How to change wedding ceremony times after sending invitations
Changing a wedding ceremony time after invitations are already out forces couples to contact every single guest again, which creates a huge communication burden. Some couples also face outside pressure from family members who believe that sending save-the-dates makes it impossible to alter the date.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Text blasting everyone or dividing up the guest list to contact people individually
- 2Updating the wedding website with a bold notice in the Q and A section
- 3Providing light refreshments and signage for early arrivals
- 4Call the event a vow renewal if it is more than a year after the legal ceremony
- 5Send out 'change the date' postcards
- 6Cancel the big party and elope first, then send proper invitations later
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Invites are already out but now we have to change the ceremony time”source ↗
“So now we have to change the ceremony time.”source ↗
“Obviously we can contact everyone again, but I REALLY don't want to have to message every single guest again.”source ↗
“Due to stress, financial concerns and other things we may need to postpone our wedding.”source ↗
“We’ve already sent out save the dates a couple months ago.”source ↗
“my mother and grandmother believe that because we have sent out save the dates we cannot change the date of the wedding.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 10Guests dropping out after RSVPing yes for a wedding
- 2How formal do rehearsal dinner invitations need to be?
- 9Friends giving terrible excuses to skip my wedding
- 5When is it too early to send save the dates?
- 12Wedding day timeline example with an early ceremony
- 3Is it too late to send wedding thank you cards a year later?