When to send out Save The Dates

If you’re having a lot of out of town guests (needing flights and hotels) or the wedding is over a holiday weekend I would consider sending them a 8-12 months in advance. If the wedding is local to most people I think 6-8 months notice is sufficient. I don’t think there are any “rules” for save the dates though, so I would send them when you’re most comfortable.

I’m planning a June 2020 wedding as well. We are sending save the dates over the summer. Half because I’m excited, but we are also getting married about a 3 hour drive from most people. Also, I don’t want to send anything out around Christmas time for fear it will get lost in the holiday card season.

We are July of 2021, I’m planning on sending them out tucked into next years Christmas cards

We have 90% out of town guests. Sent ours in October for our June 2019 wedding.

My FH and I are getting married in April 2020. We had the same concerns, and decided to send out our save the dates early as well, especially since it's a destination wedding. I don't think there is anything wrong with starting a little early.

Because the majority of our guest are from out of town, we sent ours 12 months prior to the wedding date.

Ours is a February 2020 destination wedding and we are sending our save the dates out this week, about 10 months out.

Our wedding is June 2020 as well. We have a lot of people coming out of town and want them to have enough time to plan and do what they need to do. We were going to send out DTDs around Christmas but decided to do it earlier so nothing would get lost in the mail with all of the extra letters/packages being mailed around that time. We are doing our engagement pictures at the end of July. As soon as we get out pictures back we will be picking a couple to include on our STDs and having them made right away. Once we get them in the mail I will be sending them out, which hopefully will be sometime in August. Then we are planning on sending out our invitations by February so that all of the travelers have enough time to book flights and arrange anything they need too. We also decided the beginning of the year for these instead of 6-8 weeks before because you can book flights 6 months in advance.

I know people say 6-8 months, but I think around Christmas sounds a little late, especially if many are traveling. I really think anytime past the 12 month mark is fine , most important thing being AFTER June 2019 to avoid any confusion

I wouldn't send anything out near Christmas, most likely it will get lost or forgotten about for some guests with all the other Christmas cards. We sent ours out 10 months in advance. I'd send yours in October/November.

I sent ours 8 months out (October, for our June wedding). Anywhere between 6 months to 1 year out is a good time frame.

Woot! I'm also a June 2020 bride!

We will be working on our Save the Dates soon and hope to send them out by June 12th, 2019 which should be plenty of time to let people know with a whole year in advance. Being realistic, if procrastination sets in we will hope to have them all sent out before Fall hits. Our wedding will also be on a Friday so we want people to have more than enough time to plan around the date.