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Save the date
Save the date templates
Animated save the date templates to share by text, WhatsApp or e-mail. Send the date now and the full invitation later.
Animated save the date templates to share by text, WhatsApp or e-mail. Send the date now and the full invitation later.
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Tell us the occasion, your colours and the mood; we paint a draft in your look to pick from.
Tell everyone the date before the details are settled. Send a save the date now and the full invitation when you are ready.
A short guide
Send save the dates six to twelve months before the wedding. For a destination wedding, a holiday weekend or many guests travelling from abroad, aim for nine to twelve months. Sending them earlier than a year ahead risks guests forgetting, and later than four months leaves little advantage over the invitation itself.
Your names, the wedding date and the city or venue, plus a line such as “Formal invitation to follow”. Add a wedding website if you have one. Leave out the time, the reply card and registry details, which belong on the invitation once the plans are final.
No, but they are wise when guests need to travel, take time off or book hotels, or when the wedding falls on a busy weekend. For a local wedding with a short engagement, many couples skip them and send the invitation a little earlier than usual.
No. Everyone who receives a save the date expects an invitation, and some may book travel on the strength of it. Finalise the guest list, or at least the guests you are sure of, before sending. People you are unsure about can simply receive the invitation later.
Yes. Digital save the dates are common and practical, since guests can keep the link and add the date to their calendar. Many couples send save the dates digitally and decide later whether the invitation will be printed, digital or both. Grandparents and elders may still appreciate a phone call.
Didn’t find your look?
Tell us the occasion, the colours and the mood. Design Genie, our AI designer, drafts one invitation with painted artwork and characters that come alive, usually in under ten minutes; ask for a revision if you like, and fill in the details as usual. $19.99 when you publish; nothing to pay to see the drafts.