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Wedding reception invitation videos

The formal evening after the wedding — the largest guest list of the week, and the card that has to read cleanly.

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About reception invitations

The reception is usually the most formal function and the one with the longest guest list: colleagues, neighbours, extended family and everyone who could not be accommodated at the ceremony. The invitation should be correspondingly restrained — the couple’s full names, the hosting family, a clear time, and a venue address that a driver can use.

Where the reception is hosted by the groom’s family after a wedding at the bride’s, the host line changes accordingly and is worth getting right; guests read it as a statement of who is welcoming them.

Receptions run to a schedule in a way other functions do not. If there is a stage timing, a cake, or a dinner service that starts at a fixed hour, the invitation is where to say so.

What to put on the invitation

Full names
The reception card is the formal one — full names, not nicknames.
The hosting family
Often the groom’s side; the host line should name them.
Venue address
Complete enough to navigate to, including the city.
Dress code
Formal, black tie or Indian formal — receptions are where dress codes get followed.

Wedding reception invitation wording — samples you can copy →

In your language

The headings are set in the language, not transliterated — so the film reads as a card rather than as an English layout with translated text dropped in.

Reception invitation questions

Who hosts the wedding reception?
Conventionally the groom’s family hosts a reception after a wedding held by the bride’s family, though many couples now host jointly or hold receptions in two cities for two sets of guests.
Can I send a reception invitation to a different list?
Yes, and it is common. Because the reception list is usually the broadest, many families send a reception-only film to colleagues and acquaintances and the full multi-event film to relatives.
How formal should the wording be?
"Request the pleasure of your company" is the standard register for a reception. Save the informal wording for the mehendi and sangeet.
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