More on RSVP card than invited??

You just say "we have reserved ___ seats in your honor."

I would contact the person and explain it to them. "Sorry if there was any confusion, but we are having an adults only wedding. We are unable to accommodate children." Something along those lines.

ETA: "due to venue and budget restrictions we are unable to accommodate additional guests. Sorry if there was any confusion, hope you can still attend our wedding"

You call them and say very sorry for any misunderstanding, but invite was only for you and the Mrs. We hope to see you there, but only the two. Listen to their answer, be polite, explain again, say bye, hang up, have a drink.

Do NOT give any explanation. They will try to "solve" as in OK, cousin X will not come, we will bring Cousin Ys GF. Nope, invites are not transferable.

On the RSVP card, it's common to put a line that says "We have reserved ___ seats in your honor" -- and then you fill in the blank for 2 people or 4 people or however many you're inviting.

If people do it anyway, you'll just have to call them up and say "unfortunately, we only have room for you and Bob, but not all six of your children. I hope you and Bob can still come, but I understand if you can't."

Be prepared to deal with it because it will happen. So when that/those RSVPs come back call that person and say ,"Hi Sue. I received your RSVP. Our venue is at capacity and we can only accommodate our guests who were specifically invited. Unfortunately x, x, x , x and x cannot be accommodated."

It will be awkward but don't feel guilty... these people put themselves in this situation.

There's one person in our family who is known for inviting herself, her ex-husband, their two kids, her ex-husband's three kids from his previous marriage who are half siblings of their two kids, and each kids'individual significant others to invitations addressed to her and guest. It actually went through two weddings before someone outspoken in the family got completely wasted and called her out on it. For both of those weddings, she was invited as a cousin of the married couple. Apparently she didn't pick up that guest meant 1 guest.

Jenny, that is the best side effect of booze ... sometimes ... .

Jenny B...that type of person is exactly what I am afraid of!

No one gets to invite people to your wedding except you.

"We're sorry, we can only accommodate the guests who were specified on your invitation."

Jenny are you serious? I wouldn't even invite her lol. That's so rude

We did online RSVPS, through our wedding website. We entered the names of those who were invited. They could respond yes or no and choose one of three entrees. That was it!

I would just place a call and kindly say our venue doesn't have enough space for any extra guests, we have reserved two seats in your honor.

I put __ seats reserved in your honor on rsvp card. If this happens you have to call and explain to the person it's adult only and only for those invited.

Yes, it was. She thought it was all one big family gathering so "of course" she brought all of her family. She got away with it because the first couple didn't say anything at all, and the second couple - the bride complained to the bride's parents and the parents paid for it and didn't confront this rude person, but word got out after the wedding and first couple confirmed. Actually none of us were suprised, she's very much the type that lives her life with the motto that "if it's free and you don't take advantage of it then it's your loss."