Best wording... no wrapped presents

I don't know the full situation but I would ask a BM or friend who isn't cruising to discretely take the gifts for you. Then open them when you return.

OH this is a tough one... Maybe your wedding website? Just say "due to cruise policy, wrapped gifts aren't allowed on the boat. "

I would rely on word of mouth and put something on my wedding website. I don't think the invite would be the appropriate place for this.

I may be wrong however.

They would have to do that before anyone even boards because they are not even gonna get to the wedding location. It isn't as much about traveling with them as they are just not allowed at all.

Thanks... it really is a tough one, and my guest list is so diverse I'm gonna have to be the mouth and hope FH does his part.

Let your guests worry about it. But as passengers on a cruise, they should know wrapped presents are not allowed. As a guest I would either gift before or after and not while on a cruise (same with any DW). If you say something along the lines of 'don't bring wrapped gifts' or 'don't bring gifts on the cruise', it will seem very gift grabby.

I would think u wouldn't want to travel with the gifts anyway... so either appoint someone to take the gifts back to your place and/or provide a shipping address...

Not all of them will actually be passengers... I doubt those cruising will actually bring something but mostly worried about those who are not and may not totally understand that. I really appreciate the answers as I also felt it sounded gift grabby too...

Could someone meet them where they will be parking and give them the heads up that they should either be A) unwrapped (they could do it quickly at their car) or B) left in the car.

Maybe you could encompass it into a general advisement. Like, "Please keep in mind that, for security purposes, certain items are not allowed on the cruise ships. For example, lighters, box cutters, pocket knives, wrapped boxes/gifts,"

I just picked random things. I don't know if that's all true. I would also take previous PP's advice and include it only on the website.

Maybe just put a link on your website to the Cruise rules or copy and past them for your invitees. You can include mention of wrapped gifts and whatnot along with all the other million rules re: alcohol, exchange of cruise money, etc. My friend did that for her cruise wedding and it was pretty helpful just so we could know generally what we can and can't bring with us.

I agree with an earlier poster. Have someone, maybe the best man or maid of honor run the gifts back to your place following the wedding. It would be a real pain to have to take all those gifts with you on your honeymoon.

I'm in the same boat and I did write something - see pic. Our wedding is so unique compared to others that I personally didn't see it as gift grabby but as truly trying to make it as stress free a day as possible. I hope others see it the same way but I'm sure it's frowned upon still. I just saw no other truly viable option.

I also think my friend sent us a cruise rule reminder e-mail as the date approached. Good idea as well IMO.

I agree with what Richard said!

I would be taken aback if I walked onto a cruise ship and was told that my wrapped gift was a breach of security. However, I also know that gifting is not to be mentioned on an invitation.

This is how I would handle it. I would have a DOC or hired individual positioned at the entrance to the yacht -- not on the yacht, but at the point at which the guest would be entering. I'd have that individual greet every guest, and when they saw an individual with a wrapped package, I'd have her say, "Welcome, thank you so much for joining us. Can I take that from you?" Then, once everyone is aboard, the DOC or hired individual unwraps the gifts -- off board -- and keeps them in a separate location. Once the non-sailing guests leave, it's time for the DOC to bring those gifts to the couple (preferably in large, black bags).

I don't think it's possible in the parking lot because It's a parking garage and or very large area. I would never make my friends or family stand out there either.

@DWBride I had a good friend tell me to do something similar to what you wrote because she thinks people would want to know rather than being put out while trying to clear security. I like some of the other ideas about mentioning other things too but don't want it to get lost in the mix. I may have to suck up my misgivings about it and do what you did.

I would 100% put a card in the invitation asking people to look at the security rules of what you can bring on the ship.

Yea I asked some good friends what they thought and would prefer and they told me saying it that way was fine based on the circumstances. I , like you, didn't want it lost in translation. I hope it sounds the way I intend it to and really just trying to provide information

As a guest, I would want to know ahead of time not to wrap my gift if I was going to bring it to you that day. As someone who has never been on a cruise before, that might be fine print that can easily be overlooked. It is a tough one!