Invitations and Details Cards

I don’t think it implies one or the other. Most people will know that cocktail hour follows the ceremony. If not, it’s not the end of the world. They’re not going to think “what the heck, the invitation said mayhem immediately after the ceremony?!” I don’t find detail cards necessary most of the time. You could simply put “masks required” at the bottom of the invitation, or have some at the wedding for those who show up without them. Address the invitations to those who are invited and there won’t be any reason to mention that it’s adults only.

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We tried the being specific on addressing invitations when we sent them out in January. And we had roughly 50 additional children and "dates" added to our list. We didn't care then. But we have to now.

View Quoted Comment You can add “we have reserved ___ seats in your honor,” and fill in the number for each household. That should help.

If everything is in one location, you don't need to tell anyone what time each part starts. As long as they know when the ceremony is, they'll already bre there when things start happening around them. I think in this situation you may want to have a details card for covid-related things, which in your case includes requiring masks and excluding children.

Is everything at the same venue? Then just list the ceremony start time. Most people assume that any gap afterwards will be driving time only to the reception. You only need to list cocktail hour start time if it's at a different location.

I think the quote is a catch-all. They just know it’s something after. Most already assume it would be cocktail hour and reception.


BUT if you aren’t planning to do those things the list what your plans are.
If the cocktail/reception is somewhere else then I would definitely give guests a heads up on the details