Save the Date Text Message Examples: Wording Guests Actually Love

Save the date text messages for every style of wedding: casual, formal, destination, and multi-event. Copy an example, then follow the timing and follow-up tips.

By Mia · 2026-07-11 · Updated 2026-10-09

Here is a save the date text you can send today: "We're getting married! Save the date: Saturday, June 20th, 2027 in Chicago. Formal invitation to follow." That is the whole job: who, when, and roughly where. The examples below cover casual, formal, destination, and multi-event weddings. If you are wording a printed card or an email instead, use our save the date wording guide.

A save the date text gets your date onto your guests' calendars months before the formal invitation exists. Text is perfect for it. It arrives instantly, it does not get lost in a junk mail pile, and guests can reply with the shriek of excitement your news deserves. The wording just needs three things: who, when, roughly where. Everything else can wait for the invitation.

Casual save the date texts

For the friends and cousins you text anyway.

• "IT'S HAPPENING. We're getting married June 20th in Chicago. Save the date, details to follow!"
• "Hi! Before you hear it from anyone else: we picked a date. September 12th, hometown wedding. Keep the weekend free for us?"
• "You know that wedding we've been talking about forever? It's real now. April 25th. Be there."

Warmer, more formal wording

For elders and family friends, keep the same brevity with a softer register.

• "With great joy, we're sharing that Priya and Raj will be married on February 14th, 2027 in Houston. A formal invitation will follow. We so hope you can join us."
• "Dear [name], we're delighted to share our wedding date: Saturday, August 8th in London. Please save the date, invitation and details to come. With love, both families"

Destination wedding save the dates

Send these earlier, nine to twelve months out, because guests are booking flights and using leave days.

• "We're getting married in Tuscany! June 5th to 7th, 2027. Flights land in Florence or Pisa. Hotel details soon, but lock in the dates now. We can't wait."
• "Pack your bags: our wedding is happening in Goa, January 15th weekend. More soon on where to stay. Start dreaming!"

Multi-event and South Asian wedding save the dates

When the celebration spans days, tell guests the span now and the per-event details later.

• "Our wedding week is set! Mehndi through reception, March 18th to 21st in Dallas. Individual event invites to follow. Save the whole stretch if you can!"
• "The Sharma-Patel wedding is officially happening November 12th to 14th. You'll get your personal schedule with the invitation. For now: save the dates!"

Timing and follow-up

A simple rhythm that works:

• Six to eight months out: the save the date text (nine to twelve for destination)
• Eight to ten weeks out: the invitation with each guest's RSVP link
• Two to three weeks before: a reminder, sent only to guests who have not replied

One quiet advantage of doing this by text: the same tool that sends the save the date keeps the phone numbers, so your invitation and reminders go to a list that already exists instead of a spreadsheet you rebuild in the spring.

Send them all from one place

Cordially Wed sends save the dates, invitations, and reminders by SMS and WhatsApp from a dedicated wedding number, personalized per guest, with replies landing in one inbox. Guest list, RSVP tracking, and your wedding website are free; unlimited guest texting is a one-time payment from $69, sized to how many unique guest phone numbers you are texting. Send yourself a free test first at cordiallywed.com/invite and see your save the date exactly as guests will. For the full how-to, see our guide on sending digital save the dates by text.

For wording beyond text messages and the right timing, see save the date wording and when to send save the dates.