Wedding Invitations?

Question

Im getting married in oct and we getting ready to start with helip invations and all that good stuff but we've ran into a problem. I dont feel comfortable asking people at work for their home address i would rather just hand them out at work. But my finance and her mom think its tacky and i should mail them. is there anything wrong with handing them out at work. Would people feel comfortable giving out their address.

Answer 1

I agree, if you know them well enough to invite them, they should feel comfortable in providing you with their addresses. Invitations at work should only be handed out if you are inviting every person in your department. Even then, I would still recommend mailing the invitations to their home. Instead of asking them verbally, you can send them an e-mail letting them know you would like it if they could provide you with their address so you can mail them an invitation to your wedding.

Answer 2

Unless this is a very, very informal wedding I wouldn't hand them out at work. You may have a company roster available, or a data base which lists most of your co-worker's addresses. If not, ask them to provide their addresses and that, of course, they are not obligated to attend but you wanted to make sure they were included. I work in a pretty small office setting and one of my co-workers just got married; a few of us were left out and a few were invited. Those of us not invited wondered if it was the way we smelled or something. Not really, the guest "list" was small and some of us had to be left out - I understand - but we did wonder why it was the people with money who were invited and not us...

Answer 3

There is nothing wrong with you handing them out at work if you are inviting absolutely everyone. Usually, that is not the case, so people don't do that. Don't you have phone books in the city where you live? Or a work directory with addresses?

Answer 4

I would not hand out the invitations to co workers. What I would to is go into personnel dept. and ask for the addresses of your friends who you are inviting. If she declines because of security reasons, just ask them for their address personally and tell them you need them at a future date to mail out wedding invitations.

Answer 5

I have the address of many of my guest. But if I see them I'm going to give it to them. The main reason I asked for the address is for the thank you cards. So There is nothing wrong with it.

Answer 6

Yes, it's tacky to hand out invitations - this is a wedding, not a six-year-old's birthday. (It basically says "you're not worth the price of a stamp.")
But you could mail them to your coworkers at their work address. Then everyone is happy.

Answer 7

It really is never appropriate to hand deliver a wedding invitation (unless your royalty and have footmen delivering them for you!). Generally speaking, if you are friendly enough to want to invite them to your wedding, asking for an address should be no problem. Just tell them you are beginning to assemble your wedding guest list and would like to have theirs. You will need their address anyway for Thank You notes, which you certainly can not hand deliver.

Answer 8

Mail them to people's work address. Then you won't have to ask them for their home address, and they will still receive the invitation formally, in the mail.

Answer 9

if you tell them it is for a wedding invitation they will be more than happy to give you their address. and handing them out at work makes you look like you are a kid back in school inviting them to an informal birthday party.

Answer 10

I would just give them out to them. asking for an address to mail an invite is just silly when you'll see them at work. I gave out all my invites. its not tacky, its cost effective and common sence. I agree with you...hand them out.