There is more to wedding invitations than listing who is marrying. We must determine the formality of the wedding, where what time, and who is the host. This will determine the formality of the invitations.
Determining
what information should be listed and creating the perfect invitation is not an
easy task resulting in etiquette rules to follow, such as not including gift
registry information. How about other
wedding correspondences? Let’s read what
others are asking.
Gift Information in the Announcement?
Dear
Polite One,
We
plan to be married in Brussels where we live right now. All my
family lives in the US and can't make it to the wedding. So, ours
will be an exceedingly small civil ceremony. How and when do we send
announcements to my family/friends in the US and his family
here? It is very costly to cash foreign checks and to ship gifts
here, so we will have a registry here. Do we include this
information in the announcement?
Small Wedding
in Brussels
Dear
Small Wedding in Brussels,
Send
your announcements after the wedding, but these are meant just to announce. We
never mention gifts or registries in these as it would be very impolite.
It would appear as if you are begging for gifts from people not good
enough to invite to a wedding. This information is not sent with
reception invitations either. You could definitely register though.
If someone wishes to give you a gift, they will ask where you are
registered.
Registry Cards Inside Invitations?
Dear
Polite One
When
sending invitations for a wedding, do I slip the gift registry card inside?
Confused
Dear
Confused
Gifts
are never mentioned in a wedding invitation, even if store personnel states
that it is appropriate.
How to Inform Guests of Where to Send Gifts?
Dear
Polite One
We
are getting married out of state and cannot transport wedding gifts. How do we inform
guests where to send the gifts? Do we include a note in the invitations, if so
how would we state that?
Gift
Issues
Dear
Gift Issues,
It
is unfortunate more people do not know that they are supposed to ship the gifts
to the home of the couple or bride before the wedding because no mention of
gifts is to be included in the invitation.
So, if you have a wedding website you could mention this here. Or, you will have to rely on 'word of
mouth'.
If
you receive gifts, you will have to ship them home.
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