Wedding Invitation Etiquette
August 6, 2008
Organizing your wedding can be full of unexpected challenges. If you want to avoid embarrassing oversights in your planning, you may need to do a bit of research on the correct way to address your invitations.
Wedding Invitation Etiquette is just one of the many aspects of your planning that should not be overlooked. This is sometimes the first time your guests will know of your plans, so to make sure you make a great first impression, follow the simple rules of wedding invitation etiquette.
Some things to consider when addressing your invitation envelopes:
The outer envelope is usually the more formal and should use the title and full name of the invitee.
- Should you us Ms or Miss for a divorced female guest? (Always use Miss)
- How do you indicate your invitee can bring a date? (On the outer envelope use the invitee name only, but on the inner envelope you can add “and Guest”)
- What is the proper etiquette for addressing envelopes to titled guests? (Use the invitees title and full name on the outer envelope, and just the title and last name on the inner envelope)
- Is there a correct way to invite the children of your guests? (Add the first names only of the children on the inner envelope under the names of the parents)
- What if the couple you want to invite are not married but are living together? (Address the outer and inner envelopes with eg ‘Mr. John Doe and Miss Mary Brown’)
These are just some of the challenges of writing an invitation, and proper wedding invitation etiquette is not difficult once you understand the rules.
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