Post Wedding Reception Wording

Reasons for Post Wedding Receptions

Not everyone can find a wedding date that fits perfectly into their family and friends’ schedules. If the couple’s perfect date does not work, or if they are getting married a long way away from their local friends and family, they may have a post wedding reception.

Other reasons for hosting a reception after the initial ceremony include:

• Quickie ceremony due to unforeseen circumstances (like an unplanned pregnancy or call to military duty)
• Weather in the wedding season (or even on the day of) that could make it virtually impossible for guests to attend the reception
• Private ceremonies, due to personal or religious reasons, that guests will not be allowed to attend
• The couple chose to elope, and they or their family wants to host a reception as an announcement
• Illness by someone important to the bridal party, such as the mother of the bride or even the groom

A well-meaning relative or friend may also want to host a post wedding reception for those who could not attend the first wedding and/or reception. Parents can also host the reception, as can the couple themselves.

Post Wedding Reception Wording for Invitations

Whatever the reason a couple may have for a post wedding reception, it is important to come up with wording to let the guests know they will not be attending the actual wedding ceremony.

Printers who specialize in creating invitations can help you come up with the appropriate wording. You can write your own, or even use suggested verses you find on the internet. For some examples, visit the following websites:

• Paper and More! Post Wedding Reception - Wedding Invitation Wording/Verses: Fifteen different verses provide plenty of ideas for wording, from rhyming verses to destination verses to private ceremony/elopement verses.
• Colors by Design Wedding Invitations: Scroll down to find two examples of wording called “Reception Invitation” and “Invitation- Post ceremony celebration.” Either would work fine for a post wedding reception, although you may want to add the actual wedding date to the first example.
• Post Wedding Reception Invitation Wording: The table provides a good example on the right side of the screen for a reception invitation. Additionally, verses that are appropriate for use in an invitation to a post wedding reception are listed below the example.
• Invitation Consultants Sample Wording – Private Ceremony & Reception after: Four examples of reception invites can be found here. One is even worded to indicate the reception is adults-only.
• VerseIt.com Post Wedding Reception Verses: Three pages of examples provide ample ideas for wording a reception invitation.

You may choose to order reception invites, perhaps online or from the same designer who made your ceremony wedding invitations. Save money and make your own using a wedding invitation kit or do it yourself on the computer.

More Post Wedding Reception Invite Wording

For more examples of post wedding reception wording for invitations, see the samples below. If you have written a verse or invite and want to share your wording, add a comment at the end of this article.

Private Ceremony Wording

On September 5 at St. John’s Cathedral
Mark and Elizabeth became one heart.
Their love filled the house of worship like no others could.

Please join in celebrating their new start
By attending a dinner in their honor
At The Victorian Tea Room, Lovetown, Iowa

At five o’clock in the evening

Destination Wedding Wording

They got their feet wet and played in the sand
And oh yes, they joined their hands!
Devin and Cara were wed July 13 on St. Vincent Island.

In celebration of their marriage
On August 22 at noon
Please attend a backyard barbeque at
Host’s Home, Hostess Way, Indiana

Elopement Wording

With a turn of the key and flip of their hair,
Sarah and John threw caution in the air!

Join them in celebrating their June 10 elopement
By attending a brunch in their honor on
July 26 at 10:00 in the morning
At the Seaside Restaurant, Beachside City, California