Invitation Help - Ceremony Location Change

If both the time and date are changing, I'm sorry but you probably will just need new invites. It will be confusing for your guests (though it sounds simple, but trust me) and you will have 1000 phone calls and still at least 5 people will show up at the wrong place, or miss the ceremony.

View Quoted Comment Just the time would be changing and location of ceremony only. Reception will still be at our original venue

If the time and ceremony location are changing you really need new invitations. People will get confused if you do it any other way.

Unfortunately I agree with Daria. I don’t think there’s anything extra you could include that will make it easy for people to understand. Hopefully you can use everything else that came with the invitations and just get new ceremony and reception cards which will save you some money. Maybe look into a way to get the ceremony and reception info on the same card so you only have to order one.

Maybe a cute note that says something along the lines of Dedicating our Love at _ o'clock where love has bloomed for so may years at _ (grandparents house). Just keep in mind that you still might have some confused people and questions. Also just remember that you now have to create a ceremony space, an arch or some other decor as well as chairs and such. Which can sometimes cost you more than what the venue is charging. I ran into those issues when hosting our engagement party in our backyard.

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Yes, I understand that. I know it doesn't sound like much, but trust me...you will hate yourself if you try to use an insert card or something. People will misplace it, not understand simple instructions, etc.

If your budget is tight, maybe start over and get some less expensive invites from Vistaprint or a DIY kit from Michaels or something.

I honestly don’t see an easy way to do this. I agree, you may need to just scrap your invites and redo them. Maybe the place you purchased them from will work with you on the price, or maybe just snag some less expensive kits from Michael’s. But, depending on how much money it would be to get invites re-printed, maybe it’s not even worth change ceremony spots?

I agree with the others that this is not an easy fix. You'll need to get new invitations since the time and location of the ceremony have changed. The alternative is to print an insert and add it with the invitation, but like another PP said, it is easy for this insert to fall out when the guest opens the envelope, or misplace the insert. Usually people just grab the actual invitation when they go to the wedding so they have the address but they may forget that you changed the address and go to the wrong venue on your wedding day.

ETA: you may want to do a cost benefit comparison of keeping it at the current venue versus changing it to your family's backyard. You need to consider the costs of renting chairs and anything needed for the ceremony itself such as sound equipment, you need to have a back up plan in case of rain or bad weather and you need to consider parking for your guests and if the terrain and distance are such that your guests can easily navigate from where they park their car to your ceremony. Also consider the cost to order new invitations.

You could add another information card so you can make it at home? With "Ceremony Date & Time & Location" then "Reception Date & Time & Location"

I agree with PP that if the ceremony and time is in a different place, you need new invitations. People will absolutely put the invite up on their fridge and totally forget about the insert card that states they need to be somewhere else at a different time.

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I think you unfortunately need new invitations. If you add an insert, it could get lost and people will just look at the invitation right before the wedding and end up in the wrong place. I don't see any way around it.

Renting bathrooms for the backyard ceremony will cost more than $650. If you have more than 30 or so guests, you'll need rented bathrooms.