Save-the-date - Etiquette
Save the date are the first informations to send your guests as you want to make sure they will attend you wedding celebration.
very popular those last years, Save-the-Date are a must have when planning a destination wedding.
#1 | Save-the-date: when to be sent?
Save the date are sent prior the formal invitations.
As soon as you have the venue and so the date, you can work on the save-the-date.
=> If you start planning your wedding less than 1 year before the wedding : Ideally January / February of the year of your wedding.
It’s the perfect time to mention your happy celebration to come.
=> If you’re planning your wedding more than 15 months before te wedding day : ideally as soon as you have the venue confirmed.
#2 | Save-the-date: what format?
Let’s be creative : you have several possibilities!
Digital
Paper
- Card with words only
- Photo of you two
Note: if you plan to have paper save-the-date, make sure you have the final design already done at this stage. This first card you send gives the tone of your wedding’s aesthetic.
#3 | Save-the-date: what infos ?
- Your two names
- Date of your wedding (several days if appropriate)
- Location (area)
- Inclue a note that let your guests know that a formal invitation will follow.
#4 | 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Save-the-date: text examples in English
Example 1
Please join us in Provence as Alexandria G— & Nicholas H—- exchange vows Saturday, June 17, 2033, Fontvieille – France
Invitation and details to follow
alexandria-and-nicholas.com
Example 2
Please save the date
for the wedding of Alexandria
to
Nicholas
June, 17, 2033
Fontvieille, Provence, FRANCE
Formal invitation to follow
Example 3
Please save the date
for the marriage celebration of
Alexandria
and
Nicholas
on June, 17, 2033
in Fontvieille, Provence, FRANCE
Invitation to follow
#5 | 🇫🇷 Save-the-date: Exemples de textes en Français
Exemple 1
Alexandria & Nicholas se marient le Samedi 17 Juin 2033 en Provence, France.
Réservez cette date pour être à nos côtés en ce grand jour.
Faire-part à venir avec toutes les informations.
Exemple 2
Un grand jour se prépare…celui de notre mariage en Provence!
Parce que nous comptons sur votre présence, voici d’ores et déjà une date à retenir : le Samedi 17 Juin 2033.
Faire-part officiel à suivre.
Alexandria & Nicholas.
Exemple 3
En attendant un faire-part plus officiel, merci de retenir dès aujourd’hui la date du Samedi 17 Juin 2033 pour nous faire l’immense joie de votre présence à l’occasion de notre mariage en Provence.
Alexandria & Nicholas.
Exemple 4
Au verso
Save the date
Mariage Alexandria & Nicholas
Au recto
C’est parti pour l’aventure…
Nous nous marions
le samedi 17 juin 2033!
Faire-part à venir
