Announce Your Wedding with Canva’s Save the Dates

Send beautiful wedding save the dates designed on Canva and manage your guests with CreatEcards.

Design Your Save the Date

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Amelia & Adam
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Save the date

Canva save the date with one live link

Wedding Planning Starts Here

A live Canva save the date gives guests the wedding date and broad location before the full invitation is ready. CreatEcards keeps that early notice updateable and can guide guests to the final wedding invitation later.

A save the date has a different job from the final wedding invitation. Use it to protect the date and share the broad location while plans are still moving. Keep the page updateable, then direct guests to the full invitation when detailed attendance and meal responses are due.

Choose the date design

Sync from Canva

Share the early notice

Botanical Canva save the date invitation for Amelia and Adam

Save the date or wedding invitation?

Use a save the date while the complete plan is still taking shape

A save the date protects the date. The wedding invitation gives guests the full plan and gives you the answers the venue and caterer need.

Timing
Save the dateBefore every detail is final
Wedding invitationWhen guests need the complete plan
Main job
Save the dateReserve the date
Wedding invitationCollect the final attendance details
Guest response
Save the dateOptional early interest
Wedding invitationChoose Detailed RSVP for names and meal answers; set plus-one allowances and a reply-by date
Information
Save the dateDate and broad location
Wedding invitationVenue, schedule, map, registry, and RSVP

How to publish a Canva save the date as one live page

Share the date now, keep practical details updateable, and point guests to the full wedding invitation when it is ready.

Design Your Save the Date
Step 1: Make your save the date invitation in Canva

One live invitation page

Keep your Canva design, RSVP, and event details together

Turn the Canva save-the-date design into one mobile-friendly page for responses and practical details. Give guests the date and broad location without forcing the full invitation or meal questions too early.

  • Put the date, city, and key travel note in one place
  • Update details without replacing the shared link

Event details

Tell your guests when, where and what to expect

Date & time
Location
Agenda
Links
FAQs
Gift registry
Everything you add here builds your live invitation page.

What your guest sees

Botanical save the date invitation Canva invitation design
RSVP

Your invitation, details and response in one place

Event details

Tell your guests when, where and what to expect

Date & timeLocationAgendaLinksFAQsGift registryDescription
Event title
Ava & Rowan's Wedding
Everything you add here builds your live invitation page.

Calendar ready

Help guests reserve the date from the same page

Keep the announcement useful after the first view with a calendar action beside the design.

  • Make the date easy to add to a calendar
  • Keep the confirmed date connected to the live invitation

Host setup

Confirmation actions

Add to calendar · On
Event title
Date and time
Venue

What people see

You’re on the list

Botanical save the date invitation Canva design
Ava & Rowan’s Wedding
Sat 20 Mar 2027
Fernhill Estate
Add to calendar

Custom questions

Ask for early travel information if you need it

You can ask about early travel plans, or leave questions out while you are only announcing the date. If you collect replies, Simple RSVP asks once per group and Detailed RSVP asks each named guest. These are early replies, not final wedding RSVPs.

  • Use text or multiple-choice questions
  • Choose group-level or per-person answers

Host setup

Add your questions

Meal choice · Multiple choice
Dietary details · Text
Song request · Text

Custom questions

Ask anything and collect the details you need

Add custom questions to your reply form
What song gets you dancing?Text
Take the shuttle?Choice
YesNo
Anything else we should know?Text
Up to 6 questions, text or multiple choice. Guests can skip optional ones.

What people see

A few quick questions

Botanical save the date invitation Canva design
Choose your meal
Any dietary details?
Request a song
Continue

Simple or Detailed RSVP

Collect a headcount or each guest’s details

If you collect early replies, Simple RSVP gives you a group count and one set of answers. Detailed RSVP collects names and answers for each person. These early replies are separate from your final wedding RSVPs.

  • Choose group totals or named guests
  • Collect group-level or per-person answers

RSVP & responses setting

How responses will be collected

Simple RSVP
Detailed RSVP
External link
WhatsApp / text
Guests name each attendee, including plus-ones, and answer your questions per person.

What your guest sees

Botanical save the date invitation Canva invitation design

Attendance

Guest name
Chloe Jones
Will you attend?
Yes · No
Add a plus-one?
+ Add another guest

RSVP & Responses Setting

How responses will be collected

Simple RSVP
Detailed RSVP
External link
WhatsApp / text
Guests name each attendee, including plus-ones, and answer your questions per person.

Guest groups and invitation rules

Choose who can bring a plus-one

Choose whether guests can bring someone and set the total number of people allowed in a reply. If particular households need different allowances, add them to your guest list and send their personal links.

  • Set the total number of people allowed in a reply
  • Use personal links for different guest allowances

Guest policy

Set who guests can bring

Plus ones
Plus ones allowedNo plus ones
Guests
Adult onlyChildren allowed
Max people per response
4

What your guest sees

Botanical save the date invitation Canva invitation design

Attendance

Your attendance
Yes, I/we will be attending
Adults
2
Children
1

Guest policy

Set who guests can bring

Plus ones
Plus ones allowedNo plus ones
Guests
Adult onlyChildren allowed
Max people per reply4
Guests can add people up to the limit you set.

The planning outcome

An early notice guests can keep using

Date reserved

Give guests enough notice before the complete plan is ready.

Details stay current

Update the practical information behind the same link.

Next stage is clear

Point guests to the final wedding invitation when responses are due.

Wedding hosts on Canva invitations and easier planning

“CreatEcards was a total lifesaver for me when I tried creating a wedding RSVP invitation! As a beginner, I found the platform incredibly user-friendly and intuitive to use. I loved how seamless it was to publish my Canva designs as online invitations and manage RSVPs. Highly recommend for any Canva lover looking to jazz up their event planning game!”
Sook Fun Lim
Wedding host
“Easy to use, amazing tracking of wedding RSVPS and meal choices, ability to turn into excel spreadsheet from site and ease of linking wedding website to invitation. Developer was very quick to answer my questions and was very responsive to feedback. It was also affordable.”
Lora Kellie
Wedding host
“I am absolutely thrilled with the way my wedding invitation turned out, thanks to CreatEcards! Unlike other online invitation services, this platform made it a breeze to create a personalized and one-of-a-kind design that beautifully reflected my personal style. Throughout the entire process, I felt completely at ease and confident in my abilities, thanks to the user-friendly interface and helpful guidance provided by CreatEcards.”
Demeka David
Wedding host
“CreatEcards was a total lifesaver for me when I tried creating a wedding RSVP invitation! As a beginner, I found the platform incredibly user-friendly and intuitive to use. I loved how seamless it was to publish my Canva designs as online invitations and manage RSVPs. Highly recommend for any Canva lover looking to jazz up their event planning game!”
Sook Fun Lim
Wedding host
“Easy to use, amazing tracking of wedding RSVPS and meal choices, ability to turn into excel spreadsheet from site and ease of linking wedding website to invitation. Developer was very quick to answer my questions and was very responsive to feedback. It was also affordable.”
Lora Kellie
Wedding host
“I am absolutely thrilled with the way my wedding invitation turned out, thanks to CreatEcards! Unlike other online invitation services, this platform made it a breeze to create a personalized and one-of-a-kind design that beautifully reflected my personal style. Throughout the entire process, I felt completely at ease and confident in my abilities, thanks to the user-friendly interface and helpful guidance provided by CreatEcards.”
Demeka David
Wedding host
“Wow, I am so thrilled with CreatEcards! With their help, I was able to create the perfect wedding invitation and effortlessly manage my guest RSVPs. Compared to other online invitation sites, CreatEcards is incredibly simple to use and just so easy.”
June
Wedding host
“CreatEcards was a game-changer for creating our wedding invitations! The seamless integration with Canva made designing a breeze, and the ability to link directly to our designs saved us so much time. Highly recommend for anyone looking to effortlessly create stunning online invitations!”
Joshua Sulio
Wedding host
“I appreciate the convenience of CreatEcards. Using Canva to design my wedding invitation was simple and including an RSVP link made the process seamless. The integration with Canva is a notable feature and it's helpful that there is a free plan option available.”
Shivramakrishnan V
Wedding host
“Wow, I am so thrilled with CreatEcards! With their help, I was able to create the perfect wedding invitation and effortlessly manage my guest RSVPs. Compared to other online invitation sites, CreatEcards is incredibly simple to use and just so easy.”
June
Wedding host
“CreatEcards was a game-changer for creating our wedding invitations! The seamless integration with Canva made designing a breeze, and the ability to link directly to our designs saved us so much time. Highly recommend for anyone looking to effortlessly create stunning online invitations!”
Joshua Sulio
Wedding host
“I appreciate the convenience of CreatEcards. Using Canva to design my wedding invitation was simple and including an RSVP link made the process seamless. The integration with Canva is a notable feature and it's helpful that there is a free plan option available.”
Shivramakrishnan V
Wedding host

Save the date questions, answered

Got a specific question? Open your AI with our FAQ link, then ask it there.

Use a save the date when you want guests to reserve your wedding date before the venue and other plans are final. Send the wedding invitation when you are ready to share the full details and collect RSVPs. Any early replies to your save the date are separate from the final wedding RSVP.

Yes. Open CreatEcards from Canva’s Apps or Share menu to bring across your save the date design. Add an RSVP form and the event details in CreatEcards.

Yes. Guests open the live invitation in their browser and respond from the mobile-friendly page without needing Canva or a CreatEcards account.

Yes. In CreatEcards, open RSVP form, then RSVP & guests settings, and set Stop collecting response after date. Add the same reply-by date to your invitation details. To track invitees who have not replied, add them to your guest list and send their personal links.

Yes. Add the venue map, calendar action, accommodation information, or other useful links beside the invitation and response form.

Yes. Edit your event details in CreatEcards, or update your Canva design and sync it to the same invitation. Keep the page’s web address unchanged so guests can use the link you already shared.

Yes. Add text or multiple-choice questions for dietary needs, travel, meal choices, or another detail this event requires.

Keep planning from here

Continue the wedding journey

Build the final wedding invitation next, or move to the celebration you are planning now.

Publish the date now and keep the details flexible

Keep your Canva save the date and add one live page guests can return to as the wedding plan takes shape. Free to start.

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