One invite per family?

If over 18 they get their own, if not one will do. Kids don't get plus ones. Over 18 I would.

Indicate on RSVP, we have reserved ___ seats in your honor.

If they live in the same household, it is fine. I doubt anyone would bring a random plus one as a date if they decided to fly from Italy.

I only sent one invitation to each address. Generally, kids over 18 living in the house get their own invitation though. I did not give a plus one to anyone under 18.

If they live at the same address, then yes it ok to send one invite per family. Is there a place for you to put total number of seats you are reserving for them? A family of 4 would just be 4 people in my opinion. We only gave plus's to the people who have spouses or boyfriend/girlfriends.

If they're all under the same roof, I would just send them to "the NAME family"

Technically, anyone over the age of 18 is supposed to get a separate invite, but I only did this if they were living away from home, I found it quite silly myself. I don't think children get to bring a guest, that's silly. I only extended guests to those that were in a relationship, a few of FH's cousins are in their late teens/early 20s with girlfriends so we extended that invitation as well.

I think it's an invite for the parents and children under 18. Any adult (18+) receives their own.

Thanks for the feedback, y'all! What's your opinion on invites for 18+ who still live at home? Should they still get a separate invite even if they're both going to the same house?

Shalott - I didn't send separate invitatoins to those over 18 still living at home, I just sent it to the whole family.

You're fine with one invitation per household addressed to "Famiglia xxx"

I just sent one invite to each household. I know that's not technically what your supposed to do but it seemed like a waste of money when my invites weren't cheap.

If you are going to 'Dear Abbey' it then yes you would send each 18+ in the house hold their own. But in reality I think it's a total waste! I am sending one per household =]

Send one to the family. If they are all in Italy I wouldn't worry about putting a plus ones for the older kids either.(unless if course you know they are with someone) . For the older kids if you hear that they are coming you could then just call them and say would they like to bring someone. The will quickly tell you.Being honest unless they have being going out with someone for a good while it's very unlikely that they would pay to travel from Italy to a wedding.

I disagree with the over 18 thing. I would send one invite to each household.

For children over 18, own invite.

For children under 18, the main envelope gets addressed to Mr and MRS so and so. It's on the INNER envelope where you would list the children's names underneath the parents