Wording 01
Attire Black tie optional. Tuxedos and dark suits, floor-length or cocktail dresses — whatever makes you feel like the best-dressed person at the table.
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Wedding invitation wording
Wedding details card wording for everything the invitation leaves out.
Dress code, adults only, hotels, parking, unplugged ceremonies, gifts. Twelve enclosure-card examples that answer the questions before they land in your messages.
Set one
👔 Dress code and who's invited
The two most-asked questions. Both are easier to answer warmly on a details card than on the invitation itself.
Wording 02
Attire Garden party attire. The ceremony and dinner are on grass, so bring a block heel or a flat — and a layer for after sunset.
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Wording 03
What to wear Dress like you're going somewhere good. No jeans, no ballgowns, no strong feelings about either. We're on a farm — leave the stilettos at home.
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Wording 04
Adults only We adore your children, and we have chosen an adults-only evening so every parent in the room gets a night off. Sitter recommendations are on our website.
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Wording 05
Seats Two seats have been reserved in your name. If that isn't right, tell us — we would much rather know now than count chairs on the day.
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Wording 06
An unplugged ceremony Please keep phones and cameras away until after the ceremony. Our photographer will catch everything, and we would love to see your faces rather than your screens.
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Start with the invitation itself
Get the invitation wording right first — the generator writes it in four tones, then you can build the details card around it.
Set two
🗺️ Travel, timings, and gifts
Everything logistical that guests would otherwise text you about — and the one topic that never belongs on the invitation itself.
Wording 07
Getting there The Willow Barn 418 Cold Spring Road, Hudson, New York Parking is free and on site. A shuttle leaves the Bellwether Hotel at 3:15pm and returns at 11:00pm.
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Wording 08
Where to stay The Bellwether Hotel, Hudson Rooms held under “Whitfield Ashby” until the first of May (518) 555-0190 · bellwetherhudson.com
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Wording 09
The day 3:30 Guests arrive 4:00 Ceremony 4:45 Drinks on the lawn 6:30 Dinner 9:00 Dancing 11:00 Last shuttle
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Wording 10
Gifts Your presence is the gift — genuinely. If you would like to give something, our registry is at whitfieldashby.wedding/registry
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Wording 11
A note on gifts We're saving for a house and would be grateful for a contribution toward it, though a card and your company would please us just as much. Details at whitfieldashby.wedding
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Wording 12
Everything else whitfieldashby.wedding Directions, hotels, the schedule, what to wear, and answers to whatever we've forgotten to print here.
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The rules
What goes on a details card
The invitation carries who, when, and where. The details card carries everything a guest needs in order to actually arrive — and nothing else.
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Street addresses live here, not on the invitation
The invitation names the venue and city; the details card gives the full address, the parking situation, and the shuttle times. This is the convention that keeps the invitation uncluttered.
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Dress code belongs here unless it's black tie
Black tie is traditionally printed in the lower right corner of the invitation. Everything softer than that — cocktail, garden party, “dress comfortably” — is clearer on the details card, where you have room to explain.
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Explain the reason for a restriction, once
“Adults only” lands better with a sentence attached: guests are being told no, and a reason turns a rule into a choice you made for them. One sentence, not a paragraph.
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Registry information never touches the invitation
Gift wording on an invitation reads as an invoice, in every register. The details card is the earliest acceptable place, and your website is better still.
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Point to one website for everything else
You cannot print every answer. A short URL at the bottom of the card absorbs the questions you did not anticipate and lets you update details after printing.
Avoid
Details-card mistakes
Three that generate the most guest messages.
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A dress code nobody can decode
“Whimsical garden formal” means something different to every guest. Give the plain version alongside the mood: “cocktail attire — the lawn is soft, so avoid a stiletto.”
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Announcing “no children” without an alternative
Parents travelling to your wedding need somewhere for their children to be. A line about sitters, or a note that children are welcome at the ceremony but not the dinner, turns a problem into a plan.
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Printing details that will change
Shuttle times and schedules move. Print what is fixed, put what might shift on your website, and tell guests where to look for the current version.
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The details
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Good to know
Details card wording questions
What is a wedding details card?
An enclosure card that ships with the invitation and carries the practical information: the full address, parking and shuttles, hotel blocks, the dress code, the schedule, and your website. It exists so the invitation itself can stay clean and readable.
How do you politely say adults only?
Name the choice and give one reason: “We adore your children, and we have chosen an adults-only evening so every parent in the room gets a night off.” Add sitter recommendations if guests are travelling. Keep it on the details card, never on the invitation.
Where does the dress code go?
Black tie goes in the lower right corner of the invitation, traditionally. Every softer dress code is clearer on the details card, where you have space to translate it into what guests should actually wear.
Can we ask for money instead of gifts?
Yes, gently and never on the invitation. A short line on the details card or website — framed as a preference, not a request — is the accepted approach: “We're saving for a house and would be grateful for a contribution toward it.”
How do we ask for an unplugged ceremony?
Ask on the details card and again on a sign at the ceremony, because guests forget between opening the post and sitting down. Give the reason — you want to see faces, and your photographer has it covered.
Do we need a details card if we have a website?
Not always. A website URL on the invitation covers most guests, though a printed card is kinder to older relatives and to anyone travelling without data. Many couples print a minimal card — address, dress code, website — and put everything else online.
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