Sending Invites and STD's to families instead of individuals

ortizgal07

Hello All! 

I am hoping I can get some advice on a question that I have. 

My fiance and I will soon be sending out our STD's to the people on our guest list. Right now, we are confused as to if we should send one STD/Invite per household regardless of their childrens residence. Kind of confusing but.. 

For Example: Our church friends have a family of five. Their three children are away at college in different states. They have their own addresses where they live during school months and they come back to their parents house when school is out. Should we send an invitation/STD to the four different houses or send one invitation to the parents house as a "to the family" invite? 

Any help would be great! Thank you kindly! 

MyNameIsNot

You send one invitation to every adult or couple, but you can include minor children.  Children over 18 should get their own invitation.  

Also, you don't have to include adult children just because you invite the parents.  Unless you have a seperate relationship with each of these 4 adult children, there's no reason to invite them.  

Jen4948

In your example, send an invitation to the couple at their home address, and to each child at whatever address they are likely to be at when they get the invitation, or if in doubt, to their home address.  But because each child is an adult, send each a separate invitation. 

ortizgal07

Thank you Jen4948 and MyNameIsNot! Very Helpful. I will take your advice and send an invitation to each of them individually. 

FizzySips

Also note that a save the date doesn't have to go to every person on your list. Just your OOT and VIPs need to get them. This may help you if something happens and you need to trim your guest list in between sending save the dates and invites. But, everyone who get a save the date gets an invite. We were conservative with our save the dates and sent one per household with all invited persons' names on the envelope. It was more cost-saving than anything.