We're having a small wedding abroad, then a big party when we get home. When I say big, I mean 300 people.
Some of those invited are OH's football mates, some of whom are young lads in their late teens, who change girlfriends every 10 minutes. Because it's not a full wedding and more of an informal party, we're worried that these guests in particular will think that it's ok to just bring their girlfriend, or other mates. We've struggled to keep it to 300, so not only do we not want to go over that number, we don't want random girlfriends coming!
We've seen the "Can I bring a plus 1?" issue several times before, but I don't think anyone would turn up to an actual wedding with an unannounced plus 1, whereas I think people may well do that in our case.
We want, therefore, to put something in the invitations to say that the invitation is for the named person only. The original wording was:
"Due to venue restrictions, the invitation is for named guests only".
Our proofs have just been printed and I think it looks too harsh, so my second wording is:
"Due to venue restrictions, we regret that we are only able to accommodate named guests"
I'm still worried it comes across too harsh though. Does anyone have any suggestions?
