How do I invite a limited number of guests to our wedding ceremony due to space, and all guests to the recpt?

Answer 1

Create two different invitations...one to bot the ceremony/reception, and one just for the reception. The ones you can not invite to the ceremony, you can always give them first dibs at the renewing of your vows in a year, five, ten, etc.

Answer 2

IF you do the etiquette correctly, then yes, you can do this.

Just to be clear: It would NOT be OK do the opposite, as it would be rude to exclude any guests from the hospitality (the reception).

Your main, larger invitation should be mailed to everyone to invite them to the wedding reception (simply replace the word "wedding" with "wedding reception" and that makes a wedding ivnitation into a receptoin invitation).

Then you insert a Ceremony Card with the ceremony information ONLY for the people you are inviting to the ceremony.

Any good etiquette book may be able to help you further, as can the sites below.

Answer 3

Send out invitations just for the reception to everyone. It can just say that they are invited to a reception and say where the reception is. Don't mention where the wedding ceremony is. That's perfectly fine - lots of couples do this. Try thestationerystudio.com for wording ideas.

You can send a second invitation for the actual ceremony or just tell those people in person. They'll understand your situation.

Answer 4

You can send out two batches of invitations--ones for just the reception and ones for both. Or you can write on the invitation that ceremony is only for immediately family. Or, if you can afford it, have something going on at the reception hall to keep people entertained until you get there (this only works if you're having a short ceremony!)

Answer 5

You need to send out two sets of invitations. The first invitation will go out to the people invited to the ceremony and the reception. Word the invitation just like any other wedding invitation.

The second invitation will go just to the people invited to the reception. On this invitation, simply say that you or the hosts "request the pleasure of your company at a wedding reception to celebrate the marriage of" (or something like that), and then give information about the reception.

Answer 6

Unless your reception follows your ceremony, I wouldn't really worry about it. All the weddings I go to only close family and friends go to the church. Trust me as much as we'd like to think a lot of the guest do not show to the ceremony.

Answer 7

You cannot split this up. Whomever you invite to the ceremony gets invited to the reception. Guests at the reception are celebrating what they witnessed at the ceremony!

Answer 8

This happens quite commonly. I'd make the formal invitations for the reception only and make up something intimate to send to the people you want to invite to the wedding. If anyone asks why they weren't invited to the wedding, tell them there simply wasn't enough space to invite everyone though you would've liked to, but it would mean so much to you if they join you at the reception to share in your celebration. Congratulations and best wishes.

Answer 9

I wouldn't come to the reception if I wasn't invited to the ceremony.

Answer 10

see first with your fiancee,who would be invited,talk it out so there won't be any misunderstanding then in your invitations add how many seats have been reserved for them and strickly RSVP and if they don't reply, call them for confirmation.It will be a lot of work but you'll be sure of your guest willbe limited (you can assign someone to do these for you)