The internet is telling me to send destination wedding invitations 8 weeks in advance. When did you send yours

Send out save the dates early. I sent mine a year out. Then people know about it and should already be booking rooms and planning for it. Invites are just a formal thing to do later on.

I would say give at least 5 to 6 months notice. My wedding is in May and lots of my guests will be coming from out of the country, I plan on sending invites by December to give them enough time to book flights and hotels

Do what you think is best for you.

Lol. Good advice Sue. Good advice.

Jaci is right, DWs are about the only time I think save the dates make sense. Let them know the when and where so they can decide if they can go or arrange time off. Usually those are sent 8-12 months in advance.

Ohhh another Sue, I guess I'm going to have to "original" or something in front of my name!

I agree with the other, save the dates 8-12 months prior and then invite 3 months prior. Also have a website with the DW information ready by the time you send out your save the dates.

We did STDs a year out and invites 4 or 5 months before the date.

Our guests flew from the east coast to the west coast.

Yes send std about 9mo to 1 year out and wedding invite about 3-4 months out. Like was mentioned earlier, have your wedding website up and send with std's. It's easier for people to look at for updates and helps them prepare. We sent out our std's this month, still have a few but most are sent. Happy planning

OP, invitations required a reply from guests of "accept" or "decline". You should not expect people to know whether they can attend your wedding 12 months in advance. That's crazy. As others have said, STDs can be sent first and you can set up a website with all of the wedding details. Then send invitations 12 weeks before the wedding. Typically 8 weeks is standard, but with DWs, I think a little more time makes sense.

We gave out our wedding website info as early as possible (we had it ready 8 months early) by word of mouth. That way people could start looking into travel and hotels, etc. We sent our invites 4 months before the wedding date- it's a little earlier than recommended, but since it's a DW we didn't want to wait too too long. However, I'm VERY glad we didn't do them any earlier than that, bc it's amazing the details that can change! Even the week before we ordered the invites, we changed the ceremony location slightly. You can easily make those changes on a website, but once the invites are printed, they are printed! So wait as long as you can but get the important info out there early, either by a website or STD's.

We are doing a DW. We sent STDs out 12 months in advance and invitations went out July 1 -- about 4 months in advance. Granted, 18 guests had already booked by that point as they started inquiring after receiving the STD and reviewing the wedding website.

This is what STDs were MADE for. Create your absolute MINIMUM guest list, and send those people STDs. When I say minimum, I mean if everything fell apart financially tomorrow, who would you still have there? That way you're covered in case you have to cut the guest list last minute, but those VIPs know to make arrangements. Then send actual invites 8 weeks out.

ETA: I saw a couple of pp said they sent invites out 4 months out. Don't do this. It skyrockets your chances of guests losing the invite or forgetting to RSVP, and can also cause issues with guests and time off, because lots of workplaces won't approve time off until 30 days prior.

We sent STDs at 7 months ahead, followed up by invites 3 months out. So far, it seems to be going well.

We're having a destination wedding and sent out save the dates out 11 months in advance with all the important details on it. Sent out invites out 3 1/2 months ahead of time

Depends on how far the destination is and the cost and/or requirements to get there. Try word of month until 8 months then send save the date. Followed by invitation at 4months.