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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Wedding Invitation Insert Cards

Reception Cards
  • A must if your ceremony & reception are in different locations.
  • Specifies the location and time of the reception celebration.
  • Consider including:
  • Address
  • Time
  • Directions &/or Map
  • Cocktail Hour Information
Accommodations Card
  • Very important for destination weddings....extremely helpful for local weddings with out-of-town guests.
  • Consider including: airports, hotel options, area attractions & rental car agencies.
  • Look at adding places for coffee, dry cleaning, breakfast or "ways to kill time"
  • Include the details for booking reserved accommodations: your hotel can provide the necessary details.
  •  If you want to avoid this enclosure all together, add the information to your wedding website. Guests who are not online should be contacted directly. 
  • To conserve space and make life easy on your guests - consider combining your Accommodations info with your Directions insert...either on the same sheet or double sided. 
Directions & Maps
  • Including Directions and a map in your invitation is optional - 
  • Regardless of how much you put in your invite - having the maximum amount of info possible on your wedding website can answer any and all questions your guests may have.  
  • Including photocopied maps takes away from the effort you have put into the perfect invitation. Consider hand drawing a small map, or asking an artistic friend for help. Check & double check your facts before having them printed.
  • For a fun map - use this website: http://www.weddingmapper.com/

RSVP
  • NUMBER YOUR RSVPS! It is very common for guests to forget to write their name on their RSVP's. Make sure you use an pencil or invisible marker to label the inserts...this way...when one comes back without a name you can identify the sender. 
  • Postcard vs. Envelope 
  • Postcard stamps are less expensive
  • Envelopes are more formal
  • Set your RSVP date according to your venue/caterer
  • Make sure to leave enough time to make phone call to guests who did not respond
  • Make sure you have enough time to create a seating chart - doing this is a rush is not ideal
  • A return address is optional on your RSVP, seeing as you know the address is correct (however - something could smug the writing in transit causing the RSVP not to arrive)

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