Marriage Announcements?

MissCarly86

I'm 99% sure my fiance and I are going to the 'destination wedding' route therefore we're only inviting about 15-20 people to our wedding. My question is, Should we send out a Marriage/Wedding Announcement once married? And if so, do we include where we're registered for people who would like to still get us a gift?

marissa_claire

You may send out a marriage announcement after you get married, but people tend to not give presents unless they were invited to the wedding ceremony.  If you're only inviting 15-20 people to your ceremony, I would advise against registering.

waltzingmatilda13

You can send announcements if you want, but do not include registry info. That's just tacky and rude.  If people really want to buy you a gift they will, but you shouldn't expect anything especially when you aren't even inviting them to the wedding.

kcscejal

You can sound them out if you would like to, but do not include registry information.  Registry info also shouldn't be included in your regular invitations.

ootmother2

Wedding announcements are fine and mail them after the ceremony.

NO registry info ever on an invitation or announcement.  You gave up the gifts when you decided to have a destination wedding.

baystateapple

What?  Registry information with a wedding announcement?

No.  Never acceptable. 

MissCarly86

Thank you for the kind advice. I'm not EXPECTING gifts from others, I've had people tell me that I should include registry info and that sounded odd to me which is why I got on here to ask.

Simply Fated

Definitely don't give out registry info. If people want to send you a gift, they will. They'll just send you a check, something they think you'll like or they'll ask around what you would like.
But sending out gift registry information is never acceptable, no matter if it's on the invitation or the announcement.

And it's fine to send out announcements after the wedding, I guess. Not my style, but to each her own.

squirrly

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_marriage-announcements?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:9885c99a-2027-4f2f-8fa3-a67be18b40c2Post:cd49f29c-84ac-4e1a-9d17-e8b3a093361c">Re: Marriage Announcements?</a>:
[QUOTE]Wedding announcements are fine and mail them after the ceremony. NO registry info ever on an invitation or announcement.  You gave up the gifts when you decided to have a destination wedding.
Posted by ootmother2[/QUOTE]

This, exactly.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I don't think it would be bad to have a small registry. Some people might want to give you a gift of congratulations, even if they aren't at the wedding.

However, you never announce it. People find out about the registry on their own.

mandysmear

I keep seeing "miscarriage announcements" when I look at this thread.