Wording for Wedding Reception Invitations

Wedding reception invitations are specifically to inform your guests about the important details of the reception; venue and time in particular. Wording for wedding reception invitations can be formal or informal in its style. If you are hosting both the wedding and the reception at the same venue, then the wording can consist of a line added to the wedding invitation. The line can simply state that the reception would immediately follow the wedding. And as in most cases, if the venue of the wedding and the reception differ, then a separate reception invitation card would have to be worded accordingly. For free wedding reception invitation wording, you can refer to the following list of specimens. It also lists some appropriate ways as to how to write a wedding reception invitation.

Wording Depending Upon the Type of Reception

A Typical Reception
We invite you to join us for
fellowship, dinner, and dancing
at the Reception.
Buffet on (date), (time)
Plaza Vesuvius Hotel
15 Plaintain Avenue

Wording to Invite Only Adults
Adult-only cocktail and reception
following the ceremony
Oakwood Plaza Hotel
1543 University Avenue

Wording for a Simple Dessert Reception
The pleasure of your company
is requested at a dessert reception
following the ceremony
at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick White
4 Blossom Street

Wording for Two Different Wedding Receptions
To help us continue in celebration
kindly join us to share our happiness
for hors d'oeuvres
immediately following ceremony
The Sheridan Plaza Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts

Wording for a Breakfast Reception
Wedding breakfast
immediately following ceremony
at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart E. Amperson
4 Blossom Street

Wording for Invitation for a Black Tie Reception
Black tie Reception and Dinner
On (date), (time)
Pebble Creek Country Club
144 Pebble Creek Parkway

Other Similar Verses or Wording for Reception Invitation

Cocktails served at (time)
Dinner served at (time)
Dancing (time) until midnight
On (date), The Briarcliff
875 Oaks Road
Columbus, Ohio

Reception
immediately following the ceremony
in the church hall
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
12581 Charleston Street
Yeadon, Pennsylvania

Reception
on (date), (time)
at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Craig McKnight
8712 Honeywell Avenue
Nichols, South Carolina

Mr. and Mrs. Tony D. Dodd
request the pleasure of your company
at the wedding luncheon
following the ceremony
Mountain View Resort & Lounge
2626 Mountain View Road
Denver, Colorado

Mr. and Mrs. Nicolas Smith
Request the pleasure of your company
at a wedding reception for our daughter
Victoria Smith
and Ron White
on (date), (time)
Macapia Garden
Vashon Island, Washingtone

We Daniel Craig McKnight
and Sandy Craig McKnight
were married on the beach
at Oahu, (date)
please celebrate with us
at a reception (time), (date)
Outrigger Waikiki, 2335 Kalakaua Ave.,
Waikiki, Honolulu, HI

As shown in the above examples of wording for wedding reception invitations, you can include the basic information reflecting the type and style of your reception. However, one thing that has to be kept in mind is the inclusion of proper details for the reception. It is a good practice to mention a landmark in the address of the venue. This is helpful for those who are unfamiliar to the place. Date and time is another important instruction, to be included. If you are at the slightest doubt about the wording, then do not mind rewriting it all over again. Let your guests get the first delightful taste of your wedding reception through the reception wording!