Western & American Save the Date Invitation Wording.
Sent months ahead so guests can book flights and leave.
- Who invites
- Historically the bride’s parents; now just as often the couple themselves, or both families jointly.
- How it opens
- No invocation by convention — most Western invitations open with the hosts’ names
- Register
- Ranges from the very formal (spelled-out dates, "the honour of your presence") to entirely your own voice. Note the convention that "honour of your presence" signals a religious ceremony and "pleasure of your company" a civil one.
Sample wording
Written as common practice, not prescription. Take whichever is closest and change the parts that are not you — that is what these are for.
Save the date Eleanor & James 12 June 2027 Oxfordshire Formal invitation to follow