Wedding Invitation Etiquette
The wedding invitation is a multi-purpose tool—conveying the couple’s distinctive taste and officially communicating the important details of the event itself: when, where, what time, who is invited, who is hosting, formality and style.
- Parents
- Each attendant
- Clergy/Officiate and spouse
- Family with children under 18
- Couple (married or living together)
- Generally, each child 18 or older (still living at home)
- Single guest
- Significant other of single guest—not living together
Send one invitation per:
Formal or Traditional
Mr. and Mrs. James Mason
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Heidi Marie
to
Mr. John Neil Lincoln
Saturday, the twenty-third of July
two thousand twenty-four
at 6 o’clock
Grace Fellowship Church
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Less Formal or Casual
We invite you to share in the joy
At the marriage of our daughter
Heidi Marie
to
Mr. John Neil Lincoln
Saturday, the twenty-third of July
two thousand twenty-four
at 6 o’clock
Grace Fellowship Church
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Additional Tips
Use third-person wording
Be consistent with spelling
honour/favour vs. honor/favor
Use punctuation to separate
city/state, day/date, and Mr./Mrs.
Saturday, the twenty-third of July
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Use Roman numerals in names (instead of second or 2nd)
John Merril II
Avoid abbreviations
Spell out days, dates, and times
Saturday, the twenty-third of July
two thousand twenty-four
at two o’clock
Spell out Titles
Doctor David Johnson
The Honorable Judy Jackson
Spell out Addresses
street, boulevard, avenue
Wedding Resources
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