Adults only! help!

You would assume that most people know that only the people listed on the invitation are the ones invited but not always! If you're really concerned about some people not getting it, you could speak to them individually or put on the invitation "Please join us for an adults only reception." I also included it in our FAQs section on our wedding website.

Your welcome! If you would like to see how my website is set up I would be more then happy to share the link and password in a private message! If you want to see it, then send me a private message!

I love the FAQ idea! I'm going to go to the website now and do it! Thank you!

Good idea Lesley! I will put it somewhere on the invite adult reception to follow Thank you!

I'm doing the same thing. First, we told our parents and grandparents this arrangement so they could spread the word among their children. We'll be addressing the invites to adults only and will include "adult reception to follow" on the invitation.
After consulting several etiquette questions on this, they all say to shut it down immediately if someone rsvps with their kids because the other guests will be offended.
Good luck!

We are only having my 2 nieces come as they will be our flower girls. We were specific on the invitations and wrote people's names. We have a wedding website with a FAQ page and one of the questions we put was kids allowed? and then I put we would like the evening to be party friendly and not family friendly!

Hi Jessica, I am accepting kids on my wedding cause there's some of my family who's coming from Haiti. But for the people who lived in Montreal, they contacted me and tell me that they are not gonna bring their kids cause they want to enjoy the night. And I am completely happy with that. So it will not be a big deal if you specify it's a only adults event, maybe they will thank you for it.

I would just be straight and honest with people. We asked everyone to RSVP on our website and put up a little notice there that kids and dogs aren't invited. No one has come back to us offended or upset. Everyone seems to understand that it is an adult event. To be honest, most of friends with children are taking it as an excuse to have a nice "romantic" weekend away.

We are doing something similar - addressing the invitation just to the adults. We are having a small wedding and only a few couples have children, so we are just making sure to speak to them specifically to ensure that they know if it an adults-only party.

The wedding wire rsvp is a good idea! I was thinking the same as you; specifying exactly
My aunt was invited to a wedding last year and it was adults only and her brother in law I guess didn't get it when it said his and his wife's name on the invite and brought his kids... I want to avoid that lol
Thanks for your input!

Hi Jessica!

I am in the same boat as you in regards to wanting adults only. I am planning to specify each adult I am inviting on the invitation. I am also using the Wedding Wire RSVP function which when they search their name, will bring up who was included in that "group" and they can RSVP for each person. I am hoping that when they see that they have to RSVP for each person I invited and kids are not listed that they will get the hint.

I am planning to specify each adult I am inviting on the invitation. I am also using the Wedding Wire RSVP function on my wedding website, as I think this function will help me get my wish across to my guests. If you are not familiar with the RSVP function, the guests will search for their name and when they find it, it will bring up each person that was included in their "group". So if I invite Jack and Jill, when Jill goes to RSVP, it will show her name and Jack, and she can click "attending" or "Not attending" for both of them if she wishes. I am hoping that when they see that they have to RSVP for each person I invited and kids are not listed that they will get the hint.

I have also attended a wedding where they specified it on their wedding website and it seemed to go over well.