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Do i mention the ceremony is "unplugged" in the invite?

Annah, on June 10, 2018 at 3:40 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 11

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Hi everyone!

I'm looking into getting a Tri-fold invitation, with the front being very formal (names, time, date and place of the wedding and a photo of us) and the back including a panel for wedding details (and two additional photo panels).

I plan to use this "details" space to direct our guests to our website for accommodation recommendations, the wedding day schedule and more, but that's only about two lines of text.

Would it be appropriate to include a paragraph on that page forewarning guests that our ceremony will be "unplugged" and that guests should refrain from taking photos until after the first dance at the reception? I would also use this spot to let them know about our hashtag as well. This information will be available on our website, at the ceremony on cute signs and noted on the program, but is it appropriate or overkill to include on the invitation as well?

My only reasoning for this is that they'll note it in their heads early on, whereas I'm afraid someone might ignore all of the "warning" signs at the wedding (a lot of our family members aren't particularly observant).

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!

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Latest activity by Tpatb, on June 14, 2018 at 10:05 PM

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AD2AP · on June 10, 2018 at 3:49 PM
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I think you should exclude that from the invite, and be forewarned there are going to be people who ignore it no matter what. - I had a sign and had our officiant make an announcement and people still took pictures and we even had a phone ring.
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Devoted October 2018
Kimberly · on June 10, 2018 at 3:50 PM
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I dont think you need to say anything in the invite. You can always have whoever is officiating say saying before the ceremony starts.
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Debbie · on June 10, 2018 at 3:58 PM
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Having a sign or it announced at the ceremony would be better than on the invite. This type of detail might not be remembered on the wedding day otherwise. People would focus on the date, time and address from the invites, but the other information would likely not be read more than once.
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starsinwaves · on June 10, 2018 at 3:59 PM
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It would be very off-putting to me to receive an invite that told me I'm not allowed to do something.
Just have your officiant announce it, like PPs have said, and accept that people are going to do it anyway.
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firstoneat56 · on June 10, 2018 at 4:03 PM
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Your invite shouldn’t be a lecture on what not to do at your wedding. Skip the signs. Your officiant can make an announcement before the ceremony however, there will. E those who can’t help themselves and will still take pictures.

As for hashtags, I’d also suggest skipping it. Barely anyone uses them and if they did, they wouldn’t remember it from an invitation that received 8 weeks before.
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Cuoghi · on June 10, 2018 at 4:53 PM
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If you invite is very formal it does not mentions gifts or any extra stuff like unplugged. Save that for program/website.
Many online guides for what formal invites should be like.
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Just Said Yes June 2018
Amanda · on June 10, 2018 at 5:32 PM
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I put it on our programs. I put a lot of cute little things in the program so I think people will be reading through them while they're bored before the ceremony starts and I put a big section and asking them to please keep their phones away and let the professional photographer do the work. Come to think of it, I probably should have mentioned the fact that we just don't want pictures full of everyone's phones, which would probably convince a few more people not to just do what they want anyway, but I've already printed them.
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Andrea · on June 10, 2018 at 6:17 PM
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I've never seen a formal invitation with photos on them. That sounds more like a Save the Date to me.
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Casey · on June 10, 2018 at 10:12 PM
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“Barely anyone uses [hashtags]” - maybe in your circles, but I am constantly seeing people using hashtags for weddings on social media, so this isn’t necessarily a true statement. I see people on my Facebook from multiple social circles of all ages using wedding hashtags.
i do agree they shouldn’t be on invites because people will probably forget them that way - you can spread the word via your wedding website if you have one, through “word of mouth” e.g. on social media, and if you have programs of on any signage you decide to do.
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MrsD · on June 11, 2018 at 12:15 PM
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I'm including it on our wedding website, and a sign outside our ceremony. But not on our invites, however, I don't think it's bad to put on invites!
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Tpatb · on June 14, 2018 at 10:05 PM
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We put it on our website and are doing the sign as well. It may be a little much to try to include it on our invites, but I personally don’t see anything wrong with it. I personally think it’s a little much to say we have to accept that it will happen. Yes, it can come off off-putting but at the same time it’s a little rude to ignore such a decemt request imo. Photography/videography isn’t cheap & it just looks funny when there are tons of phones in the background because they can’t be cropped out. I’ve gone to a few weddings where I’ve literally seen the frustrations on the photographer’s face. I say if you feel it’s what you want to do..go for it!
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