How to reply to a wedding announcement?

I have never heard of a wedding announcement. I do not think those are common in the US or I think of a wedding that is announced in a society paper lol. I would just say thank you and I wish the happy couple all the best of luck. Honestly if you do not know them I do not think you need to respond but that is just me.

You don't need to send a thank you at all for the announcement. It would be nice to send them something off of their registry, but that's not necessary either.

Send a gift if you want. Don't think you really need to do anything else, especially since you don't know the people who sent the announcement.

Announcements used to be the norm up until the 1970s and current. Couples would have a true elopement with just a single witness and send announcements to everyone who would have been invited had there been a ceremony and reception for all.


Generally people do not respond to announcements. Nor should they be sent to random people. You can purchase a gift and a congratulations card for the couple if you are close to them. Many people might know the groom but have never met the bride and vice versa. Knowing their parents is irrelevant.

I would just send the couple a Congratulations card.

I never heard of responding to a wedding announcement. It's kind of the same as getting a christmas card in the mail. I usually send the person a thank you, I got it text, but that's about it. I would at most reach out to the parents, who you know, and congratulate them on the joyous event.

It used to he fairly standard to send an announcement if the couple eloped. You can send a card or gift if so inclined, but there’s no need to respond.

If you knew them very well, you might be inclined to send them a wedding gift. But since you don't, treat it like a change of address card and put their after-marriage titles and names, address and contact info, in your physical , or virtual address books. A lot of people still do send wedding announcements, and more this past year due to increased tiny private weddings, and true elopements. A couple we would definitely have been invited to and attended, and after their college graduation disappeared and wedding plans, and the jobs they lined up are not starting them til all are back in offices, we thought they could use wedding gifts to start a household. Those others where we read the announcement and know we would have declined, having gotten saves, we just updated the address book, no gifts.