Question: Do I need a separate reception card with my wedding invitation?
A reader asked me, "If my wedding ceremony and reception are in the same place, do I need a separate reception card with my wedding invitation?
Answer: No, you should add a sentence to the bottom of the invite that says "Reception to follow" For a less formal affair, you might write, "please join us for lunch after the ceremony." Make sure you have people on hand (usually your groomsmen) to show guests where the reception room is.
If your reception isn't in the same place as your ceremony, you don't necessarily need a separate reception card either. At the bottom of your wedding invitation, your wedding invitation should be worded:
Mr & Mrs Allen Feffer
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Susan Hilda
to
Max Andrew Ling
at St Mary's Church, Hanover,
on Saturday, May 7, 2008
at four o'clock in the afternoon
and afterwards
for a reception at Brown's Hotel
Then be sure to include a map with directions to the reception.
