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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Are you inviting plus ones?

Lynnie, on September 3, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Posted in Etiquette and Advice 103

Are you giving any of your single guests the option to bring a date? What's the plus one policy for your wedding? Next Question: Are you inviting your parents' friends? Back to the Beginning: Who made the cut?

Are you giving any of your single guests the option to bring a date? What's the plus one policy for your wedding?


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Next Question: Are you inviting your parents' friends?

Back to the Beginning: Who made the cut?

103 Comments

  • Laura
    Devoted January 2020
    Laura ·
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    Long term girlfriends/boyfriends, fiancés/fiancées and husbands/wives of my friends and family.
    I’m giving plus ones to some of my friends that I’m inviting, especially if they don’t know anybody.
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  • M
    Dedicated October 2019
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    I didn’t have much of a policy. Our bridal party of course all got plus ones since they deserve to cut loose with a friend/date after all they have done and if we know your significant other they were invited by name. We have a few single people that would know limited people so they got plus ones.
    The policy was more for people who didn’t get one. Those who are likely to or have in the past to other friends events, brought a tinder date or flavor of the week. I don’t mind “just friends” but I’m not paying for a complete strangers $100 dinner lol
    I guess we’re lucky no one has questioned why they did or didn’t 😂
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  • A
    Savvy November 2019
    Aubree ·
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    This is one mistake that I have made so far! I was very minimal with my invitations and opted for a detailed website instead ( which basically noone has read) so I have had a lot of people including one estranged sister who herself was an obligatory invite decide shes going to bring her 6month long boyfriend. And several others who are just like I'm bringing so and so or just bringing one or 2 friends. It is your wedding girl! Put that pretty foot down before it's too late!!
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  • Cassandra7
    Super August 2006
    Cassandra7 ·
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    People's partners are invited by name; they are a couple and invited together; this is not a plus-one.

    We did not offer plus-ones (guests of guests).

    At my mother's request I invited her closest cousin and the cousin's husband. Since my mother was paying for the wedding (not giving it, not hosting it, but writing me a large check to pay for it--though she also helped me quite a bit), and since I really love the cousin, it did not seem like an imposition.

    That's it--everyone else we invited since it was our party.


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  • Andrea
    Devoted October 2020
    Andrea ·
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    Yes, we have a few plus one's

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  • Jasmin
    Dedicated July 2020
    Jasmin ·
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    Yes, some of our friends don’t know many people there and it would be so lonely if they didn’t have a plus one.
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  • Juanita
    Beginner May 2020
    Juanita ·
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    Eek, my answer is No. We’re only inviting engaged/married/couples in long term relationships. Basically if we haven’t made the significant other and they haven’t dated that long then no. Also no plus ones for single people. FH and I see it in a way that we are not paying for a person we don’t know. Good way to stay within budget Smiley smile
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  • Megan
    Expert October 2019
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    None of our single guests got a plus one (although I discovered that my FMILs best friend decided she needed one and invited her sister 🙄 my FH likes the sister better anyway, so I let it go). We only had a few single guests anyway and they all know each other, so i knew they wouldnt be alone.
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  • Heather
    Savvy December 2019
    Heather ·
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    Everyone on our list got a plus one. I know some people won’t use it but everyone received one.
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  • M
    Expert September 2020
    Marcia ·
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    Most of our guests are couples. Any single guests are offered a plus one(over age 18).
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  • Carlette
    Dedicated August 2020
    Carlette ·
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    We will only be giving them to the single guests who may not know anyone else there like coworkers for example.
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  • Delphine Kenneth
    Savvy June 2021
    Delphine Kenneth ·
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    The response card will list the invited, and if they are engaged or we know they have dated someone for quite some time, that name will be listed on the card as well. If not, then we cannot accept plus ones. For all our single guests...nooooo it would get way too expensive. Besides one never knows where and when you will meet your future wife or husband. We'd feel so wonderful if it happened at our wedding!

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  • Fenja
    VIP August 2021
    Fenja ·
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    Most of the single guests are given plus ones!

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  • Jillian
    Savvy April 2020
    Jillian ·
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    Yes, but not because I want to! It was a compromise I made for my soon-to-be-husband. Most of our guests are married or in long-term relationships, so it made sense.

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  • Jessica
    Expert February 2020
    Jessica ·
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    We only have a few single people on the list so we gave most of them plus ones even though we don't see some of them bringing anyone. The few we didn't give plus ones to were people that have complicated relationship situations or we just know they won't bring someone.

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  • Leighanna
    Dedicated October 2021
    Leighanna ·
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    We will allow plus ones. Lots of single friends and family.

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  • Ashley
    Super November 2020
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    We are allow plus ones only if they are engaged or married.

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  • Ashley
    Super November 2020
    Ashley ·
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    We are requesting that the only plus ones that are brought are those that our guests are engaged or married to; however, our wedding party is able to bring plus ones without restrictions.

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  • Anna
    VIP October 2020
    Anna ·
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    It’s allowed. I have space.

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  • J
    Master October 2022
    Jana ·
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    We don't really want to pay for a bunch of strangers we'll never see again who don't care about us. Plus the majority of singles are great friends with each other anyway.
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