Postponing Our Wedding

The first thing I’d do is call everyone and let them know you’ll be switching the date. I’d be concerned that out of town guests will have already made non-refundable travel arrangements for a wedding that’s two months away so let people know ASAP. Then send out new invites when you get closer to your new date.

View Quoted Comment No one has made arrangements yet but the very first thing is calling the venue. And then I can let people know.

I would call the venue and other vendors to see the date and then just informally let people know that the date has changed and that invitations will reflect the new dates. Could you do an email or electronic save the date?

View Quoted Comment I personally don’t feel the need to send another set of save the dates. I want to get the new date and tell people to just look out for our new wedding invitation. I spent a couple hundred dollars on the save the dates and invitations. But the main question is how tell people. Do you give ppl an explanation?

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Personally I would just so they do not think you have problems. You do not have to send more STD's it was a suggestion. Sometimes postponing weddings is because there are problems with the couple. It is up to you entire how you want to handle the situation.

Id definitely send something formal-ish revoking the date. I guess it depends on how large/what your wedding is but if it was small/family you could do the call list. Since you know no one has set travel plans it sounds like your wedding is probably more intimate. But you may not have anticipated what all your guests have made arrangements for (babysitting, gifts, etc). But if you’re looking at October/November now it’s definitely too soon to send new invites even if you did finalize the date quickly. so I agree with Kristen you may want to consider doing an e-STD.


I do think you give some explanation but you can leave it vague “unforeseen circumstances”. Lol.

View Quoted Comment Our wedding is between 125-150 people most of them being family. And the other part are friends that are like family. There is a good percentage of older ones who don’t know about electronic invitations. So Evites isn’t the end all be all with everyone. I agree with the vague response. And I wouldn’t even send the new invites out. I’d send them in a couple of months.

Once you work out the venue you should absolutely make new invites. i would call all those that have already received/rsvp'd and let them know the date is changing. you don't have to give any specifics if you don't want to

View Quoted Comment The invites will go out in October. We haven’t received an RSVPs but we will be calling people. Our venue has been worked out and we have a new wedding date.

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Thats great! sometimes the venue is the hardest part lol you guys are well on your way! i don't see you having too many issues from here on out. did you have any other vendors for the original date?

View Quoted Comment Besides the venue this is what’s left:
Decorator, photographer, videographer, cake, dj, my hair and makeup. Everyone has been contacted. Waiting on responses.

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Wishing you lots of luck for a smooth process moving forward

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much 💛 we moved it to my birthday lol 😂 🥳

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OH HEEEYYYY!!! lol extra celebrations for you

View Quoted Comment Yeahhh!!! I’m excited now

Call everyone and let them know you have switched the date ASAP. Send new invites.

View Quoted Comment Everyone has been contacted. Venue and vendors have all be moved, just waiting on our videographer to confirm. New invitation will be sent out in September.

View Quoted Comment Awesome work “staying on top”! Good luck with everything!

I would call guests and let them know the change of date ASAP. When you finalize a new date, you can choose whether or not to send out a second set of invites. But right now you need people to know that the wedding you originally planned is not happening on the dates on the invite.

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