Planning a wedding can be demanding both mentally and physically; there are so many details to take care of. A vital wedding task is choosing and sending out invitations to friends and family members. Couples sometimes underestimate the importance of wedding invitations; like the wedding, it is important to give wedding invitations adequate attention. If you are not sure how to word your wedding cards here are a few tips.
To begin with, make sure you proof read all the content in the wedding invitations (don't leave it to the printers). If you are planning on inviting children, make sure you mention their names separately on the invitations, the same holds good if you do not want to invite children; leave out the customary ?and family? or you can add a ?adults only? in the invitations. You might want to send teenagers (16 years and above) a separate card. The purpose of a wedding invitation is to make people welcome and the best way to do so is to customize the wedding invitations. If possible mention the names of all family members on the invitation. Once again, double check all the spellings. If you are not sure how to spell someone's name don't hesitate to ask them, it will save you some embarrassment later on.
You should plan your invitations well in advance; order your wedding invitations well before the wedding. Ideally, you should order the wedding invitations at least 4 weeks before you plan on posting them. If you have a list of guests based on the ceremony you want to invite them for, you should have separate cards printed for each ceremony. For example, if you want to invite family ?A? for the reception but not for the wedding, make sure you have two sets of cards printed (one set for the reception and one set for the wedding). As mentioned earlier, everyone appreciates a personalized card, if possible send each wedding card out with a handwritten note.
Apart from the time and venue, you can also add special notes that will help your guests better prepare for the wedding. For example, if you are planning on getting married aboard a yacht you might want to say so on the card. Similarly, if you are planning to get married on a beach, make sure you mention it on the wedding card; this will help your guests dress for the occasion.
You might end up missing a few people on the wedding list; make sure you order extra wedding cards to cater to any last minute additions to the wedding list. Also, if you are sending cards to bachelors/single people, make sure you add ?and guest? at the end of the invitation. Before posting the wedding cards, make sure they have invitations, response cards, envelopes, wedding programs included. It is important to give yourself some time to mail out the wedding invitations. To avoid any last minute rush, mail out the wedding invitations well in advance this will give people time to prepare for the wedding.
