No reception but dinner afterwards for family and others
Hi,
We're having a civil ceremony and not having a formal wedding reception. We are having a family dinner after the wedding at a local restaurant. The family members know we're not paying for everyone's meals. How do we word a reply card asking friends to join us but they're paying for their own dinner?
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Apr 28, 2008, 10:26 AM
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Re: [Tascha] No reception but dinner afterwards for family and others
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Dear Tascha,
It is never polite or appropriate to invite guests to a party for which they are expected to pay. We never ask our guests to pay for their dinner. The very simple rule is: you invite, you pay.
Also, all wedding guests are invited to the reception, even if the reception is a dinner. The only exception is the open church wedding, where the entire church is invited to the wedding and just the family has an informal dinner afterwards.
No reception but dinner afterwards for family and others
