Invitation wording Hosting

sdolce

Hi. We're getting married at my childhood home, now grandparents home next fall. My fianc and I are footing a majority of the wedding bills both sets of parents are contributing 300500. Now, I'm starting to think about invitation wording. What do you think about the 'who's hosting' part of the invite? Thank you.

misssunshine17

I would go with "Together with their families." I think people tend to get less upset about it. Hosting isn't about who is paying, but for whatever reason, people get irrationally upset about it. 

sdolce

In Response to Re:Invitation wording Hosting:[QUOTE]... are contributing 300500...[/QUOTE]

That's supposed to say 300 to 500

sdolce

In Response to Re:Invitation wording Hosting:[QUOTE]I would go with quot;Together with their families.quot; I think people tend to get less upset about it. Hosting isn't about who is paying, but for whatever reason, people get irrationally upset about it.nbsp; Posted by misssunshine17[/QUOTE]

That makes sense, thank you.

TheVirginians

What is your first inclination to put on there? Give us an idea and we can give you feedback.

Jen4948

Who's paying the bills isn't relevant. Who's issuing the invitations, receiving the replies, communicating with the guests, greeting the guests, and seeing to their needs is. 

If that's your parents, they're the hosts and you use either traditional wording or "Together with their families/parents/Bride/and/Groom/request the honour of your presence (at a religious ceremony)/the pleasure of your company (at a non-religious ceremony)."

If not, that's you and your fiance, and you use "The honour of your presence/the pleasure of your company/is requested at the marriage of/Bride/and/Groom."