Venue booked. When to send invites?

[Polkadotties]

OH and I booked our venue yesterday. Due to COVID and many weddings being moved back a year we are getting married in July 2022.
When is it ‘correct’ to send the save the date cards/official invites?

I believe its around 6 months for the save the date and 2 months for the invite. But I sent our save the dates about 9 months in advance because it was a summer holiday wedding and I didn't want people booking to go away so let them know early. Then I had to let the venue know final numbers about 3 weeks in advance, so sent the invites about 3 months in in advance (my hen was that early due to a pregnant bridesmaid so I have a lot of them out by hand that weekend. It made sense to send the rest out at the same time).

Save the dates - anywhere between 12 - 9 months ahead I'd say. I think we sent ours a year in advanced because we had guests who lived a few hours away and we wanted to give them plenty of notice so they could arrange time off, travel and accommodation.

Invitations - 3-6 months ahead. It will depend how much notice your venue need for final numbers. My venue wanted final numbers 6 weeks before the date so we had to get ours out quite early. Give yourself some time in order to chase up RSVPS because , believe me, you will

I think it's quite normal for people to plan holidays etc. on a calendar year or academic year basis, so if you already know the date, I'd let people know the date at least on year out, but I've received save the dates for two years out. If you already know it, just tell them. No reason not to (as long as you're sure they're people to whom you will definitely send an invitation).

I think in times past, formal invitations were only six weeks out, but that's useless in today's world where travel or accommodation or leave may need to be booked. If you've got details finalised then again, the earlier the better. I think 3-6 months out is a good window.

We did save the dates a year ahead and then invitations 4 months ahead.

We sent our save the dates with Christmas cards about 16 months before. Our wedding was Easter weekend though so wanted to Makesure that everyone was aware before making other plans. We sent the invites out the following Christmas with the cards :)

Thanks everyone :)