You may need a location to provide loved ones with additional information now that you have perfected the text for your wedding invitations. This post is a guide to what every bride should know about a wedding details card in case you’re a little confused about which ones you might require.
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Some wedding information cards can be combined to reduce shipping and additional stationery expenses. For example, you can definitely include transportation information and hotel room block information on the same enclosure card. However, you might wish to adhere to appropriate decorum and include information on different enclosure cards per topic if you are throwing a really formal event. In any event, you should make sure that every phrase you use is succinct and direct. An overly wordy information card will probably look crowded and be challenging for guests to read.
Essential Wedding Information Cards
Card of Response
I strongly advise adding a separate response card, even if you are asking visitors to respond online. Response cards are first and foremost required in order to obtain an official headcount, which will aid in your preparation for the big day. Furthermore, the design may appear cluttered and overpowering if response information are included on the primary invitation. This card might not be required unless you are having a small wedding with less than thirty attendees.
Things to Add:
Just include the meal selections (if applicable) and the reply-by date in your brief message. Your reply-by date should be established at least four weeks before your wedding, in my opinion. Response cards usually have a spot for attendees to put their names and a line for them to indicate how many people are in their party. There may also be a line for attendees to request a song for informal weddings. Remember to use postal stamps on your RSVP cards! It’s customary to show your friends and family this consideration.
Things Not to Add:
Don’t include all of the entrée selections’ meal descriptions. Because reply cards are tiny, additional information may be obscured or difficult to read. Choose quick dinner alternatives including vegetarian, beef, or chicken. It may come off as impolite to write on this card that your event is adults only. Addressing envelopes with just the parents’ names on them is advised if the event is for adults only. If you ask that no children come, you may also courteously inform visitors over the phone or in person.
Methods for Saving:
You may save the extra expense of RSVP envelopes if guests are responding online at your wedding website. Alternatively, you may choose postcard format to save money.
Information Cards You May Require Accommodations
It is advised to provide this information on an accommodation details card if you are booking hotel room blocks for visitors who are traveling from out of town. If you have many guests from out of town who might not be tech-savvy enough to locate room block information on your wedding website, this card is extremely important.
Things to Add:
Tell guests the name or group code your room blocks are advertised under, the date they need to be reserved, and the hotel’s name and street address. You might want to provide the hotel’s phone number as well. You can also include a shuttle if one is offered from the hotel to your event location.
Things Not to Add:
Booking pages on hotel websites are sometimes lengthy and might appear complicated, so you don’t need to list them. This should ideally be on your wedding website. Don’t give too much information; guests can find out the temperature, suggested airports, and other little facts on their own.
Methods for Saving:
Put a quick link to your wedding website at the bottom of this card to avoid the extra expense of a website card.
Insert for Reception
This insert could be required to provide guests with all of the additional information if your wedding and reception are conducted at different locations or if there is a significant lag between the two events.
Things to Add:
Provide the name, place, and start time of the activities at the reception location. Please remember to mention this on your card if you are hosting a cocktail hour. Notations like “cocktail attire” or “black-tie” might also be placed in the lower right corner. Although it is typically considered impolite to provide this information on any portion of your stationery, you can gracefully do so on this card if the reception is adults only.
Things Not to Add:
Do not include any additional wedding-related events on this card, such as a brunch after the ceremony. If too many activities are included on one little insert card, attendees may find it perplexing.
Methods for Saving:
This card is not required if your ceremony and reception are held in the same location. If not, you may still include information about the reception at the bottom of your wedding invites. Just be sure to include the name and address of the reception location and, if it isn’t right after the ceremony, the start time.
Insertion of a Map/Directions Card
A map insert or directions card might be quite useful for guests if your wedding location is hard to find or does not appear correctly on GPS. Personally, I adore the appearance of a hand-drawn map as an insert. It may give your stationery set a playful and vibrant touch. Direction cards can occasionally be challenging to read or follow. A visual map could be a better option in this case.
Things to Add:
This one is rather easy: either provide an illustrated map, instructions to your location, or both. You might wish to provide both a map and thorough directions if the wedding location is hard to reach.
Things Not to Add:
The best course of action is to ensure that your map insert or directions only include the location’s address. It might be confusing to flip back and forth between a double-sided card, so keep this one-sided.
Methods for Saving:
If your location is easily found with a GPS, you may skip this card. Even though they are absolutely beautiful, hand-drawn maps may be rather expensive. The most economical choice if you’re on a limited budget and you really need this insert card is a text-based instructions card.