Question 1

What is a digital save the date?

Accepted Answer

It is an online page you send guests to announce your wedding date before the formal invitations. Unlike a printed card, it also collects contact details as guests reply, so your guest list gets built at the same time as your date gets locked in.

Question 2

When should we send save the dates?

Accepted Answer

Nine to twelve months before the day. In the UK and Ireland go earlier again for a bank holiday weekend or a date inside the school holidays, and twelve to eighteen months if guests are flying, because they need to book time off and somewhere to stay before the local rooms go.

Question 3

Which countries does this work in?

Accepted Answer

Anywhere with a web browser. Couples send these in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada and the United States, and for destination weddings in Greece and Italy. There is nothing to install, no address format to fight with, and no country the page will not open in.

Question 4

How is a save the date different from the invitation?

Accepted Answer

A save the date asks guests to keep the day free, an invitation asks them to commit. The save the date goes out first with just the date and the place, and the invitation follows later with the times, the RSVP and everything else. Contacts collected by the first one populate the second.

Question 5

Is it free to send?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Creating your save the date, sharing it and collecting guest details costs nothing. There is no per guest fee, no trial and nothing that starts charging once the replies pile up.

Question 6

What exactly does it collect?

Accepted Answer

Names, emails and phone numbers, and the same three for each person a guest is bringing. That last part is the useful bit: you end up able to contact a plus one directly rather than having a row in your list that just says plus one.

Question 7

Do we still need printed save the dates?

Accepted Answer

No, and most couples now send one or the other rather than both. If you want something for the fridge, send the digital one first to lock the date in and spend the printing budget on the invitations, where the card is doing more work.

Question 8

Can we collect postal addresses for the paper invitations?

Accepted Answer

Not postal addresses, no. The form collects names, emails and phone numbers, which is what you need to send the invitation itself digitally or by text. If you are posting invitations, you will need to ask for addresses separately.

Question 9

How do guests add the date to their calendar?

Accepted Answer

It arrives attached to their confirmation email as a standard calendar file, so one tap puts it into Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. They do not have to remember to do it later, which is when most people forget.

Question 10

What if a guest replies and then cannot come?

Accepted Answer

Nothing breaks, because a save the date is not an RSVP. A name on the list is a contact detail, not a headcount. The real yes or no comes later with the invitation and the RSVP form, and plans change between the two more often than couples expect.

Question 11

Can we change the date after we have sent it?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Edit the page and the link stays the same, so anyone opening it afterwards sees the new date. Guests who already saved the old date will need telling separately, because a calendar entry on their phone belongs to them and cannot be edited from here.

Question 12

Will the email end up in someone's spam folder?

Accepted Answer

It can, like any email. Sending the link on WhatsApp or by text avoids the problem altogether, which is why most couples share it that way and keep email as the fallback for the guests who do not use messaging apps.

Question 13

Do guests need to install anything to open a save the date?

Accepted Answer

No. They tap the link, fill in a short form and close it. Nothing to install, no password to invent, and nothing that assumes they are comfortable with new software.

Question 14

Can we use this for something other than a wedding?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The same page works for a christening, an engagement party, a big birthday or a work event. Anything where you want to fix a date early and gather contact details before you plan the rest.

Question 15

What happens to the details guests give us?

Accepted Answer

They go into your guest list on your dashboard, ready for the invitations. You can see them, edit them and export them, and they are attached to your wedding rather than pooled anywhere else.

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