When to send invitations for a "destination" wedding?

I wouldn't set an RSVP date any earlier than the beginning of September. Really getting answers more than a month out is going to be difficult regardless. I think invites going out in late July or early August makes more sense since people got save the dates. I'd send them all at once.

If you sent Save the Dates already, your guests should have already had an opportunity to ask for time off/book accommodations and flights. I don't think you'll need 6 weeks to follow up with those who haven't RSVP, generally 1 or 2 weeks is enough. I would send your invitations 8-12 weeks before the wedding and have the RSVP 1-2 weeks before your counts are due. Best of luck!

DW invites should be sent out 8-10 weeks prior with a RSVP due date about a month prior.

Thanks, everyone!

I would send invitations early July, and request an RSVP date of early September. People have the save the date if they need to know the date to make travel plans or request time off

I would send invites in July and have them due in early September

We are getting married in September. All of our guest have to drive 4+ hours or fly in so I am sending my out ten weeks in advance (July 4) and giving people until August 19 to reply. Wedding is September 12

We have a similar "destination" wedding situation. We are getting married 8/1/20 and planning to send out invites a little earlier than normal around 12-16 weeks before because it's a "destination" wedding. We have to have our food tasting first so we can list meal options if we decide to go plated, which likely can't be until mid-April because the chef had surgery recently. We are doing online RSVPs, so we can purchase our invitations beforehand.

Some of our guests have been buying flights & booking hotels already, but a lot have not (that we know of, possibly didn't book with our blocked hotels). We're hoping sending the invitations a little earlier will be a good reminder, though we also have family members gently reminding guests right now. RSVP date will be a little over a month before the wedding to fall in line with when the hotel room blocks close and allow us time to plan.

I wouldn't make RSVPs very early, as some have said, because you will get more changes as people won't always know if they can make it. Also, it seems a bit rude to make the RSVPs early to see who you can invite from the B list. As much as I would like to do the same since there are a lot of local people we haven't invited on our B list.

We sent ours out three months early and gave people about a month to respond.