Inviting minister or photographer?

Melzy2009

My fiancee and I are not religious and are not members of any church. We have booked a community church for our ceremony and have met with the pastor who is willing to marry us. My question is to whether or not I should be inviting him and his wife to our reception or not? Also the photographer? If they stay for the whole event do I consider them as a guest and pay for them to eat as well?

ring_pop

My question is to whether or not I should be inviting him and his wife to our reception or not? Yes, though if they're acting as a paid vendor and don't know you at all, it's likely he will decline.Also the photographer? If they stay for the whole event do I consider them as a guest and pay for them to eat as well? Most definitely yes. You can ask your caterer whether they have a vendor meal price, which is probably cheaper than a guest meal. But you definitely need to feed them, otherwise they'll be working through dinner time with no dinner!

Nukke

If the pastor doesn't know you personally, he/she is more than likely going to decline the invitation, or just show up for the cocktail hour to meet with some of the guests.  You still need to offer the invite, though.

Quick question about the invites though.  I know I have to invite the officiant and photographer, but is a verbal invitation sufficient, or do they need the full on invitation in the mail?