I skipped the whole save the date cards and basically just sent out invitations. I booked it with 10 months to go and figured the TA gave me a deadline of September 8th for First Deposit so since the whole thing isn't traditional anyways I sent out the whole invitation package yesterday..
On the "formal part" I put the customary Brides name/Grooms name, request your presence (blah blah blah) Sorry just not trying to ramble.
I then enclosed a separate card that said "We invite you to join us on a Celebration Cruise to the Bahamas. Followed by the dates of travel, TA information, & price of cabins and dates for payment. Then I did Response cards that had three lines for Wedding only, Wedding and Cruise, and Only in thoughts and prayers... That way I don't have to bother the TA to see who booked etc and don't have to wait for spoken responses. We both come from large familys and my fiance is a Marine so I sent invitations to at least 8 different states. I did the invitations myself so if anyone would like to see them I can email them to you. Also, I figured this way whenever I get the responses back I can start planning my OOT bags, my brochures and also my AHR which Im still not sure what i want to do with that yet.