Addressing the invitations with only the outter envelope

KEHOEPK

Yeup- just got my invations in and they only came with one envelope. The RSVP is a post card, so no envelope there either. While I was starting to work on them I realized I dont know how/where to work "And Guest" or "And Date"
Normaily there is just the formal addressing on the outter envelope and things get more specific on the inside one.
Should i go ahead and write Mr. Michael Mcdonald and Guest, then their address, and so on on the outter label or will that be an etiquette disaster?

JessAndTrav

We also did not have inner envelopes, since our RSVPs were postcards, and I was not going to waste money on envelopes for an RSVP postcard and the reception card.

We didn't have many guests that needed the "and guest" because most of them were in relationships. Since we had so few 'and guests' I decided to just call the guests and ask if they knew who they intended to bring if they would be able to attend, and then told them I would address it to both of them.

I did have a couple who I couldn't get into contact with, so I just wrote it on there as "John Doe and Guest"

I've consulted the Emily Post website on the Etiquette, and it says there should be an inner envelope, so there's not a 'right' way to do it when skipping the inner envelope altogether.

ILoveToRobot

Are you truly inviting "and guest"? I'd suggest trying to find out who the person will be bringing. If it's up for grabs on who the invitee brings then I have no advice. I'm curious to see what others say.

libby2483

We wrote and guest on the outer envelope. This was only if we were giving a truly single person a plus one and they did not know who they wanted to bring. Otherwise, we found out the name of the SO or guest. This was only the case for like 6 guests, so I don't think it was a big deal.

aragx6

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[QUOTE]We wrote and guest on the outer envelope. This was only if we were giving a truly single person a plus one and they did not know who they wanted to bring. Otherwise, we found out the name of the SO or guest. This was only the case for like 6 guests, so I don't think it was a big deal.
Posted by libby2483[/QUOTE]

Same here. putting and guest after their name is fine.

musicalcanadianbride

If you are giving truly single guests a plus one, just address it to so-and-so and guest. Personally, I think that inner envelopes are wasteful and environmentally un-friendly, so we're skipping them altogether. I'm doing envelopes for the RSVPs because we are doing "the favour of a creative reply" cards and then displaying the responses (an idea I got from a website and which will appeal to both our families - all writers, artists, musicians etc), and I don't want them to end up all dirty and squashed from the post.