To spare ourselves a boatload of drama we decided to have a destination wedding and just take a few close friends with us, so none of our families will be invited to the wedding itself, but they will be invited to a reception/party when we get back. How do you word something like that so that there is no mistake that there will be no wedding at the event we're inviting them to. And is it bad etiquette to send save the dates or should we maybe just send engagement announcements and then send the invitation to the reception later? I'm so lost here!!
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