 For many years the bride’s parents paid for the wedding and were the hosts of the wedding. You were not invited by the bride and groom, you were invited by her parents. Times have changed and many couples are paying for their own weddings in part or all of it. Couples today are older now than they ever have been before and are taking more control of their weddings, including paying themselves.
Some people still choose to include their parents’ names on the wedding invitations. Whether it is one set of parents or both sets of parents. While there are many ways to do this it is important to choose the best one for you and your situation. Sometimes the situation is complicated. If one or both sets of parents are divorced, or remarried, it can be confusing to know how to list them on the invitation. Lets run through some ways to show how to use parents’ names on wedding invitations. These would all be above the couple’s names on the invitations : No parent’s names: “Together with their families” or nothing at all above the couple’s names Bride’s parents inviting: Mr. and Mrs. John Smith invite you to the wedding of their daughter Bride’s parents inviting but they are divorced: Ms. Samantha Smith (in this case the mother’s name always goes first) Mr. John Smith Invite you to the wedding of their daughter Bride’s parents inviting but are remarried: Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Stewart (mother and current husband always go first) Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Invite you to the wedding of their daughter Including both sets of parents’ names: Mr. and Mrs. John Smith invite you to the wedding of their daughter Grace Smith to Liam Collins The son of Mr. and Mrs. James Collins As you can see, there are many options for how to list parent’s names on wedding invitations. There is no “right” or ‘wrong” way to do it. There are more traditional ways to do it too but not required. There are only preferences. Your preferences may be your parents’ preferences. Ultimately it is up to you how you want it worded though. Keywords: Parents names, hosting the wedding, divorced parents, remarried parents, wedding, wedding invitations
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 Invitations for destination weddings have some additional things to consider and include in the invitations. Here are some answers to common questions I get about destination weddings and invitations for them.
What is a destination wedding? There are two ways to classify a “destination” wedding. 1) A wedding where more than half of your guests are traveling more than a three hour drive from home is considered a destination wedding. This could be because the venue you selected is far from your guests. Or that you moved and are having your wedding in the new place you are living. More than 3 hours from home means they will most likely need a hotel room for the night. 2) If you and all your guests are travelling and need accommodations. Commonly these are international destinations, cruises, and Las Vegas. When should I send save the dates and invitations for my destination wedding? Save the dates should be sent around the 1 year mark before the wedding. This gives your guests extra time to save money for the trip as well as make sure they have the correct travel documents, if required. Invitations should go out 5-6 months before the wedding. Guests will need to start making their travel arrangements so giving them all the details earlier is better. What details should I include about the wedding in the invitations? If you are having a room block reserved you will want to include the name of the hotel as well as how guests are to reserve the rooms. Many hotels will give you a name for your guests to give when they call in to reserve their rooms. Finding the right airport that your guests should fly into is nice to include on your invitations. Airport name and abbreviation is very helpful for your guests (i.e. Portland International Airport (PDX)). Keywords: destination wedding, destination wedding invitations, wedding, wedding website |
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