Couple questions on invite wording

Re: Couple questions on invite wording

• MayberryAfterMidnight member

  

  March 2012

  When couples are paying for/hosting a wedding themselves, it's often worded:

  
  

  Together with their families

  
  

  Rachel

  & 

  Daniel

  
  

  invite you...

  
  

  I really like the wording "invite you to celebrate at their wedding." I agree that having people celebrate your "marriage" sounds like you're already married. TK actually has an invitation wording tool - it has tons of different options and could be really helpful. Regarding the reception wording, I think having either just "reception to follow" or "reception to follow at [restaurant/venue name] is fine. You can always specify the reception venue name on the directions card included in the invitation. If you're inviting a lot of people you don't talk to TOO often to the wedding, perhaps it would be helpful to have more information, rather than less, on your invitation itself. Response cards can be as formal or casual as you like. There is usually a space left for the guest(s)' names and then choice such as "graciously accepts" or "regretfully declines." Looking at wedding invitation sites can actually be really helpful just in seeing different wordings! Good luck!

  

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• LeiselEB member

  

  March 2012

  I like CMGr's wording for the invites.

  
  

  As far as reception information - do you want to include directions on the cards? I personally like having a separate reception card when the locations are different, so I'd use those insert cards as reception cards rather than direction cards:

  
  

  Please join us at a reception

  beginning at (time)

  Venue

  Address

  City, State

  
  

  For response cards - I think this is the best way to word them:

  
  

  Kindly reply by the (date)

  M________

  ___number attending

  ___decline

  
  

  Please intial your entree selection

  ___ chicken ___ beef ___vegetarian

  
  

  Guests will write in their names, and then will fill in the number of people attending. If you invite a couple without their kids for instance, and they fill in 5 people rather than 2, you can give them a call and explain. That's the advantage to having them fill in a number rather than just check that they're attending. 

  If your venue needs to know exactly who will be eating what meal, having guests intial next to their choice is helpful, again, over having them just check their selections. 

  Make sure to stamp the response envelopes/postcard.

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• Rachel405 member

  

  March 2012

  Thanks all! I am at work and don't have my templates with me but I'll be updating my invitation later!
  
  As for response cards, I think you guys pretty much answered my questions. Thank you!

  

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