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question: escort cards for a formal wedding

JustNickiJustNicki member
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It's finally crunch time!  I have less than a month to go and I have a question about escort cards for my black tie wedding (yes, it meets the requirements, but I didn't bill it as black tie since most of my guests don't own gowns and tuxes).

I'm a bit stuck on how I should have the escort cards calligraphied. Here are the options I've been juggling:

Married couple: Mr. and Mrs. John Smith
or     Mr. and Mrs. Smith   (I would use a first initial if there were multiple Smiths)

Unwed Couple (or single person bringing a guest): 
Ms. Sally Smith
Mr. John Jones

or

Ms. Smith
Mr. Jones

Also, do I include suffixes after people's names?  (i.e.: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones III; Mr. and Mrs. James Park, Jr.)

As always, thanks for your invaluable advice!




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  • kitty8403kitty8403 member
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    I'm trying to remember whether titles were used on the escort cards for a black tie type event I attended years ago. Might have just been first/ last name.

    Would using just initials or just last names cause confusion? Smith, for example, is an extremely common name, so I would consider the guest list as a whole.
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  • JustNickiJustNicki member
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    Fortunately, I only have a few names that are the same and they're all in a family.  I think I'm leaning toward using full names though.  Now I just have to figure out about the titles. Ugh.


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  • melbelleupmelbelleup member
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    JustNicki said:
    Fortunately, I only have a few names that are the same and they're all in a family.  I think I'm leaning toward using full names though.  Now I just have to figure out about the titles. Ugh.


    I'm using titles because that is apart of their name. Not only that, but I have seniors and juniors coming so if I don't they won't know who is who and my escort card will tell the wait staff what food the person ordered
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    We opted to include first names, I think it helps the guest to find their card easier, especially if you have several guests with the same last name.

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  • tammym1001tammym1001 member
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    We used full names and in some cases we even used middle initials because we had several guests who were John Smith, but not jrs. or srs. So theirs read Mr. John R. Smith. We did individual cards for every guest so we didn't have to worry about Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
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