Check my invites please!

behsco90

Two questions - should I include directions from ceremony location to reception location?  I have the directions on the website, but also I figure most people have GPS nowadays.

And, if I am including FI's parents on the invite, do I put down his whole name or just his first and middle?

Thanks!

Edit: Not sure why some of the lines are showing up as two lines instead of the one line ("request the honor of your presence" and "at the marriage of their daughter"

Invite:

Mr. and Mrs. John Smith

request the honor of
your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Jane

to

Bill Bob

son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schmoe

on Saturday, the
twenty-second of August

two thousand and
fifteen

at two o’clock in the
afternoon

Saint Catholic Church

12345 Southwest Main Street

Maintown, Oregon

2nd ceremony/Reception Insert:

Persian Ceremony

And Reception

Main Hotel

678 Southwest Main Street

Anytown, Oregon

Persian ceremony to
begin at 4:15

Reception to follow

Parking

Joe's Parking Garage

111 Southwest 115th Avenue

Anytown, Oregon

For accommodations and
other information, please visit our website

www.abcdefg.com

Jen4948

To be honest with you, I think you have some problems here.

For most purposes, including legal, the first ceremony is the one considered binding, not the Persian ceremony.  If it's taking place at the same venue as the reception, then I think you need to leave out the Persian ceremony information and just indicate that the reception is following immediately after the first ceremony on a separate insert.

And the fact that there's a big gap between the first ceremony and the reception is problematic.  I don't think that many people will want to sit through a second ceremony before being hosted at the reception.

Also, put the reception and website information on separate inserts and not try to put everything on one card.

BrinkyDink16

I am including directions from the ceremony site to the reception site so I think it's a good idea.  I know most people have GPS, but it's in a rural error where cell service might still be shoddy in spots so I'd like everyone to have a physical copy just in case. 

I think the FH name thing is entirely your call.  I would just make sure that your names match so if you're just using your first and middle, just use his first and middle.  We're both using our full names on our invites.

CMGragain

Mr. and Mrs. John George Smith

request the honor of
your presence

at the marriage of their daughter

Jane

to

Mr. Bill Bob Schmoe

son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas Schmoe

 Saturday, the
twenty-second of August

two thousand
fifteen

at two o’clock 

Saint Catholic Church

12345 Southwest Main Street

Maintown, Oregon

Persian Ceremony

And Reception

Quarter after four o'clock

Main Hotel

678 Southwest Main Street

Anytown, Oregon

Reception to follow

(separate insert - business size card)

Parking

Joe's Parking Garage

111 Southwest 115th Avenue

Anytown, Oregon

For accommodations and
other information, please visit our website

www.abcdefg.com

I am assuming that you know that the groom's parents do not belong on the invitation unless they are hosting?  It is not a crime, but it is not correct, either.

CMGragain

BrinkyDink16 said:

I am including directions from the ceremony site to the reception site so I think it's a good idea.  I know most people have GPS, but it's in a rural error where cell service might still be shoddy in spots so I'd like everyone to have a physical copy just in case. 

I think the FH name thing is entirely your call.  I would just make sure that your names match so if you're just using your first and middle, just use his first and middle.  We're both using our full names on our invites.

BrinkyDink, please stop giving etiquette advice until you have read a standard etiquette book.  This advice is wrong.