Here are samples of formal wedding invitations based on a variety of hosting scenarios to help you properly word your own invitation.
Traditional formal wedding invitation wording.
Hosting scenarios bride s parents host the wedding and all guests are invited to the ceremony and the reception.
See below for a full list of what information you need to include in your wedding invitation wording.
The wording of a formal wedding invitation may change depending on who is hosting the wedding.
Traditionally the bride s parents pay for the wedding.
In those days women were unable to provide for themselves so it was a big deal for the groom to financially provide for the bride and take responsibility for her.
Here are few options.
The names of the hosts titles optional an explicit request to attend the wedding the names of the couple the date and time the locations name of the venue and address reception information.