Save the Date’s

They usually say I think don’t quote me, but roughly 18 months before.

We sent ours out about 14 months in advance but I don't think there is any harm in sending them out nice and early. People will be reminded again when they get the formal invitation closer to the wedding and it allows them to block the day out well in advance. This is particularly useful if you have guests that will have to travel quite a bit for your wedding, giving them as much notice as possible is always good.


If you want to save on costs, we created our save the dates on Canva and sent them out digitally via WhatsApp/email as we figured people would get a physical invitation and if they wanted to keep momento it would be that.
All the best!

It might be worth sending them out just over a year in advance, especially if you have guests who need to book time off well in advance. Do think long and hard about who you send them to though - I've heard a few people send them out 18-24 months in advance and then when they come to sending out the invites, they either want to cut down to save money, or there are a few people they no longer want to invite!

I'm getting married September 2026 and I'm on the edge of my seat wanting to send them out now! I'm restraining myself though lol, I'm thinking around summer next year I might send them, I don't want to do it too early as people will just forget.

I’m getting married end of Jan 2026 and originally we planned to give our save the dates out around now, but decided we will now give them to people as an extra Christmas present instead.
Part of our reasoning for that was because we have such a split family (my family live away so I don’t get to see them in person much and fiancés parents are divorced and have their own separate families now too), so we liked the idea of no one getting to be “first” to get one and everyone being equal 😁

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We've sent ours out 24months before the wedding. then we will send the formal invitations 18 months out. really I think it's whatever suits you. we are both shift workers (as are 80% of our friends and family) so our annual leave is pre-rostered with 5 days additional 'ADHOC' to book random days if there is allocation, and this is the same for the industries a lot of our friends and family work in so they/we will have to book our AL in April 2025 for 2026. this means it can't be short notice.

added to that, I have family who needs to travel far to attend and book accommodation when its cheap (usually a year in advance) so it was better for us to send save the dates and invitations earlier than most would.

So I would say it is whenever it feels right for you to do them.

We only gave ourselves a year to plan the whole wedding so we sent them out as soon as we had our guest list sorted. I will say the earlier the better. I have 2 friends who accidentally have booked their weddings within 2 days of each other. There was a few months between them booking their venues though so it might have been preventable. As long as you send invitations nearer the date too to jog people’s memories. We’ve just done digital save the dates (printed 3 for people who don’t use smart phones) so it hasn’t cost anything. We plan to do physical invites nearer the time to get rsvps in

Hey! We’re March 2026 and sending ours Jan 2025! Mainly so those who have annual leave that runs 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, have plenty of notice to get it booked in. Also, some work places open 2026 holiday bookings in Jan 2025…we’ve got family travelling from all over so don’t want any reason that they can’t get it off work.


Our invites will be September 2025 x

I'm getting married June 2026 and have designed digital ones via a website and sent mine straight away, far too excited to wait .. Ill send the formal invitations later next year but I've already had some of my guests saying it's the 3rd invite they've received for 2026. Do what feels right for you, but your excited you should be and your guests will be too x

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