Adults Only Reception....tacky?

I don't think it's tacky at all and also agree with 2d bride's wording. Go for it!

I think it's best to be clear. People sometimes just don'e have common sense and may take " we have reserved ___ of seats in your honor" wrong they might think does she have the number wrong, or did she forget we had a baby last year etc etc. On my invites I plan to put in very small writing "Due to the limited seating we ask that adults attend only" then on the rsvp card "we have reserved ___# of seats in your honor" so they are kind of getting it both on the invite and on the rsvp. IMOP you should be very clear so there's no confusion for the guest and BTW no I don't think it's tacky at all.

It definetly is not tacky and I do want to add, no matter even if you put how many seats are reserved, someone is still bound to say that you forgot someone, or they need an extra person. I'm going through this right now!

I am not sure if this is tacky or not, but to limit the number of children at my reception to only a handful of family members only, I put on my RSVP cards:

____ Adult seat(s) have been reserved in your honor

____ Child seat(s) have been reserved in your honor

if i did not want them to bring a child I would just put a "0" on the child line.

Hope this helps!

Nope , not tacky at all, we are only having the 4 kids in our wedding party at our dinner reception and they are my 3 grands and FH's son. Our invites will include the Adult Only for the reception..

If children are included in the invitation or invited to the ceremony, then yes you need to write "adults only".

We aren't inviting children to either (with the exception of my then 16 year old sister) so we are just writing the adults names on the invitations. I won't have a seat available for anyone not on my list (and doesn't RSVP) so I won't be accommodating to children.

I would consider how many of your guests are traveling from out of town to be with you for your twenty minute ceremony and not be included in the reception because of children. It's pretty inconsiderate to invite families to the wedding.