You are cordially invited to the nuptials between X and Z

peachyprice

It's as Save the Date, you don't word it as an invitation. It's an informal note to people just to let them know to keep the date free.

Just a few lines like 'X & Y are getting married on 01/01/01, we'd like you to share our day, please save the date. More details to follow.

If you're going to word it as in invite save your money and leave it til nearer the time.

Gloomendoom

foolofbeans wrote: »

Invitations are usually co-ordinated with the colour scheme of the wedding

That's assuming there is a colour scheme.

Pollycat

LilElvis wrote: »

Save the postage ..... just send an invitation. If you're asking them to "save the date" then you know you're inviting them to the day.

I read a thread on here a short while ago that asked about 'save the date' notiications for just the evening do, so I guess the OP might think about being very clear about what he is asking people to 'save the date' for.

Person_one wrote: »

I'm not really a fan of OTT 'fancy' wording that you'd never use in real life.

lika_86 wrote: »

Also, I hate the use of extraneous words, I wouldn't be inviting someone to my wedding if I wasn't doing it cordially, so I'd drop that. I'm not a big fan of nuptial either, but horses for courses.

I agree with these 2 posts ^^^ about the wording.

dirty_magic

Most save the dates we've had just say 'We're getting married' and the date.

I don't really understand them, by the time you get them you already know when the couple is getting married if you know them well enough to go to their wedding.

cashewnut

I let people know to save the date via Facebook or email, or as a Ps in letters or birthday cards I was already sending.

My cousin sent out save the date magnets which were pretty groovy however

pigpen

Why not just save the money and send out proper invitations??

Most people you see regularly you would tell them the date anyway surely? And anyone else if they cant come are they that important??

I just think of them as a money making scam.. the one we got was on a scrap of notepaper with date and time and nothing else.

tea_lover

You're sending a formal invite to let people know that an even more formal invite is on its way?

I'm starting to see where the truly ridiculous average price of weddings comes from.

AnotherJoe

dirty_magic wrote: »

I don't really understand them, by the time you get them you already know when the couple is getting married if you know them well enough to go to their wedding.

Not always the case, the first you know the date may well be the "save the date" because there may be friends you don't see that often and relatives who might not even know you've got engaged, or you may know they've got engaged but no date set and the save the date invite is your first notice of the actual date.

Add to that many brides these days go in for super fancy invites but those are usually sent out 3 or so month ahead, the save the dates can be a year ahead or more especially for destination weddings and weddings at school holiday times.

Generali

lika_86 wrote: »

Personally I think it's a little overkill for a Save the Date. A Save the Date card is just that, it's not an invitation, just a heads up to keep it free. It should be enough to say Save the date, X and Z are getting married on [Y].

Also, I hate the use of extraneous words, I wouldn't be inviting someone to my wedding if I wasn't doing it cordially, so I'd drop that. I'm not a big fan of nuptial either, but horses for courses.

I agree, I find it hard to see what the adverb, ermmmm, adds. You would hardly use a different adverb so why use one at all?

- We violently invite you...
- We regretfully invite you...
- We bashfully invite you...
- We testily invite you...



Good luck with the wedding though OP.

I'd put something like:

Save the Date!

X & Z would love you to come and help us celebrate our marriage on 33rd March 2019 between 9am and 11pm. Details to follow.

seven-day-weekend

Don't see the point .... send your invitations early, if someone can't come then they can't, what's the problem?