How far out are you sending invites? How far out is your RSVP date?

My wedding planner told us to set the rsvp date one month before the wedding so it makes it easier for guests to remember and allows enough time to track down guests. She also told us to send out invites 6 to 8 weeks from rsvp date.

Usually RSVP cards are sent out with the invitation at least two months before your wedding date.. Also you send out the StDs at least 5 months prior to your wedding date.. That's how I did it

Wedding date: 3/3/13

Save the Date: 08/5/12

Send out RSVP: 1/2/13

Response back by 2/3/13

That's how I did it

Wedding date 7/4/13

Save the Dates 2/22/13

Invites will be sent around 5/3/13

RSVP by 6/25/13

I wish I could have got me STDs in the mail earlier, its a holiday so I know people make plans, but I figured that most of the family would be trying to plan things together, so why not all come to my wedding.

Rsvp date is pretty close to the wedding for me because I do not need a final count for anything.

Hi date twin. I plan on sending my invites out the 15th of this month. RSVP due the 20th of next month. We have a good portion coming from OOT. Plus I have a B list.

I'm getting married 6/22/2013, will hopefully be sending out invites by the end of March/beginning of April with a RSVP by the end of May so that I can get a final count. We didn't do Save The Dates

I would figure out when you need to give # to your vendors and then work backwards... I need to give # as soon as 3 weeks before the wedding. I'm adding another 3 weeks to that so I have 2 weeks to get back to people who hasn't RSVP'ed yet and 1 week for stragglers and mailing them back... so wedding date is 9/7/13.. rsvps due by Aug 1st (just because it's easier to remember). Then we're sending the invites about a month before that so beginning of July and if they are out of the country then middle of June...

Wedding: 8/31

OOT Invites sent: 6/1

Local Invites sent: 6/15

RSVP: 7/27

Boooo - Im dumb. Sent the invites out about 2 weeks ago, but I gave an April 15th RSVP date when my wedding is on May 4th!

Wedding: 5/4/13

Invites: 2/4/13 (3 months out for a DW)

RSVP: 3/23/13 (need final count 30 days out and allowing 1 week to call guests/receive last minute RSVP's)

We sent ours out a little over 3 months (last week) early for our DW. RSVP deadline May 1 because we have to have counts in 1 month before the wedding.

I sent my invites a little early just to give people more time to RSVP (since it seems so difficult for some) and because I was excited to get them out. My timeline:

Wedding: 4/27/13

STDs sent: 9/15/12

Invite w/ RSVP card sent: 2/9/13

RSVPs due: 3/25/13

Wedding: 5/11/13

Sent invites: 3/8/13 (yesterday!)

RSVP: 4/15/13

We didnt do save the dates.

Wedding: 7/6/13

STD's: 10/15/12 (wedding is Holiday weekend, and many guests camp and book sites WAY in advance)

Invites: 5/1/13

RSVP: 6/10/13 (gives me 1 week to track down stragglers and get final numbers to caterer and baker)

Wedding: 5/18/13

STDs: September 2012 (most guests are OOT)

Invites: 3/8/13

RSVPs Due: 4/22/13

I haven't decided all this, I don't need a final count until the day before or so. I just want to say, be careful, when I get invites long before the wedding I am more likely to forget to rsvp since I usually cannot answer right away. If I get the invite closer to the date ill usually send it back right away.

I sent STDs out at 6 months out. Invitations will go out 2 months out, with the RSVPs due a month out. My caterer needs final numbers 14 days prior, so that will give me time to hunt down the stragglers that didn't send theirs in.

Invites were sent out around July 15, my RSVPS were due back by Sept 10 for a Sept 29 wedding, my final count was due a week before the wedding

They say 6-8 weeks for invites-unless you are having a DW or have a large list of OOT guests (it's hard for people to truly RSVP too far out). The rule of thumb for STDs is 6-9 months.

Wedding date-9-28-13

Save the Dates-2-14-13

Invites-End of July

RSVP Date-8-31-13

Thanks Ladies!!! Y'all always have such great experience and advice!

Wedding date: 7/13

Invitations Mailed: 5/13

RSVP: 6/22