When to send invites?

My wedding is leap day; February 29, 2020. My FH and I sent our invites out on November 29th with our RSVP deadline January 15th. I think it's fine to send them out earlier than recommended. My recommended date to send them out was the week of Christmas and I felt sending them that late would not give our out-of-town guests time to get their travel plans together and get days off from work. I sent ours earlier because I'm a HUGE planner and have to know everything early so I have plenty of time to get the remainder of our things done like place cards, favors, seating chart, etc.

If I were you, I wouldn't do them at the end of January b/c that may be too early. I'd say send them out the 2nd or 3rd week of February with your RSVP date for the end or April or beginning on May. I think that would give your guests plenty of time to make travel arrangements.

Honestly, I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. I think it's personal preference.

I'd send them 3 months out since you aren't doing save the dates. We did save the dates 10 months out, invites 3 months out. Basically all our guests had to travel a minimum of an hour with about half having to fly in.

You only want to send them out 4-6 weeks out (if it's not destination). Otherwise, guests will get sidetracked and forget to RSVP. If you didnt send out Save the Dates, you could send them a little sooner

Welcome to the WeddingWire community Terri! Congratulations on your engagement!

Are you planning on sending out Save The Dates to your guests? These are typically sent out to guests around four to eight months (for local weddings) and eight to twelve months (for destination weddings) in advance of the wedding to allow for guests to make appropriate arrangements such as days off from work and travel plans. That way, when your invitations go out with more detailed information about your wedding details your guests will already know the date. They can then send their RSVP back in a timely manner because they had prior knowledge about your wedding date.

If you don’t intend on sending out Save The Dates, then, of course, you may want to move up the date that you send out invitations to give your guests time to plan. Just keep in mind that you don’t want to send them out so early that your guests will forget to send back their RSVP!