save the dates

Calendar reservation cards

Save the dates are advance notices sent before formal invitations, alerting recipients to reserve a date for an upcoming event—typically a wedding.

They give guests time to arrange travel or clear schedules: We sent save the dates six months before the wedding.

The singular form refers to either the notice itself or the request to hold the date open.

Opposites
event communication sequence

save the datesformal invitations

Official event summons

wedding invitations · invitations · RSVPs · thank you cards · wedding announcements

calendar commitment

save the datesrain checks

Vouchers for future fulfillment

regrets · no-shows

event status

save the dateschange of plans

uninvitations

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G