Including Invites to Other Pre-Wedding Parties with Destination Wedding Invitations
We are planning a destination wedding and will have a series of parties. A Save the Date was mailed detailing that events would begin on a certain date (2 days prior to wedding). We have separate invitations for each of the events, and the wedding invitation is formal and will be sent two plus months prior to the wedding. Can we send the invitations for the other scheduled parties to just those who respond that they are attening the wedding and is it appropriate to send these together in one cover envelope with each separate invite having an unaddressed envelope? thank you
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Re: Including Invites to Other Pre-Wedding Parties with Destination Wedding Invitations
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Dear LJane,
I'm not sure how appropriate any of this is. We don't invite our entire wedding guest list to prewedding parties, as some could be viewed as gift giving events. Plus, the couple never, ever, hosts gift giving parties for themselves. This would include any of the planning. So, to include the prewedding party information with the save the date for the wedding most likely wasn't proper.
We also wouldn't host an event that included all of our wedding guests before the wedding, as it could rival the reception. That is the party that includes all wedding guests.
At this point, if you are hosting events before the wedding that has nothing to do with gifts or guests having to pay for anything, all guests who received a save the date would also receive a separate invitation to each event.
I just can't imagine any of it being proper or polite though. We just don't invite all wedding guests to prewedding events. I suppose the only exception could be the very small wedding. But, then again, none of the parties could be gift giving events.
Including Invites to Other Pre-Wedding Parties with Destination Wedding Invitations
