When should you send out wedding invitations??

8 weeks before the wedding, 5 weeks before the RSVP deadline.

We sent ours out 12 weeks before and asked return for 6 weeks before deadline

We're sending ours 8 weeks before our wedding, which happens to be your wedding date!

Waiting until 8 weeks in advance is fine but if you're super antsy to send them out I think you'd be fine doing 10-12 weeks We had a lot of OOT guests (and I was too excited to send them out) so we did 11.

Our wedding is 9.21 and I am going to send them out within the first week of July and I have our RSVP date as 8.16

Date twin! I am sending them the last week in July. And I'm having RSVPs due back August 30th before the holiday weekend because that will mess up mail delivery and people will be out of town and forget. Good luck!

I think it depends where your guests are coming from. The majority of our guests will have to travel, so we’re senting out our invitations quite early so that everyone has time to plan. Wedding is October 13. I’m sending the invites out July 1st. Rsvp sept 12.

We are the week before you and I have a feeling we will be sending ours by the end of this month or first week in July. We have our RSVP date set as 1 month before the wedding.

We sent ours out pretty much 3 months out (a few days later). Our guests had 6 months to RSVP. We also sent save the dates out 10 months in advance. We have a ton of out of state guests, so we knew flights/hotel/travel/etc. would take awhile to plan.

We sent ours out first week in June. Rsvps are due July 22nd. Gives us a week to track down people for final counts. Wedding is August 9th. Make sure you give yourself time to track down those who dont respond!

Hey Date Twin! I am sending out invites on July 8th with a RSVP Date of August 31st!

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I may follow your lead and send them the second week of July. I figure there's no harm in them having a bit more time to prepare. Plus we'll have plenty of time to track those who don't respond down.

View Quoted Comment Absolutely! There’s no harm in sending them a little early just gives people more time to plan in my opinion!

Our wedding is in December and we're sending out invitations at the beginning of July. Over half of our guest list is traveling and I have family members in the military. So the sooner the better.

It will also depend on your venue and vendors. Many of ours are asking for final numbers roughly a month before our wedding date. Again, sooner the better.

This is a balancing act - you don't want to send them so early that your guests forget about the event or forget to RSVP, but if they go out too late then you and your guests can feel rushed to get important info to your caterer and venue when they need it. Our article on When to Send Wedding Invitations says that for most weddings, sending invitations about six to eight weeks before the event is right, and you can set your RSVP deadline for about two to three weeks before your wedding. For destination weddings, two to three months before the event is right to send out wedding invitations, with an RSVP deadline for about six weeks before the wedding day.