How Many Invitations

Can you make a list where it shows how many invitations you need, not just number of people invited. Thanks.

This is difficult to do, because there are many variables for each guest. Our suggestion is to print the list of guests by address and count how many invitations you need. For instance, there may be 5 people at an address, but only one invitation sent, or there may be several people at the same address who each get separate invitations. Only you will know how many at each address get an invitation. Children under 18 years old and spouses are generally included under the same invitation, so that counts as one. Children over 18, but living with their parents generally receive their own invitations, so this could count for more than one. Often there are elderly parents living with their children and they will also receive separate invitations. Count on one invitation for every married couple or those living together. Your officiant and spouse should also receive an invitation as should each of your attendants. Single people should be sent one invitation each. Order extra invitations for you and your parents to keep as mementos, as well as 25-30 extra envelopes in case you make addressing mistakes. You may want to order 25-30 whole sets of invitations, in case you want to send last minute invitations to someone you have forgotten or to your B list when A list people RSVP "no". Then if you don't use them all, you can use some of these envelopes for addressing mistakes. Overall, you will probably end up needing about half the number of people invited, so if you invite 100 people, you will need to order around 50 invitations. This is just a rule of thumb and will vary with your circumstances. It's always better (and less expensive) to have too many, than not enough.