i started requesting addresses for my std's and already have gotten some folks inquiring about bringing guests when we werent going to have them.
i read somewhere that you can include on the invitations rsvp line something like: “___ of ___ guest(s) will attend” and manually write in __ of 1 guest(s) will attend.
has anyone else done this in the past? does anyone consider that to be rude? we're paying for this ourselves and don't want to have guests we cant afford to have attending. thoughts?
futuremrstaheri
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We did 'We have reserved ____ seats in your honor' at the tops of the RSVP card. Then at the bottom we had '____ Guests Attending'
LindsaylovesJustin
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I suggest letting people know by word of mouth that as much as you would love to invite everyone with a guest, your budget simply does not allow for couples that are not married, engaged or living together to bring guests.
of course there are always exceptions, and for me I just told those 'exceptions' to keep it on the DL so no one gets offended.
We just went through a major economic recession - people will understand that budget is a concern!
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Posted by futuremrstaheri
We did 'We have reserved ____ seats in your honor' at the tops of the RSVP card. Then at the bottom we had '____ Guests Attending'
This
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Posted by joy2me
Posted by futuremrstaheri
We did 'We have reserved ____ seats in your honor' at the tops of the RSVP card. Then at the bottom we had '____ Guests Attending'
This
this is what we're planning on doing. I asked this question a while ago and someone who was working with an invitation pro mentioned that it's a pretty common thing to have now-adays. I dont really think it's rude, i think it's nice to be explicit rather than leaving people to figure it out themselves (or just assuming they're invited with a guest) haha
futuremrstaheri
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Also forgot to mention we did inner envelopes where we put the names of everyone invited (or Guest if we allowed a +1)
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We did 'We have reserved ____ seats in your honor' at the tops of the RSVP card. Then at the bottom we had '____ Guests Attending'
I read somewhere this is the proper way to handle this type of situation.
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Posted by LindsaylovesJustin
I suggest letting people know by word of mouth that as much as you would love to invite everyone with a guest, your budget simply does not allow for couples that are not married, engaged or living together to bring guests.
of course there are always exceptions, and for me I just told those 'exceptions' to keep it on the DL so no one gets offended.
We just went through a major economic recession - people will understand that budget is a concern!
This is our rule!!! Although one of my FH's cousin told ,y FMIL we were rude for not inviting everyone with a guest (he is one of those people) so I'm trying to figure out how to do this on his invitation because I'm a little worried he would bring a date (if he could actually find one )
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Posted by futuremrstaheri
We did 'We have reserved ____ seats in your honor' at the tops of the RSVP card. Then at the bottom we had '____ Guests Attending'
This is what I am doing.
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i had my rsvp cards personalized with their names and the number of seats they were allowed
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when not inviting +1 you just need to think about your guests. if you have a bunch of single people that all know some other guests then its fine not to have +1. if you are only having a very few singles then it might make it easier on them to let them bring someone. went to my cousins wedding a few months ago and my 25 yr old brother was the ONLY single person invited. he was not given a date. he ended up getting trashed since he didn't have anyone to dance with. i know cost is a factor, but you are inviting these people to enjoy your celebration, not be made to feel comfortable at your expence.
