wedding invitations?

Question

do we need to include a map to the church in the invitations or do most ppl check on mapquest and google for themselves..?

Answer 1

We included a map to the church in our invitations. If people aren't familiar with the area, they may not know that Mapquest can give them confusing (and sometimes wrong) directions.

What I would do is go to mapquest or google and look up the directions, then make up your own direction sheet. We used postcard that came 4 to a page, and put four sets of directions on each page so we could put one card in each invite.

We did step by step directions from the hotel to the church and included the hotel address, the church address and the phone numbers for both, just in case. We personalized our directions using landmarks and notes, such as You'll pass a Joe's Supermarket on your left side as you turn onto East Road. Make a right at the 2nd light - you'll see the post office on the right, etc.

We only included these for OOT guests unfamiliar with the area - no need to send directions to family members and local guests familiar with the area.

Answer 2

My invitations are being sent out with no map.
ok, before you all try and kill me.....
that's because I am sending out a second mailing to only the out of town guests. The second mailing includes the hotel information (this is quite a bit since we have rooms at 3 different hotels) - (we also have about 200 out of town guests, or guests that are far enough away that they away that they aren't going to drive back at midnight after the reception), we also included hotel maps, church maps, directions from various airports to hotels, including the closest airport, and wedding day shuttle information (we are providing transportation to and from for our OOT guests).
So I think if you have enough information that may need to be included, then if you can, maybe make a second mailing? In my opinion, I just feel like I can concentrate on the invitation more without all those lil maps, and then receiving that information a teensy bit later is a bit better.

Otherwise I'd say, if you want to include it in the invitation, yes use a seperate card or piece of paper. Mapquest can, alot of times, give the hardest route to a place.

Answer 3

If you think the church might be hard to find or if the reception is at a different location, then I would include a map. Some people may not have access to a computer (I know that's hard to imagine now days) and your map may be the only way they have a finding the church. If you have some people on your guest list who you know are in this situation, I would for sure include a map in their invites. You can put them in some and not in others. That's totally fine. Good Luck!

Answer 4

It is a courtesy to include a map & directions, you don't want your guests getting lost and end up being late right?? Plus, some people from an older generation might appreciate not having to get directions on their own. I know my father would be lost if he didn't get directions from the invitation. The invitation should include:

invitation
reception card
response card & stamped addressed return envelope
directions to the church
directions from the church to the reception
hotel information

You can print out a piece of paper or cardstock that has the directions & hotel info all on one.

Answer 5

Including a map is a very nice idea. Mapquest and Google can be wrong (they were for my reception location...they both instructed people to turn left onto the street the reception hall was on, but you can't turn left there because of a big stone median).

Answer 6

We included maps as well. We made it ourselves though b/c everything had too many roads on it. If we'd printed it off the internet, all the other roads listed would confuse people. Even though there were alternate roads and roads that were fewer miles, they were very rural and especially at night very difficult to drive on. I wanted them to take the outer beltline since it would make it simple to get to the location of the rehearsal, church, and reception--all taking the same road so they could get familiar with it.

We bought card stock paper and I used Corel Draw to draw the map. Labeled the big highway and used lil symbols for hotel (house), church (cross) and reception hall (wedding bells). On the back, we printed out written directions with mileage. I knew if they used mapquest they'd get lost. The way it would take you from church to reception, and then from church to hotel wasn't the same--and they wouldn't be able to see it in the light ahead of time. We had 4 maps per one sheet of paper.

It really didn't take that much time. And had to have been much simplier on the guests--especially if you have older people who aren't computer saavy.

Answer 7

Some people include a nice map on the back, others include directions. Some others expect guests to do it themselves. If yo include it on the invite- some places charge you extra for the map, but for directions written it isnt so bad as far as pricing is concerned.

Check into http://sealandsend.net for examples- they are fairly reasonable on the pricing of the additions to the invites!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yourweddingonabudget/join

Answer 8

Put a map in the invitation, but MAKE SURE IT'S ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER.

Maps that are actually printed ON the invitation are the definition of tacky...and also force your guests to bring the whole freaking invitaion along while navigating....

Answer 9

I think it would be really considerate of you to place directions in the invitations or on your wedding website instead of having them mapquest and google it for themselves.

Answer 10

We just sent our invitations out and included a small printed map from Mapquest with text directions. I printed mine out on vellum (see through paper), so it wouldn't compete with the invitation itself.