How far in advance should I send out my wedding invitations?
Question Asked: 24/02/2017
Wedding Date: 9/08/2018
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Hi! For international guests (or if it's an international / destination wedding), 10-18 months ahead of time is recommended for a SAVE THE DATE card. This way, your guests have time to save money for flights and accommodation. Local weddings are a bit easier. They only require 6-12 months before the wedding date (12 months being the maximum). If you send them out more than 12 months ahead, it's difficult to book flights or accommodation and most likely your guests will forget about it altogether. For formal invitations, they can be sent about 2-3 months before the wedding date for local guests, and 3-7 months for guests that need to travel. I hope this helps. Cheers, Lava
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Hello!
I generally recommend to get your invitations out 10 weeks before your wedding date and setting your RSVP date 6 weeks before the wedding date. I find alot of venues like numbers a month before the big day so you then have two weeks to chase any late responders before you need to advise the venue.
That is just a rough timeline - you can alter it according to when your venue requires final numbers.
Also if it is a destination wedding you can keep the same timeline but I always recommend sending a Save the Date card at least 12 months in advance as it then gives guests plenty of notice to financially prepare if they need too. :)
Good luck!
- Catherine