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Everything we get asked about invitations

25 pieces on what invitations cost here, what has to go on them, when to send them and why nobody is replying. Written for the person planning the day rather than for a search engine, and useful whether or not you ever ask us to make one.

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A Filipino couple dressed for a wedding sitting in a parked car, the woman squinting at a phone while the man looks over, a bouquet and gift on the dashboard

Wording and details

The ten invitation details guests ask about anyway

Every question you answer thirty times individually was a line the invitation could have carried once.

August 5, 20265 min read

A woman's hands holding a phone in a cafe, a chat thread on screen with a large image preview card in it

Wording and details

Sending invitations on Messenger and Viber so they get opened

The invitation is usually fine. What fails is the message it arrived in, and that part takes one evening to fix.

July 8, 20265 min read

A fan of addressed cream envelopes on linen with a phone resting on top, a desk calendar behind and a brass pen alongside

Wording and details

When to send invitations, by occasion

Too early and it is forgotten. Too late and you are competing with plans that already exist. The window is narrower than people think.

June 24, 20265 min read

A one-year-old in a wooden high chair reaching for a small pastel smash cake with a single candle, family laughing behind

By occasion

First birthday invitations, when the guest of honour will not remember

It is the child's party and the parents' occasion. The invitation has to be honest about which.

June 10, 20265 min read

A crowded Filipino despedida dinner table, a young man embracing an older woman while the others watch, a packed suitcase against the wall

By occasion

Despedida invitations, for the party nobody quite wants to hold

A send-off is a celebration and a goodbye at the same time. The invitation is allowed to admit that.

May 20, 20265 min read

Rows of empty cream chiavari chairs at a garden reception in golden light, place cards on some seats and string lights overhead

RSVPs and guest lists

How many guests will turn up, and how to know in advance

The number you invited, the number who replied and the number who eat dinner are three different numbers. Here is how they relate.

May 6, 20265 min read

Everything, by subject

Whatever you came here to work out

Invitation formats

Website invitations, e-invites, paperless: the same thing, six namesSix phrases, mostly one product, and a couple of real differences hiding among them. Here is which word gets you what.

Invitation websites, and how to tell whether you need oneA card tells people where to be. An invitation website keeps working after it has been read, which matters for some events and not for others.

E-invitation or wedding website? What the difference is forOne is a destination, the other is a delivery. Most couples here only need one of them, and it is usually not the one they were told to build.

Costs and pricing

Free e-invitations: what you get, and what it costs you insteadFree is real and sometimes right. It is worth knowing which four things you are paying with instead before you commit an evening to it.

What a digital wedding invitation cost looks like in the PhilippinesThe range is wide because the word covers two different products. Here is what sits at each end, and where the money actually goes.

Etiquette

Sending printed and digital invitations together, without doing it twiceMost couples end up doing both. The trick is deciding what the card carries and what the link carries, so nothing has to be said twice.

Filipino invitation etiquette: who to ask, how, and in what orderMost of the rules here are about order and about who hears it first. Very few of them are about stationery.

Are digital invitations rude to older relatives?The worry is real but it is usually pointed at the wrong thing. What offends is rarely the format.

Digital or printed invitations for a Filipino wedding?It is not really a taste question. It is a question about which parts of your guest list need a thing they can hold.

RSVPs and guest lists

How many guests will turn up, and how to know in advanceThe number you invited, the number who replied and the number who eat dinner are three different numbers. Here is how they relate.

When to set your RSVP deadline, and what to do when it passesSet it from the caterer's date, not from the wedding date. Everything else about chasing gets easier once that one number is right.

Why guests do not RSVP, and what actually fixes itIt is rarely rudeness. Usually the reply was ambiguous, or it was easier to say yes softly than to say no.

Photos and keepsakes

Wedding hashtag or photo link? What each one is really forA hashtag is for the night being visible. A link is for the photos being yours. They are not competing.

How to actually get the photos your guests tookYour photographer gives you the posed record. The other one, shot from every table, is the one that goes missing.

By occasion

First birthday invitations, when the guest of honour will not rememberIt is the child's party and the parents' occasion. The invitation has to be honest about which.

Despedida invitations, for the party nobody quite wants to holdA send-off is a celebration and a goodbye at the same time. The invitation is allowed to admit that.

The 7th birthday invitation, and why it is a bigger deal hereEvery guest is a child with an adult attached. The invitation has to work for both of them at once.

Graduation invitations when the school only gives you four seatsFour seats and eleven people who paid for the tuition. The invitation is where that gets settled, gently.

Christening invitation wording, and what to call the dayBinyag, baptism or christening. Which word you use matters more than the layout, and the godparent list matters more than both.

What to include in a debut invitationA debut invitation is really a programme with a cover on it. Get the names and the order right and the rest is decoration.

Wording and details

The ten invitation details guests ask about anywayEvery question you answer thirty times individually was a line the invitation could have carried once.

Sending invitations on Messenger and Viber so they get openedThe invitation is usually fine. What fails is the message it arrived in, and that part takes one evening to fix.

When to send invitations, by occasionToo early and it is forgotten. Too late and you are competing with plans that already exist. The window is narrower than people think.

The Filipino wedding entourage list, in the order it is readParents, principal sponsors, secondary sponsors, bearers, then the bride. The order is not decorative; it is the processional.

Wedding invitation wording for a Filipino weddingThe hard part is never the poetry. It is the host line, and what to do when the family it describes is complicated.

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