AboutGary & Teri Expertise My main specialties are invitations, catering, and banquet locations or in general, wedding receptions. Started as a family business over 75 years ago I now own and operate a catering & banquet facility for over 30 years and have catered small cookout events to large formal ones with everything in between. I even had an event that was attended by the President of the United States. I have been involved with over three thousand weddings and have been told that I have seen and done it all. I must reply almost, because something new always pops up.
Experience I have preformed almost every service needed at a reception from invitations, hosting and catering the event to photographing, dj and honeymoon plans with the latter being special circumstances. I have worked and hosted weddings up to 750 guest and other functions up to two thousand. With well over 30 years experiance of consulting with brides I have seen much of what works and does not.
I have also been involved with many business and orginizational functions and also have been listed in "Who's Who" business and executive edition.
Question I am having a destination wedding and a reception will follow 1-2 months later at home. I would like my guest to know that they are invuted to both. To save on cost I would like only like to send out one invitation but it would be more like 4 months before the reception rather than the suggested 6-8 weeks. I am also having issues with wording as well. Also the RSVP card. What to do?
Answer HI Kristie, I have had almost ten questions on attendance of destination weddings and all of them were because people were not responding or I should say attending. It also depends on how far they must travel.
In your case simply put the invitation as usual and the reception card list your local venue.
The RSVP is for coming to the reception. If you need a list that will attend the wedding you should either include a second RSVP or on a single one list: will attend wedding on (date) Then below put will attend reception (date)
