addressing invitations

misspx3

Hello Ladies,

I am sending out my wedding invites next week. I'm not too sure how to address them. Where do I write 'plus guest' or 'and family'. Do I write this on the envelope? I am just very confused.

Thanks

banana468

Well, "plus guest" is not correct.

Whenever possible, invite the other person by name.  If you're inviting people in an established relationship then get the name and proper spelling of both people.  If you're telling a single friend that s/she can bring any random date then that information is conveyed on the inner envelope (if you have them).

For established couples living together you'd invite them as:
Outer-
Ms. Jane Doe
Mr. Peter Johnson

Inner-
Ms. Doe
Mr. Johnson

If they're not living together then you'd invite them as:
Outer-
Name of friend
Inner-
Ms. Doe
Mr. Johnson
(technically they each get their own if they don't live together but I didn't follow that rule)

If they're married then you join their names with "and" and follow the rule above with their names on the same line.

If you're inviting a family, write out the names of the people invited on the inner envelope under their parents.  It's not appropriate to just write "and family". 

misspx3

Thanks banana

I asked my aunt who has been helping and she had told me that id need to write 'and family' to the outside of the envelope when im inviting a family.

I've only seen my invites maybe twice sense they were bought- they were shipped to my parents house. Im not too sure if I have an inner envelope. I do know that I have a response card. I really want to send everything out correctly.

banana468

Yeah, your aunt is mistaken.  It's common but she's incorrect there.

If you don't have an inner envelope use the outter for all the names.