Wedding Invitations Etiquettes

Your wedding, and perhaps your worries, start with invitation. Inviting guests is pleasant and painful task. Here are some tips on wedding invitation etiquettes for young couples who are on the verge of taking a plunge.

First and foremost send your invitation cards to your distant relatives – not emotionally but physically. Yes, those who reside far from the wedding crowd, i.e. your place of wedding. Your out-of-town guests should receive your wedding invitation cards 30 to 45 days in advance, while in-town guests should receive it three weeks before the D-day.

Many couples are more than enthusiastic while writing wedding invitation cards, but when it comes to give titles to the names, their pen stops working. They suddenly realize that they are unsure with titles. Dear couples, kindly go through the below written list:

A married couple: Mr. and Mrs Apurva Shah

A married couple in which the woman has kept her name: Ms Heeral Gandhi and Mr Apurva Shah.

When husband is an army official: Colonel and Mrs R K Khanna

If wife is doctor and her husband is not: Wife with the professional title is listed first. Out side the envelop: Dr.Gunjan Bhatt (top line), Mr Pranav Bhatt. Or Dr.Gunjan Bhatt and Mr Pranav Bhatt. Inside the envelope, you can write: Dr Bhatt and Mr Bhatt, or Dr. and Mr Bhatt.

Couples, do your homework well in advance to write the initials and designations right. Remember, people love to be invited with their professional titles. A doctor likes to be known as doctor and same with others also.

Many couples do not want to accept gifts, but they don’t know how to convey their idea to their guests. But friends, telling them personally can be very awkward. The best solution is to mention it in your wedding invitation cards. I will give you two options:

1. Your presence will be our gift. We kindly request no other.

2. If you can donate to the nearby charity, we will be delighted and honoured.

Another common trouble couples face is that their friends live with their parents. And they have good affinity with their parents also. At this, you should remember that elders love to be treated specially and you need to make all efforts to give them the invitation card personally. If this sounds impractical or unnecessary to give separate cards to your friends and their parents, the solution is to address the invitation to the head of the family and his members. If your friend’s father’s name is Mr D K Arora, you can address it as Mr D K Arora and family.

Last but not the least, if you want to make your invitation cards full of warmth and feelings, then don’t ever paste labels on the envelope. Labels cannot create that personal touch, you know. So what if you have to invite many guests to the wedding; get the envelope hand-written or if your bank account allows, call a calligrapher to do it properly. If you need help of any invitation consultant, we are just a Click away.