How to say "no kids allowed" nicely on RSVP cards

You dont. You list the people specifically by name on the invite. The guests will understand who is invited by who you list. Kids not listed - not invited. By saying no kids, you are saying "i think my guests are rude and wont listen to who i invite."

Generally you're not supposed to put that on the invite or RSVP. Guests should be able to tell who is invited based on whose name is on the invite.

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Exactly what Pezzy said. You don't.

On the RSVP card, put a separate line for each invites guest, and an accepts and declines check box next to each line. Then write the guests names on the lines. There won't be any confusion as to who is invited.

Thank you for all of the great responses. So should I not put "Adult reception to follow" on the invitation?

NO! listen to the above advice! its assuming your guests aren't intelligent. just make sure there is NO room to add other guests. I solved this problem by individually filling in the appropriate "# of seats saved in your honor." there was no confusion about how many people in their household we invited, as the names on the invitation matched the # of seats I wrote in on their RSVP card.

The number of seats saved in your honor is a good idea! Thank you!

I asked a similar question and got some pretty good responses...I posted the thread link below

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/adults-only-reception-how-to-spell-it-out/c4aab422b7891fc6.html

Im just putting "adult reception to follow" on the invitation.

I know technically you don't, but I wanted to make it very clear no kids. So I added "adult only reception will immediately follow" and on my website I stated something about limiting the guest has been very difficult, so we can not honor requests for children or additional guests. So far no suprises and no one has asked. We are doing a help your self set up for the bar, and to limit liability absolutely no one under 21 can attend our reception.

We put the names of the specific people invited on the envelope and on the RSVP card we said "x number of seats have been reserved in your honor " I've also seen a few where they say ”adult reception to follow" at the bottom of the invitation (which personally doesn't bother me seeing as I understand that some guests truly just don't get it, and you know your crowd the best).

You don't.

If you're really, really worried about people RSVPing for extra people, do what Brandy suggests and write "__ seats have been reserved in your honor" and fill in with the appropriate number.

"No kids," "Adult reception," etc are rude things to say.

I wanted to do this too, but my mom said it would be rude. Were just going to write up in the RSVPs the amount of guests permitted.

We put on our invites "Adult reception to follow", no one got upset or felt offended

I'm not putting it on ours however I did note it on our wedding website. I also had family on both sides spread the word and will be putting a specific number for guests on the RSVP card

I addressed the envelopes to the adults only, and then put "adult reception to follow" on the bottom of my invitations.

Oldie but goodie;

"Children will be given double espressos, a pound of chocolate, a paintball gun and a puppy"

;-)

I put "Adult Only Reception to follow" on the invitation. I also put in on the wedding website.

OMG Celia, I'm totally adding that to my invites, which are whimsical to begin with. Hilarious!!