Especially if you have many guests who will be traveling, a save-the-date card is a good thing to send so that your guests may make plans ahead of time to travel to your event. A recent trend has been a save-the-date magnet, which is very convenient for posting on the fridge as a reminder to RSVP as soon as the invitation arrives.

A save-the-date card can act simply as an announcement of your engagement. Or you can also include helpful information about travel, hotel accommodations, and things to do in the area of your wedding. Don’t forget to include a website address if you have one so that guests can check back for updates.

Save-the-date cards are sent out four to eight months before a wedding event.

. . . . . . . . . .

Save the date

for the wedding of

Jane Smith

and

John Johnson

on November 7, 2015

in City, State

Formal invitation to follow

. . . . . . . . . .

They’re tying the knot!

Please save November 11, 2014

for the wedding of

Jane Elizabeth Smith

and

John David Johnson

City, State

Invitation to follow

. . . . . . . . . .

Please save the date of

November 8, 2015

for the wedding of

Jane Smith

and

John Johnson

City, State

Invitation to follow

. . . . . . . . . .

Please save the date

for the wedding of

Jane Elizabeth Smith &

John David Johnson

11.8.15

City, State

Formal invitation to follow

. . . . . . . . . .

Hotel Information: (Insert)

Airline Discount: (Insert)

Wedding Website: (Insert)

. . . . . . . . . .

To have and to hold

from this day forward…

11.8.15

Kindly reserve the date for

the wedding of

Jane Smith

and

John Johnson

Formal invitation to follow

. . . . . . . . . .

Jane Smith

and

John Johnson

are tying the knot!

(include a real ribbon tied into a knot here)

Please save the date of

November 7th, 2015

for their wedding

in City, State

Invitation to follow