What to Include on your wedding invitation. 

  • Who's hosting
  • The request to attend the wedding
  • The names of the couple
  • The date and time
  • The location (name of the venue and the address)
  • Reception location and time
  • Dress code
  • Wedding website

Special additions to be sure and make

  • If children are not allowed
  • If there will be a cash bar

One Set of Parents are Hosting

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith

    request the pleasure of your company

    at the marriage of their son..."

  • "Kenzie M. Smith and Jennifer L. Smith

    request the pleasure of your company

    at the marriage of their daughter..."

 

Casual Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "John and Eliza Smith

    invite you to share in their joy at the marriage of their son..."

  • "Kenzie and Jennifer Smith

    invite you to share in their joy at the marriage of their daughter..."

Both Sets of Parents are Hosting

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith &

    Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Kim

    request the honor of your presence

    at the marriage of their children..."

  • "Kenzie M. Smith and Jennifer L. Smith

    Mark Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Reyes

    request the honor of your presence

    at the marriage of their children..."

 

Casual Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "John and Eliza Smith

    along with Mark and Sally Kim

    invite you to share and celebrate the marriage of their children..."

  • "Kenzie and Jennifer Smith

    along with Mark and Sally Reyes

    invite you to share and celebrate the marriage of their children..."

Couple is Hosting

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "The honor of your presence

    is requested at the marriage of..."

 

Casual Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "Jack Alexander Smith &

    Mason Jacob Kim

    invite you to share in their joy at their wedding..."

Everyone is Hosting

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "Mr. Jack Alexander Smith

    and

    Mr. Mason Jacob Kim

    together with their parents

    Mr. and Mrs. John L. Smith &

    Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Kim

    request the honor of your presence

    at their wedding..."

  • "Olivia Rose Smith

    and

    John Michael Reyes

    together with their parents

    Kenzie M. Smith and Jennifer L. Smith

    and Mark Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Reyes

    request the honor of your presence

    at their wedding..."

 

Casual Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "Jack Alexander Smith &

    Mason Jacob Kim

    together with their parents

    invite you to their wedding..."

 Include a Deceased Parent

  • "Together with their families, 

    Mr. Jack Alexander Smith, 

    son of John Smith and the late Eliza Smith,

    and Mason Jacob Kim, 

    son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Franklin Kim,

    request the honor of your presence at their marriage..."

Date, Time, Location, Reception Information,
Dress Code, and Website Information 

Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "...Saturday, the seventeenth of May

    two thousand and twenty

    at half past four in the afternoon"

  • "...Saturday, the seventeenth of May

    two thousand and twenty

    At six o'clock in the evening

    Plaza Hotel

    New York, New York

    Reception to follow"

  • "...The nineteenth of August

    Two thousand twenty

    At 4:00 in the afternoon

    Sterling Hills Ranch

    9846 Harrison Road

    Montecito, California

    Merriment to follow"

 

Casual Wedding Invitation Wording

  • "...Saturday, May 17, 2020

    at 4:30 in the afternoon"

  • "...Aug 23, 2022

    4 o' clock in the evening

    Fernbank Museum of Natural History

    Augustana, Georgia

    Reception to follow"

  • "...Saturday, November 27, 2021

    Four o'clock

    Saint Clement Church

    642 W. Deming Place, Chicago, IL

    Reception to follow

    Floating World Gallery, 1925 N Halstead, Chicago, IL"