Question: Addressing Invites to Include Guest

I honestly just went against all odds and did "Mr. John Smith & Guest"

I've seen Mr. John Smith & Guest a couple times, but none of the others

I've had a couple of invites that have said "and Guest" and was not offended or anything--just happy to get a plus one!

When we did our invites, we included the names of any partners we knew of when extending a plus one (for couples).

I did "& Guest" on the outer envelope. Plus reserved 2 seats on the RSVP.

I am doing & guest. It's just an envelope. People throw it out don't stress

I went crazy and even though I ordered custom envelopes - they didn't work with our inner envelopes, so for my singles, I special ordered inner envelopes that did fit and addressed them "Mr. Smith and Guest"

Thanks everyone. As it turns out, I may not be able to finish uploading this information into WPD until tomorrow so I have some time tonight to sleep on it. I personally wouldn't be offended by "and Guest" either, but I want to be sure I follow the rules of etiquette. I'll check this thread again tomorrow to see if there are any more opinions. Thank you

I would just do it on the outer emvelope and on the rsvp card, no one ever keeps or really reads he envelope

Thank you. We ordered the invitations last night (we caught the sale in time, phew!) and submitted our addresses to be printed onto the envelopes. I'm attaching a screenshot of what we chose, we finally agreed on one! Thanks again ETA: The card was 5x5, so we asked them to make it 5x7 to avoid extra postage costs. It'll also give us room to expand the writing a bit. I'm glad we finally got this done!

We wrote "and guest" on the outer envelope.

What's wrong with Mr. John Smith and Guest? Mr. John Smith and Friend? Mr. John Smith Plus One?

@MrsCoakley: I forgot to add that we ended up doing that too, we just put it on the envelope. Two of our single guests are in the bridal party, so I asked their opinion on it, and they laughed that I need to stop stressing these things that nobody else will care about lol.

@Nancy: Nothing is wrong with that, in my opinion, but some of the sites I was reading made it seem like that was poor etiquette.. or it's possible that I was just completely misunderstanding and over thinking it, lol. That's what we ended up doing though.

We did "and guest" on outer envelopes as well.... if its not proper oh well....

"Mr. John Smith and Guest" on the outer envelope is correct.

If you want to also state "2 seats have been reserved for you" on the RSVP card, that's fine, but not required.

Glad to hear Mr. John Smith and Guest is still okay. Things seem to be changing.

If your wanting to follow ettiquette it would be

Mr. John Smith and Guest (I would state 2 seats reserved on RSVP card as well)

Married couples should be addresses to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith

I don't think there is any etiquette left anymore.

We did "Mr. John Smith and Guest" and on the RSVP card, "We have reserved 2 seats in your honor"