Invites/plus-ones

Invites are for those guests you want to be there and no other count to be included per household. The RSVP section or card should have a space for the Number of Guests or We have reserved __ seats under your name.

Plus 1s should be for those singles you have met or know of the individual being invited to the wedding. I had forgotten to add that for 1 cousin that was dating my SILs cousin. Otherwise, those single individuals unknown don't get a plus 1.

On our invites we put - "We have reserved ____ seats for you!"
And then filled in the number ourselves! And included any plus ones allowed in the number!

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View quoted message I really like this Idea. Gets straight to the point without having to beat around the bush!

This is what I said in our evite. If we had kids and plus ones for everyone there would be over 200 ppl.

I agree with what Tyanna said; you could either do that and/or send 1-2 R.S.V.P.s for meal options (if you've having a plated dinner, though I imagine those doing a buffet may still want to know dietary preferences/restrictions) depending on who is allowed to bring a plus one.

We just sent out invites with just that particular persons name. If they responded with a plus 1 we told them through text or a call that we couldn't have them due to size limitations.

Thanks everyone! This is super helpful

View quoted message And yes, 1 seat is 1 seat! I'm barely allowing any plus ones! Have a MASSIVE family!

View quoted message Yes, say I'm inviting john and mary..

It will be something as follows:

John and mary,

We invite you to come to our wedding, blah, blah,blah

We have reserved TWO seats for you.

This way, john and mary know going in that only John and mary are invited, and their uncle Leroy and their son Tommy are not.



If youre choosing not to invite kids, just put something like"due to a lack of venue space" or something so they know 100% that there's no kids! You dont need to explain yourself on anything, so dont feel bad pointing a finger in the right direction for them to follow

Hope this helps

View quoted message That’s great! And if they have just the one seat are you specifying that as well, so “we have reserved 1 seat”?

Thanks!

I'm leaving a spot on mine that will say the invitees names and then near the bottom we will be putting "we have saved you ____ seats" that way there is NO room for misunderstanding!

On the invites the names just apply to those personally written. The RSVP section or seperate card should have a spot to indicate how many are invited so that no one else can include other family members.

When asked I have used the following "we just don't the room right now as our guest list is already past the capacity for the room. After all our guests have had a chance to rsvp if we have room then we can consider adding plus ones but right now we would have to uninvite someone we want to have there in order to accommodate your plus one.".

I don't know how to do it on the invites other than only addressing it to 1 person. But it helps to have immediate family (like parents and siblings) who are willing to help remind family they don't get a plus one unless it was stated on the invite. My mom had to remind my cousin it's our day and so we should be able to celebrate with the people we want and shouldn't have to cut someone we want there (family or friend) just so they can bring along someone to a family event. it helped get the point across and reaffirm what I had already told her.

View quoted message That's great!! I love that idea.

Thanks so much

On our RSVP cards (or it can be put on invites) we put “we’ve reserved __ seats in your honour” and put specific names on envelopes.