Last minute wedding guest invite

Depends on your relationship with that person. My mom has a few friends who she intends to invite last minute if we get any cancellations. Her friends definitely would not get offended at this and would be happy to come regardless, but like, if I did this with one of MY friends that would be pretty rude!

I agree that it definitely depends on your relationship with that person. Since it’s a friends of a friend I don’t see an issue with your friend saying “hey! Want to come with me to this wedding” but I definitely wouldn’t do that to one of my friends or a close family member.

Probably not the answer you're looking for, but I agree that it totally depends on the person and your relationship with them.

B listing is always rude. If you have any single guests who you didn't extend a plus one, you could offer them a guest, otherwise inviting someone else to fill a cancellation is pretty rude.

Depends on the person, they may or may not be offended. You know your crowd. Maybe talk to your caterer and see if the money you were going to spend on their plate can be used to upgrade something small? That way it's still being spent on the wedding.

If not, I would just ask your caterer if their plate can be packaged to-go for you. That way you can enjoy it the next day or something. I know our wedding meal with be delicious and I would love it if we got to keep some leftovers!

You run the risk of offending them, some people would be offended and some people would be thrilled to be invited even at the last minute without an actual invite...how do you think this person will react? If you think they might be offended by it, I wouldn't even bother.

It would seem really odd to invite someone last minute like this, and it would have to be a single person okay with no plus one. Could you give someone a plus one instead?

I would suggest offering a guest to a single person attending or something of that nature. Unless you really know this person would be fine with it. Maybe your friend should invite this person as their "date" rather than you contacting them about it.

Is it generally considered rude? Well, yes. BUT, much like everything else - it's very "you have to know your crowd." We had a handful of last minute cancellations as well. After it was all paid for, seats were assigned, etc. We did end up filling the spots - but with people that we knew would not be offended and actually were ridiculously excited to attend. Could we have invited just anyone? No way. We know that many people would have been like "ew, no...rude." And that's fine! But the people we did invite at the last minute - they were thrilled. Showed up early, partied with us all night, and it was great. So like most have said - you have to know your crowd and realize you are going to run the risk of offending people.