My fiancee and I wanted a small wedding, but as we narrowed down the guest list we just couldn't leave all those people out. So, we are having our small wedding and reception in my hometown, but are having a 2nd "reception"/party in San Diego (more fun for out of towners anyway!). We have a website for the wedding with our registry on it, but how do we inform the San Diego party guests? Since it's a less formal party, can we include registry information with the invitation (on a separate pieced of paper)? We thought about having a link on the wedding website for San Diego only guests, but don't want to confuse anyone, or make anyone feel left out from one invite or the other. Can we make a note on the invitation to contact us for travel and registry information? Since this is not a traditional type of reception we aren't sure people will even think to ask about a registry, but if they bring gifts we would like it to be from the registry. Any ideas?
Gifts are supposed to be for the wedding, not the reception. Guests who are only invited to the reception are not expected to give a gift. Plus, the gifts should be sent to you before the wedding.
No gift information should be included in an invitation--wedding or reception. Your wedding website may include this information. But, since you are focused on the gift registry, the website shouldn't be mentioned.
If someone wants to send you a gift, they will ask where you are registered. Many times, guests will do a search at the typical stores' websites for the couple's names to see if they are registered there.
You can include travel information in the invitations because it has nothing to do with gifts.
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