Congrats on your upcoming wedding! If you’re here, you’re probably at the invitation stage of your wedding planning, and we’re glad we can help. You can also check our blog for other essential tips concerning your wedding planning.
Your wedding invitations are vital to your wedding. They give guests a glimpse of what’s coming and are an opportunity to share essential information concerning your celebration. To help with your process, here are four important details to keep in mind. They’ll help you avoid mistakes with your wedding invitations.
Write the Full Names of Your Guests
If you’re trying to follow proper wedding etiquette, then you should write your guest’s full names on your invitation. Spell out their complete names starting with the title first, then follow that with their first name, middle name, and last name. The middle name is, however, optional. Please make sure also to use their appropriate titles in your invitations. And whatever you do, try to avoid using their initials or nicknames.
Send Your Invitations Out on Time
The best time to order your wedding invitations is around 4 to 5 months before your wedding. Your invitations should, however, go out between 6 to 8 weeks before your wedding. If you have a destination wedding or a wedding at an unusual time, send them earlier.
For example, weddings during a holiday weekend will require that guests be told way earlier to make the arrangements. Three months before your wedding is a great time to send out your invitations if this is the case with you.
What to Do About Plus Ones
Tread carefully with plus ones. You and your partner have to do your best to make sense of your wedding dynamics and find what plus one rule works for you. You could follow any of these:
Guests who are cohabiting, engaged, or married should get a plus-one.
Members of your wedding party should get a plus one.
Guests who have been with their partners for a long time should bring a plus one. However, this rule is tricky because the definition of a long time for relationships varies. What makes up a long time for you? If you can’t quite decide, just invite guests who have been with their partner long enough that it would be awkward to invite one without the other.
Other than these mentioned above, only immediate family members should bring a date.
What to Do About RSVPs
Your RSVPs are another part of your invitation suite, which you’ll send out with your wedding invitations. We cannot overstate the importance of your wedding RSVPs. You’ll need them to confirm your guest numbers.
You’ll also need them so your caterer can know how much food to bring and for your seating chart arrangement. Set a deadline for your guests to Rsvp for three or four weeks to your wedding. If some guests have not responded by that time, you can give them a quick phone call as a follow-up.
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