do so (I didn't ask her, she offered!) but I had about a week of worrying that she wouldn't be able to come.

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Thanks so much! Luckily, my MOHs and Bridesmaids know. I was set on sending invited 12-9 months before. Maybe Save the Dates after Christmas this year for people booking holidays etc for 2023.

Personally I would send them now as you know your date and the more notice the better. Especially with people planning holidays after the last 18 months you may have people who have booked already l. You can get some cute ones cheap on Etsy. Invites should then go out 4-6 months before

I’m planning on doing digital Save The Dates which saves money, time and resources - all you need is Canva and their email addresses. Sorted.

We designed ours on Canva (free to use) created a specific wedding email address (free) & sent save the dates via email! Saved a lot of money but was still able to send them out! We sent ours a year in advance

We did digital save the dates. I think it depends on where people are coming from. If people don’t need to book accommodation or anything then I don’t think you need to, but if people do need to book anything then it’s worth sending save the dates. My family is coming from abroad, so I wanted to give them plenty of time to book plane tickets, hotels etc.

I designed mine on Canva and we whatsapped/emailed them to our guests. Much easier and cheaper too! Postage adds up quickly! I wanted to do digital invites too but OH wants to send out physical invites. We’ll see!