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.
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.