I allow friend to bring guest, how should I put on label?

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I allow friend to bring guest, how should I put on label?

posted 2 years ago in Paper

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cherryblossom515 9/18/09 NJ

on the respond card did not mention anything about guest, should I put on the address label "John Doe & Guest"?

2 years ago

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missrain January 2, 2010 Austin

Is this just one person or is this on all of your invites?

2 years ago

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Jessie516 May 16, 2009 Ann Arbor, MI

For the single people we invited with a guest, we addressed the outside envelope to just "Mr. John Doe". We didn't do inner envelopes, just a belly band with a label on it. On the inner label, we wrote "John and Guest".

I'm not sure what's traditional "ettiquette", but that's just what we did. I felt weird putting "and guest" on the outer envelope, because that one is really for the mailperson to use to deliver the invitation.

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2 years ago

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cmlmay10 May 29, 2010

My future sister-in-law gave us the idea to put on the reply card: "We have reserved __ seats for you" It's what she did for her wedding and said it worked out perfectly.

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Jenniphyr February 2, 2013 Alberta, Canada

I would say it's fine to put "and guest" on the outer address label. =) Some etiquette sites will tell you not to, but they're most outdated rules anyways.

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GaBGal September 25, 2010

I would hand write the outer envelope with the name and if possible (if you know it) the guest's name. Otherwise, I'd leave just the one name and put somewhere on the response card how many were invited.

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BridetoBee2010 October 9th, 2010 Georgia

"Etiquette" dictates that you should not put "and guest" on the outer envelope. And, although you might not think it possible, sometimes the post office returns these. If you have an inner envelope, then put "and guest" there. If you know your friend's guest's name (a long-term bf or gf) then put their name down. Or, on your reply card, have a space to check "... will attend with guest."

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