Hi all,
My FI and I are working on a spreadsheet of our guests' names and addresses to have our invitations addressed, and I have a question about plus-ones. I read through the sticky about addressing invitations, but still have a couple questions to make sure I don't do something rude or wrong!
We have a few guests who are truly single, and we are including a plus-one with their invitations. Some of them won't know anyone else at the wedding and I would rather they have the option of bringing someone with them if they would like.
We are not using inner envelopes for our invitations, just the one outer envelope. I've read conflicting rules/opinions (on this site and between TK and a few other places) about how to include the plus-one. Some of what I'm reading says it's fine to have the invitation addressed to "Invitee and Guest" on the envelope, and other information indicates that we shouldn't do this, and should instead include a note that they're welcome to bring a guest with them.
What's the rationale behind not including the words "and Guest" on the envelope? Is it simply because "Guest" is not a defined person who could have correspondence addressed to them, and might cause issues with the postal service? Or is it bigger etiquette issue that I'm clueless about? I'm just curious.
If including "and Guest" on the envelope is horribly rude or might result in those invitations being returned to us by Canada Post, I have no issue getting or making an extra insert card for the 7 people who are getting a plus-one. If any of you went this route, what sort of wording did you use?
Any input would be helpful!
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