Save The Dates - Necessary or Not?

I don't really get this one... Maybe it's an unpopular opinion but I feel like this is yet another industry-fueled unnecessary step just to get everybody ordering more junk. I'm gonna send out our invites when I think our guests need to know and that's the end of it. Guests forget to RSVP because it was early? I email them... 👍

We sent Save the Dates due to everyone needing to travel for our wedding. I think they are essential for destination weddings!

We sent out Save the dates due many people traveling and needing to make arrangements for flights and traveling arrangements.

I’m just sending out my invites a little earlier than usual (February or March for an October wedding)

Necessary? No. But we sent them and I enjoy receiving them. Having advance notice is always nice.

Necessary? Probably not. However if you have a lot of out of town guests it helps them plan their travel in advance. Also if you have guests who need to ask off work it is better the earlier they know so I would do it for your guests.

We did digital STDs through Evites. It was free and we are able to send them through text and messenger. It worked out great.

Our wedding is a destination wedding and about 75-80% of our guest will have to travel. We sent our Save the Dates out about 1 year before the wedding. That way it gives them plenty of time to take time off from work, look at hotels, book flights and transportation. We just wanted to give our guest as much notice as we can.

Now that I’ve ordered save the dates and my wedding is 7 months away, I’ve only sent out probably half them. Now I’m debating if I should send the other half or just send them invitations when it’s time. I think they’re cute, but I wish I didn’t order so many and just sent them to the people who are from out of town or I know 100% I want to invite them. I’ve given save the dates to people I thought I was close to and wanted at my wedding, now we don’t really talk or I feel distant from them and wish I could cut them off the guest list. I do think they’re necessary though especially if your wedding is during summer or dates where people normally make plans.

Given our invitees have all kinds of untraditional jobs with odd hours and such, we felt these were necessary.

I don't think they're necessary

Im sending these out because we have a lot of family all over US and Europe and that way people will have a physical card with the date so we don’t have people calling every other day asking what date the wedding is.

For us it is a necessary because most of our guests are traveling and his whole family is in another state. We want them to know way ahead of time!

Depending on how big you wedding is and how far out it is. i personally say yes most people need a full year to request and schedule a vacation or long distance travel.

We are not doing save the dates. Why waste money on something that is just going to go into the garbage?

We sent them our because we have a lot of out of town guest, but we sent them electronically.

We did save-the-dates because 98% of our guests are traveling from other states (most will have a 3+ hr flight or 8-9+ hr drives) and I wanted to give people enough time to plan their travel. It's not a "destination wedding" for us, but it is for almost everyone that we've invited.

I like Save The Dates and think they are necessary depending on circumstance. A lot of my family and other guests I am inviting travel, so I feel the Save The Date gives them an extra heads up. Plus they are fun!

My Save The Date cards were very budget friendly, I made post cards so I could use a post card stamp and did not need to purchase envelopes. About 100 cards cost me $70

We did do save the dates since our wedding was a year out. Also with spread out family and friends we thought it would be helpful

I’m sending them out because i have a lot of out of state family coming, so they can be prepared