I apologize if this question has already been answered but I have searched for over an hour and not found the answer to my question. My fiance and I are getting married in West Virginia in September where he is from and we live. Since I am from Wisconsin and expect that a number of my family and friends won't be able to travel to West Virginia for the wedding we are having a second reception in October in Wisconsin. Everyone that is invited to the Wisconsin reception will also be invited to the wedding in West Virginia. What is the best way to word a reception invitation to say "we would love for you to be at the wedding but we understand if you can't travel for it so we are having a second reception closer to home" Also, people are welcomed to attend both events if they would like. We don't want to imply that we expect people who travel to the wedding to come to both if they don't want to or expect gifts at both. We really just want to be able to celebrate our wedding with all of our family and friends! Also, is it appropriate to send the reception invitations in the same envelope with the wedding invitation? Thank you in advance for your time and advice!
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Re: Reception Invitation to be sent with invitation
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Dear Bride,
It would be best not to mention that you would understand if they didn't attend the wedding. Your guests may read that as a polite way to tell them to stay away. So, even though normally I suggest to send separate invitations it may be best to include a separate reception invitation with your wedding invitation. This seems appropriate for your wedding/reception because your second reception is only a few weeks after your wedding. Normally we would send a reception invitation eight weeks before the event.
Reception Invitation to be sent with invitation
