DC Wedding Planning - Should we include our registry information on our DC Wedding Invitations?

The invitations for your Washington DC wedding say a lot about you. In an era of emails and social media, there’s something divine about receiving a beautifully custom-crafted wedding invitation in your mailbox. Invitations set the tone of your wedding, let your guests know what to expect, and introduce your wedding colors and theme.

As an award-winning Wedding Washington DC Wedding DJ Service, our passion is helping couples have the best experience possible and is an asset in all facets of wedding planning.  This article is one in a series of articles intended to help not only the wedding couples we serve from Washington DC to Lancaster PA; but to help anyone who is planning their dream wedding.

If you’ve been following along in our ongoing DC Wedding Blog series answering the Top 50 Wedding Planning Questions you have likely noticed a trend. That trend is that while there are certain wedding traditions and things that most couples do; there is generally no right or wrong and few of your guests will care that much if you choose not to follow tradition. This topic however is different than most of those

When it comes to how you share your registration information you should definitely not include it on the actual wedding invitation! It can be viewed as both greedy and tacky by your guests to receive both an invite and a gift registry link on the same document.

How do you share Gift Registry information without being tacky?

Include an Information Card along with your invitation. That card is the perfect place to let guests know about your welcome party or morning-after brunch, as well as direct them to your website for anything else they might need.

Keep the phrasing vague such as "For information about our wedding weekend, please visit our website.", instead of calling out that the link will take guests to your wedding registry.

Wedding registries are confusing. You go through all the trouble of picking out gifts and items that you really want, but then you're not allowed to tell people about it. Instead, you must be coy and let other people share the information with you. Weird, we know, but that's the way it is.

Conclusion

While we stand on the side of individualism, we would suggest following proper wedding etiquette and not include any information about your gift registry in your DC Wedding Invitations.

Have a comment or a clever way of sharing your Wedding Gift Registry information? We’d love to hear it!