No kids allowed

For your RSVP cards, I would have the wording like "we have _(insert number) seats reserved in your honor".

It would also be helpful if you addressed the invitations only to the people invited. So instead of "Smith family", you would write "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"

We didn’t invite kids, which made it pretty clear that we didn’t want kids there. We only had one couple ask about it. I would stay away from setting random age limits, this is going to go over worse than no kids at all. What will you do for families with a 15 year old and a 13 year old? One kid can come and one can’t?

No kids at my wedding sorry people 😂😂😂 time is money and money is time... only my flower girls😫

View Quoted Comment I’m in the same boat and I think this is a great idea! Thank you!!

I was NOT the “bad guy” for a change!!! I simply put on the Wedding Website, and Facebook event:


“Due to the Wedding and Reception being held at a Casino we are unable to have anyone under 18.”
You could say something like “We want you to let lose and enjoy yourself, so no one under___ Age is permitted.”

We did no children except for family (my fiancé has 3, 1st cousins under 10). We said “our space is limited, however we’d love to celebrate with you and your little ones at another time”. Otherwise we’d have a ton of kids running around!

We did no kids at ceremony but kids for reception. The ceremony we had a nursery with the church nanny hired to watch over them so it wasn't anything difficult at least. But I COMPLETELY see the appeal of no kids. They run around everywhere. They almost touched my wedding cake before the cake cutting.

I think no kids is fine, but kids under 18. An arbitrary cutoff at 15 is silly and you risk splitting families which is super rude. Anyone over 18 would get their own invite anyway.

I agree with PPs, just do no 18 under guests! Family is always the exception to this rule, as are newborns!

We are in the same boat, what we are doing is addressing it to the parents only. For example, instead of saying “the smith family”, we are saying “John and Jane Smith”. When they go to RSVP it will only have two people to RSVP. Hopefully they get the picture. We will also make subtle hints if we see them, like “can’t wait to see you and Jane at the wedding!”