When did you start sending invitations?

Invitations should be sent out 6-8 weeks before the wedding. If you are going to do Save the Dates, those are typically sent 6-9 months in advance, up to a year in advance if it's a destination wedding.

I'm having a destination wedding and we just sent out the save the dates (10 months in advance). We will probably send out invites 2.5 or 3 months ahead of time due to it being a DW, but if it's not I would stick to the timeline Nicole said.

2-3 months before for invitations. Save the dates can be sent 6-12 months before.

View Quoted Comment Oh! Ok, my friend said she didn’t do save the dates and just did invitations. So even if it’s invitations, I should still only send them almost 8 weeks in advance? I was confused, sorry, first wedding lol

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Don't apologize! We all learn somewhere. I'd personally still stick with 8 weeks, even without STDs. Maaaybe push it to 9-10 weeks, but many people aren't able to find out if they get time off work that far in advance, and you'd risk the invitation getting put aside and forgotten about.

I did my save the dates about 11 months before my wedding and I’m sending out my invitations about 2 months before. I’m making them tomorrow and hopefully send them out on Friday!

View Quoted Comment If you're just sending invitations, not save the dates, I think you can send them 12 weeks (3 months) in advance. But I wouldn't do sooner than that... people will lose them or, forget to RSVP, or will RSVP one way and then their plans will change. I am sure your VIPs would be able to RSVP right away theoretically, even if you sent them many months in advance... but MOST people won't know for sure what they're doing THAT far in advance.

So...save the dates usually go out 6-12 months in advance, and invites are usually 6-12 weeks ahead of time.

My wedding was December 23rd; I sent my invitations by mid-October with a RSVP deadline of December 2nd. My venue needed the final count by December 15. I had previously sent STDs in February of that same year.

I'd also take into consideration how close your wedding is to a holiday in december. If you're getting married like Dec 20, I'd send STD out 8-10 months because I know a lot of people make travel plans during the Christmas/New years break.

Definitely not a year before. I would send them 8-10 weeks out. If you want to do Save The Dates, send those out 8 months in advance. We only did invitations and sent them out 9 weeks before the wedding. People are going to lose your invitation and forget about your wedding if you send them out a year before.