Publishing & sending

Can I change the date or venue after sending?

By Nimanto 2 min read

In short

Yes. Open the invitation, choose Update details and change the date or venue on the Essentials step; the link stays the same and reminders move with the date. A published invitation has a set number of free date changes, shown under the date. Changing only the time never counts.

Plans move. Your invitation moves with them: change the date or the venue once and every guest's link shows the new details, with no new link to send.

Change the date or venue

  1. Open the invitation from your dashboard and choose Update details.
  2. On the Essentials step, change Date & time or pick the new place under Venue. Picking from the search fills the address and the directions.
  3. Choose Save.
  4. Read the "Change the date?" dialog if the day moved, and confirm with Change the date.
  5. Choose Publish changes so the date and venue printed inside the design follow. Calendar links, e-mails and the share message use the new details as soon as you save.
  6. Tell your guests with Message guests. See reminders.

What counts as a date change

  • Only moving a published invitation's date to another calendar day counts. Changing only the time never counts; a new time on the same day is saved at once, as often as you like.
  • The line under the date tells you where you stand, for example "2 of 3 free date changes left".
  • On a premium design, once the free changes are used, the next change is a one-time purchase; the dialog shows the price and Pay buys one more change. On a free design date changes are never charged. See date-change credits.
  • A postponement can move the date by up to a year from its current date. Moving it earlier has no such limit.

Every date change moves the automatic reminders to the new date.

What guests see

  • The date and venue in e-mails, calendar links and the preview card under your link change the moment you save.
  • The words printed inside the design change when you publish again. Guests keep seeing the earlier version until then.
  • The link stays the same, so a QR code already printed still works.

When the date is locked

Once the event has taken place, its date, title and design lock. The page says "This event took place on <date>. A past invitation can't be moved to a new date or renamed." For a new occasion on the same design, choose Duplicate under More on the Overview. See unpublish, duplicate and delete.

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