One invite per household?

hebonomo

Many of our guests are roommates with each other... should we send each guest a save the date and invite? Or is it ok to put both names on one envelope and send one invite per household? It seems strange to put two names on the envelope when the guests are not dating but it also seems superfluous to send multiple invites to the same household.

What are your thoughts?

MyNameIsNot

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[QUOTE]Many of our guests are roommates with each other... should we send each guest a save the date and invite? Or is it ok to put both names on one envelope and send one invite per household? It seems strange to put two names on the envelope when the guests are not dating but it also seems superfluous to send multiple invites to the same household. What are your thoughts?
Posted by hebonomo[/QUOTE]

<div>Each adult should get their own invitation, unless they are a couple with the other adult.  </div><div>
</div><div>Roommates should each get their own; college students should get their own; live in grandmothers should get their own, etc.  </div>

juma1111

Ditto PP.

I ended up sending 4 invitations to 1 household. I felt sort of odd at first but I have 3 grown cousins, 2 still in college, all living at home all with a potential date plus my Aunt and Uncle. Therefore, 4 invitations went to that household. Probably gave the mailman a good chuckle but oh well, atleast I was correct in my mailing and if they wanted to bring a date they could.

Kas254

I was just about to write a post on the same question!!

Mine is an aunt and uncle plus two grown sons. One of the sons has a gf.

I thought maybe this could be solved with the inner envelope. The outer could be addressed to the aunt and uncle, and the inner could list all names.

But if that's not de rigueur, I will send 3.

Thanks!

dumdumfroggie

I think you can send the STD to multiple people, but each person over the age of 18 must get their own invitation.

rebekahj81

I live in one of these households (my fiance and I, and his adult brother who has moved in with us for a year) and I polled the crowd...

We think it is fine to send one Save the Date to the whole household as long as it is clear who will be getting an invite later. If we get a Save the Date addressed to RJ, DC and TC, will will all assume we are to save that date for a wedding. If a card came JUST addressed to RJ and DC, then brother TC may assume he will not be invited.

Our logic here is that we all share the same fridge and that's where a Save the Date goes. Save yourself a stamp.

We think that the adult sections of the household should get separate invitations, though - mainly for clarity in the RSVP-ing. DC and RJ should have one, and TC should get his own - as a single person with or without a guest.

Just our opinion!

hebonomo

Thanks everyone for your input! We've come to the decision that we will send separate invites to roommates but one invite per household for families--even if some of the kids are in college, their primary addresses are their parents' so they will all be on the same invite.
Thanks again!