How to Respond to Wedding Invitations
A wedding takes a lot of careful planning. The bride wants to make every aspect excellent so the day is as smooth as possible. Once the invitations are mailed, the bride is waiting eagerly for your response. Final plans count on replies to finish details of seating, catering and staff.
Things you will need to respond to a wedding invitation include:
- Pen
- Paper
- Reply to the invitation as soon as possible by returning the response card. Fill out the name of the invited guests and include how many will attend the reception.
- Make sure to include a handwritten note along with the response card, if needed. Congratulate the couple and include some words about how the day will be special.
- Take only invited children. Avoid the temptation to believe that children are invited because the bride knows there are children in the family.
- Reach out to the mother of the bride or the groom to figure out where the couple is registered. Be sure to use the registry for your gift ideas. Ask for gift ideas if there is no registry available.
- Make sure you invite a guest to the wedding only if the inside envelope of the invitation says "and Guest." Don’t contact the bride, groom, or parents to ask permission to bring someone to the wedding not invited.
- If you are unable to make it, reply right away and send apologies. Be sure you give the bride your sincere apologies for not being able to make it.