No Kids Wedding

Obviously, the family and friend's that have little children and even bigger kids most likely won't want to leave their children to travel to a wedding unless they can leave their children with other people or have a babysitter to stay with them.


So I would let your family and friends know that have children that you are having a "no children" at your wedding. Also be prepared of people declining due to that.

Also letting people know ahead of time will give you more of a better guest count too..

State in the invitation that it's snails only wedding. Be transparent bc people will assume they can bring their kids. Also, on the rsvp make it out to the people you want and state how many seats are reserved for them.

We are doing the same thing. From MN but having wedding in NC, no kids. Most of our family knows it’s no kids already, but we are addressing envelopes with just the names of the invited guests. I also put on our wedding website “unless your invitation reads ‘plus guest’ or ‘family’ we kindly ask that it just be you” and then on our invites it says “__ seats reserved” — We are trying to make it politely clear

You can address the invite to the people invited and say we have reserved ___ seats in your honor. You can also mention it’s an adult-only event on your website.


Are you ok with a very small attendance? Or could you consider having the wedding In Wisconsin if you want a kid-free wedding? If there are lot of kids in your families, I wouldn’t expect many to travel to a DW without their children.

We included an insert in our invitations that read, "Parents, we want you to be able to fully enjoy the wedding so we are requesting that all kiddos be left at home. thanks so much and we hope that you can celebrate with us on our special day!"

Since you are technically having a DW, I would send your invites out 8-12 weeks prior and that should give plenty of time for everyone to make arrangements if they plan on attending.