How to restrict invite so the no they can't bring a guest

We haven't done our save the dates or invites yet but plan on addressing them to exactly who is invited.

We are also not having any kids so for every couple that does have a child/children I plan on including a nice, polite handwritten note in with their save the date so they know well in advance.

We flat out told everyone that as much as we love kids, none were invited to our wedding. Most people we invited were couples so not sure I can help with the RSVP portion.

On the rsvp portion, the number of guests are indicated to not have more invited. Om the envelope, names were personalized to those only too.

Our RSVP is all online so when they go to RSVP it will only ask for the number of guests we are inviting. If we are giving them a plus one it will prompt them to RSVP for the plus one after the initial guest gives their response but if we aren't allowing them an extra guest it will close the RSVP window once they have selected their choice. This way we can always open them up for a +1 later if other guests cannot make it but this should be enough of a message for them to understand if they a +1 or not

I would say address the invite to exactly who is invited. Generally if there is no "and Guest" option, people know they have been invited on their own. Some will try to pencil in a guest, but then you just give them a call and let them know that they've been invited solo. As far as kids go, we put right on our invitations that it was an adult only event. Most people tend to ask ahead of when invitations even go out, since adult weddings are becoming pretty common now.

View quoted message This is what we used on our invites sent put 2 days ago... I am interested to see how well it works though. So far weve already had 1 person rsvp a plus one that wasnt invited.

Has anyone tried to do this on the wedding wire website? For instance we want to invite A plus guest, but we are not sure how to do this online.

I also read an article about doing a second inside envelope that is addressed to the invitees.

Thanks I like both ideas thank you. I just didn't want to come off being rude to our guests. I like the __ of 2 looks reasonable and polite.

Usually you list the names on the invite of the people who are invited. So if Mary and Anne have a teenager, Julie, but you only want to invite the couple, you would address the invite to Mary and Anne. If you wanted to extend the invite to Julie, you would address it to Mary, Ann, and Julie. If you wanted to give Julie the option of bringing a date, you would address it to Mary and Anne, Julie and guest. Most people will understand that if no guest is listed or if their children are not on the invite, they aren't to bring them.

Does that make sense?

What I was told by a few people already married, is on the RSVP card have it filled out for them. For example, one friend did "__ of 2 people will be attending" for couples with children. Or, another friend had check boxes with the names, listing the options. So, "couple are attending", "couple are not attending", "A is coming, B is not", B is coming A is not." It was a lot of work though, to do that for every RSVP.