A wedding announcement text goes to the people who weren't invited: it tells them you got married, it sends within days to weeks of the ceremony, and it never asks for anything. Below: who belongs on that list, who deserves a phone call before the text lands, and twelve announcements you can copy - from the classic 'we got married' to the party-to-follow teaser.
These go to the people who nearly got a phone call - and some of them still should. Parents, grandparents and best friends who weren't at the ceremony hear it by voice first; this text is for the ring just outside them, within a few days of the wedding.
Hi {GuestFirstName} - some news: we got married! Just the two of us and an officiant on Saturday, and we wanted you to hear it from us before anyone else. Call you this week. Love, Priya & Jonah
{GuestFirstName}. Sit down. We eloped 🎉 Married as of Friday, deliriously happy, full story the second we see you. - Elle & Marcus
News from Nora & Wes: we got married Thursday at the courthouse. Small on purpose - but you were missed, and you were talked about. More soon.
Dear {GuestFirstName}, we are so happy to share that we were married on the sixth of June, in a small ceremony with our parents. We would have loved to have you there, and we hope to celebrate together soon. With love, June & Malik
The planner's announcement mode takes your wedding date and produces the single post-wedding send to your not-invited list - token-ready, segment-counted, and scheduled inside the days-to-weeks window.
Coworkers, distant cousins, family friends - the people who would otherwise learn about your marriage from a feed. This wave can trail the close-circle texts by a week or two, and it's where a website link earns its place: the story lives there, the text just delivers the news.
Hello from Dani & Cole - we're married! We eloped in Santa Fe last month and couldn't be happier. We wanted you to hear it from us, not the internet.
Hi {GuestFirstName} - big news from Ruthie & Sam: we got married! The whole story, and a few photos from the day, are on our website: {Link:wedding-website}
Dear {HouseholdName}, We are delighted to share that Lena and Robert were married on the fifth of September, in a small ceremony with their parents. We hope to celebrate with you in person before long. With love, the Hartwells
Surprise from Sasha & Kai: we eloped! Married on a cliff in Big Sur, no guests, no regrets. Proof: {Link:elopement-photos}
For couples who married small and are celebrating big later, the announcement doubles as the first teaser - say a party is coming, don't promise details you don't have yet. And if the photos aren't back, say so: a photo-to-follow line buys you a second, even better text.
We got married! A quiet ceremony, just our families - and a big party to follow this summer. Details soon; we just couldn't wait to tell you. - Talia & Owen
News from Mara & Deion: we're married! Small ceremony now, big celebration in the spring - invitation to come. Until then, the story so far: {Link:wedding-website}
Hi {GuestFirstName} - it's official: we're married! Photos are with our photographer working her magic, and we'll send the good ones your way the moment they land. - Cora & Finn
The photos are here! A month ago we said 'I do' with twelve people on a mountainside - and now you can see it: {Link:photo-album}
An announcement resolves one question: how does everyone who wasn't in the room find out? Get the list, the order and the timing right and the wording almost writes itself.
After an elopement that's everyone; after a minimony or courthouse wedding it's everyone outside the handful who attended; after a small ceremony with a bigger party later, it's the future party list - and the announcement doubles as their first teaser. People who were at the wedding never get one; they were there. They get the photo-share text instead.
Parents, grandparents, siblings and the friends who'd be hurt to get a group text deserve a call - or at least a personal, individual message - before any announcement lands. The announcement text is for the circles outside that ring, and it should only send once the calls are done.
Close circle within a few days, wider circle within two or three weeks - and every text before the public post. The whole point of an announcement is that nobody who matters learns about your marriage from social media.
No registry, no RSVP link, no 'gifts welcome'. The moment it asks, it stops being news and starts being a solicitation. If someone asks about gifts, answer them personally - the announcement itself only gives.
The same fact goes out in different voices: playful to the friends who'll scream, warm to most people, formal to older relatives and family friends. Sending one blast in one voice is how a grandmother ends up reading 'no guests, no regrets'.
Every one of these has a family story attached to it. All three are ordering problems, not wording problems - which is why the fix is a plan, not a better sentence.
The aunt who learns from a cousin's repost remembers it for years. Sequence it: calls first, texts second, the public post last - even if that means sitting on the news for a week. The announcement text exists precisely so the feed is never anyone's first notice.
A registry link, a 'gifts to the honeymoon fund', even a pointed mention of the wedding website's registry page - any of it recasts the whole text as an invoice. Keep the announcement clean; people who want to give will ask.
If your best friend gets the same text as your dentist, the text did damage the wording can't undo. Make the short list of people who'd be hurt not to hear it personally, work through it first, and only then hit send on the announcement.
'Party to follow - details soon' works exactly once. If the celebration is a year out or still unplanned, tease it without a timeline, and don't send a second teaser until you can name a date - repeated 'details soon' texts train people to stop reading.
Enter your wedding date and the planner sets up the one post-wedding send to your not-invited list - the send date inside the days-to-weeks window, the body token-ready, the segment count live as you edit.
Hi {GuestFirstName} - some happy news: we got married! A small ceremony, huge hearts. The story and photos are here: {Link:announcement}
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No - an announcement tells people who weren't there, so sending it to attendees reads oddly at best. Guests who were in the room get the follow-ups instead: the thank-you-for-coming text and the photo-share link. If you married small and are partying later, your announcement list is everyone outside the ceremony handful.
Inner circle by phone within a day or two, close-circle texts within the first few days, and the wider circle within two or three weeks. The one hard rule is order, not speed: every call and text lands before anything goes on social media.
Leave it out. An announcement that points at a registry stops reading as news and starts reading as a request, and it's the single most common way these texts go wrong. People who want to send a gift will ask you or find the website on their own - and answering a direct question personally is a much better look than a link in the blast.
For grandparents, formal family friends and anyone who keeps cards on the mantel, a printed announcement is a lovely companion to the text - the text delivers the news fast, the card makes it keepsake-official. If you want a printed design, our invitation and save-the-date template galleries have customizable options; this page only covers what to write in the text.
For most of your list, yes - it's personal, it's direct, and it beats the alternative most people actually experience, which is finding out from a feed. The exceptions are the inner ring, who deserve a call, and the most traditional relatives, who might get the call or a printed card first and the text as a follow-up. Appropriateness is about sequence, not channel.
Announce the marriage now and tease the party without a timeline: 'a celebration to follow - we'll send details when we have them'. Don't hold the announcement hostage to the party planning, and don't commit to a season you might miss. When the date is real, the invitation becomes its own separate text.
Text My Wedding schedules every send on its date, resolves the merge tokens per guest, and collects the replies — so seven or eight dated texts never have to leave your notes app by hand.
