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Invite Addressing Issue

Hi Ladies!I need help! I'm addressing the invitations to our wedding and I have quite a few single guests. Etiquette says that it is improper to address the outer envelope as "Miss Jane Doe and Guest"... BUT I don't have inner envelopes! It was going to double my postage costs and I didn't care about them... until now!Can I address the outer envelope as "Miss Jane Doe and Guest" or do you think that it's too informal? If I can't... what are my options to let singletons know that they may bring a guest?Thank you for your help!  :D

Re: Invite Addressing Issue

  • Umm I'm not a 100% sure but can't you just address the outer envelope as Miss Jane Doe and include a nice handwritten note letting Ms Doe know that she is welcome to bring a guest?
  • I ended up doing two different things.  When I was starting out writing the invites, I put in a note, letting the person know they were free to bring a guest.But by the time I'd had most of my invites in the mail, and we were just waiting on a name from some of FI's cousin's that we were inviting (no one would get back to us, it was ridiculous) I ended up writing "and Guest" on the envelope, more as a slight to them than anything...Petty, yes, I know.
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  • I'm not a fan of "and guest" on an outer envelope. We didn't have inner envelopes either so I just addressed the invite to our guest:Miss Sally Smith...and then informally let her know with a phone call that she was welcome to bring a guest. Single invitees that chose to bring a guest simply added the name to the RSVP card along with theirs:Miss Sally Smith and Mr. Michael Jones
  • I ran into this problem, but I just put "and Guest" on the outter. You don't have a lot of choice when you don't have an inner envelope
  • You could do a space for it on the response cards. Maybe say: Jane Doe: Attending ____ Regrets _____ Guest: Attending _____ Regrets _____ So she understands she gets a guest and she can just check off if they'll be attending or not?
  • handwritten note on the inside: please feel free to bring a guest and let me know their name when you rsvp.
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