Plus One

Each couple we know will be addressed together on an invite and those that are single will definitely get a plus one! The more the merrier for us.

View quoted message Hahaha that is EXACTLY what I was thinking

View quoted message 100% agree! No tinder dates at my wedding, thanks 🙅🏼‍♀️

I don't think you have to depending on the relationship. We are inviting a lot of couples, most of which we both know both of them.

I have a a couple single friends from work that I will be inviting, and if from now until June they are not in a serious relationship then I will not be addressing it "plus one". I do not need/want random strangers at my wedding because one of my guests just needed to grab a quick date.

Nope.

I love reading all the responses. It’s good to hear other people’s point of views. we are having a bit more of a traditional wedding so every member of our bridal party will get a plus one.

As for our guest list (it’s small - thank God), we have a rule, if they are married or living together or if we met them as a couple, they will be getting plus one. Also, if it’s a long-term relationship, they get a plus one. It only seems right (IMO).

I also think If you have guests coming from out of town, it may be gracious to offer them a plus one, especially if they don’t know a lot of your guests.

Surprisingly, all of our guests fall into the above categories so all of our guests will have plus ones. It’s OK for us because as of now, our guest list is 80 people. YAY for an intimate wedding.

View quoted message This! I’m team plus ones.

We only included plus ones for people in serious relationships and our wedding party.

We're only allowing +1s for guests who are in serious relationships. I don't want strangers appearing in the background of my pictures!

We only aloud guest that had been in long term (year+) relationships to have a plus one, any one else wasn’t given the option lol.

No plus ones was on our list to any guests. It was particular to budget and some individuals whom came alone.

We are!!! We have a few singles coming who may not know too many other people at the wedding so were allowing pretty much any single goer a plus one!

That's a good idea Brittany. I will try to do that.

Not at all. We have a "no randoms" rule. When our invitations went out, every single person who was invited had their name on their invite. If you're in a serious relationship now, we put down your S.O., if that relationship ends, your newbie date is not invited... if you aren't in a relationship 3 months out from the wedding, chances are you won't be by January, no plus one. Also, we made a point of meeting friend's/family's S.O.'s that we hadn't yet, so that we wouldn't be meeting them at the wedding.

Great answers everyone, thank you.

Nope - it's totally up to you!

We have no plus one's - both due to cost, and due to space constraints.

Obviously budget and how many people you want at your wedding play the biggest factor. so I can see people saying no to that.

we are giving plus ones as there are only about 10-20 people on our guest list without a significant other. so we will let that guest make the decision. its manageable for us.

as a person going to a wedding. before I was with my FH. I HATED the 2 weddings where I wasn't given a plus one. Not that I necessarily would have brought one (one I would, one I wouldn't have). but I liked the option. and because I got stuck at the table with a bunch of single people I didn't know. or at the table with all my aunts/uncles. it was annoying feeling like an after thought.

Short answer : No!

Long answer: It depends on the couple, their budget and general feeling towards giving plus ones to everybody.

For us, it's definitely a budget thing and we want to keep it 'intimate' by keeping our guest list around 100 people. For these reasons, we're very much controlling who will be getting a plus one: couples and friends who wouldn't know anyone else.

Since we have a max of 250 people and have an even bigger list of people we want at our wedding (in fact we will have an A-list and B-list for invites), we will only be extending the plus one option to those who are in serious relationships. Even with that we should know the name of the S/O so it will have their name on the invitation - therefor not being a plus one but a regular guest. If you decide to limit the plus ones, just know that you will get nosey people asking why and if they can bring so-and-so. It happens 9/10 times. Just know that you can tell them that you are limited on space and if you end up with room that they will be the first to know.

View quoted message That's true.

Everyone is definitely different when it comes to plus ones. We offered a plus one to everyone. Some people are more comfortable when they can bring someone, even if it’s just a friend.

Thanks. That's what I was thinking too. If they have to go looking for a date to the wedding then it seems better to skip the plus one.

Totally up to you! For ours, we're giving plus-ones to people who are in a serious relationship (dating at least 6 months, living together, engaged, etc)

No definitely not - depends on the size of the wedding and their relationship status as well.