Sending Out Wedding Invitations Timeline

When to send out wedding invitations a note on destination wedding invitations.

Sending out wedding invitations timeline. We recommend sending save the dates 9 11 months before the wedding date. Mail your wedding invitations. Send them even earlier if you re planning a destination wedding or a wedding over a holiday such as new year s eve or labor day weekend.

Mail your save the dates. When it comes to when to send out wedding invitations for destination weddings you ll want to give your guests a bit more notice than if you re planning a hometown celebration. Take their verbal rsvp or politely ask that they mail it back to you so you may properly include their details.

Start designing your invitations a few weeks early and plan to send them out a minimum of 12 weeks in advance that s the timeline you d use for a destination wedding and for these guests that s. The proper time to request rsvps is 1 month from the wedding date. And while this may not sound like much time at this point your guests have already had your date blocked off for months.

Ideally you would have also sent out save the dates 4 6 months before the date as well. For a shorter wedding invitation timeline. For destination weddings you can send out std s as soon as you have your wedding date nailed down.

We recommend sending destination wedding invitations two to three months before the event. If you get into a situation where some guests have not gotten back to you feel free to call them. 6 8 weeks before wedding.

And now the time has come it s time to send out your wedding invitations. 3 4 months before wedding. Now is simply time to make things official.