Wording for Reception Invitations

[Calypso88]

We are having a reception back home a few weeks after our cruise wedding. For those of you who have also done this, how did you word your invitations? Thanks!:)

[ShedQueen77]

We did ours as follows (not exactly verbatim.....it's been awhile! ;))

 

Lora and Ted will join hearts in marriage on January 2, 2008 on the beaches of Foul Bay, Barbados. Please join us in celebration of our marriage at a dinner and dance reception on January 19th...etc...

 

This way we covered inviting everyone to attend the wedding itself (we had done so by word of mouth as well months before....no one was interested).

[ashley85]

Ours is something like this (going by memory so I'm sure it's not exactly right):

 

Ashley

&

Jared

 

are getting married in a

barefoot beach ceremony

Date

Location

 

Please join us for a reception to

celebrate our marriage

Date & Time

Location

[Imlilbitz]

This is what we used for our destination wedding.

 

We’re getting ready to depart on a romantic journey, which will start the celebration of life together.

 

Your Name

&

His Name

 

Will be married on

 

September 16th, 2006

In

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

 

Please join us for a reception when we return

 

September 23rd, 2006

6:00pm until 11:00pm

[monlyba]

our cruise and ceremony are in early Dec and all our friends and family have known about it for a long time now, so I'm viewing our mail-out invites as pretty much just an invitation to the at-home reception which will be in early Jan. we haven't had them made yet but Ive been playing around with wording and so far I am thinking this one (my parents are paying for most of the reception).

 

my parents' names

invite you to (or request the honor of your presence at) a celebration of marriage

in honor of their daughter (might use invite so we don't say honor twice)

 

my name

&

his name

 

date

time

 

location

[SomeWoman]

It sounds really simple, but I spent a lot of time obsessing over how to word it. The invites will have to be mailed out before our cruise, so I didn't want to mention the ceremony because at that point it would be an event held in the future to which they are not invited. I also wanted to make it as clear as possible that there will not be a ceremony, just a reception. While I don't think anybody will be confused, I didn't want to take any chances.

 

[bride]

 

and

 

 

invite you to join them for dinner

in a celebration of their marriage

 

at

[Location]

[Address]

 

 

on

[Date]

at

[Time]

 

[Groom]