Wedding invite wording

You don't need to put this on your invite, or probably anywhere else. Adults know not to drink and drive.

Do you have a wedding website? If so, that's where I would put this information, not on the invitation.

For ours, I just put it within our FAQ about free parking: "Free parking is available for all guests, and is located on a grassy field when you first arrive." ----- "We love a good party, but please do not drink and drive!"

I don't think it's necessary to add on a part about DD's. Your guests are adults and should know how to plan accordingly. Also, if your area has it, they're more than capable of ordering an Uber or Lyft.

View Quoted Comment Unfortunately Uber and Lyft don’t go out to that area. I do know a couple drivers and was thinking of asking them if there was anyway to coverage in the area that night. Doesn’t hurt to ask. Love the idea of placing it on the wedding website versus the invite. And unfortunately we can’t be that naive to think adults don’t drink and drive they most certainly do! It is a concern and like I said before it will be watched closely

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Sounds like a plan. I just believe that information isn't appropriate on an invitation, but on the wedding website I see no problem!

I agree that your website is probably the best place for that information. While I can understand your worries, I feel like the only way you can be 100% sure that there's no possibility of someone drinking and driving is by providing transportation. These people are all adults and will make their decisions by themselves, and if they believe they can drive after drinking they will, unfortunately.

View Quoted Comment Totally agree I didn’t even think about the wedding website until you mentioned it. Bride brain lol 😂 if that’s even a thing

View Quoted Comment Agreed 100% I’m gonna see if I can get a room block to the hotel 20 minutes away and see if they have a shuttle bus we could use just as back up. I totally get where you’re coming from that they will make their own choices unfortunately I have been there before I’m hoping with at least placing it on the website that there are no ubers or Lyfts in the area it will make a couple of them think again. At least it will give me peace of mind and like I said in the og post we are for sure going to have people there to cut people off if need be. No free passes from bartenders that night! Lol

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I definitely think there's nothing wrong with putting a reminder on the website! We have a few people that I plan to tell our bartenders to cut off early if possible, so I can understand that. It sounds like you guys have a good plan in place!

As others have said, the invitation isn't the best place for this. Unfortunately, while adults know that drinking and driving is dangerous, that doesn't stop it from happening. Alcohol lowers your inhibitions and decision-making abilities because of how it impacts the neurotransmitters in the brain. What you read on an invitation sober and what you choose to do when drunk aren't necessarily strongly correlated. Having bartenders cut people off and also trying to arrange transportation such as a shuttle are the best things you can do to mitigate the concern of drinking and driving.

Hey!! I think I would put on the invite, please drink responsibly, don’t end the night in the back of a police car.. make it serious but add a little humor. Hopefully they get the hint. Good luck!

View Quoted Comment That’s a cute and funny way to put it for sure! Reminds me of when we are down in Tennessee and they say people come for the party and leave on probation so please drink responsibly lol.

View Quoted Comment That’s great!! Lol

View Quoted Comment Well, she didn’t.

View Quoted Comment Facts just because adults should know better doesn’t mean that they always make that choice! I don’t want someone to go through what I did especially on the account of our wedding! Mistakes happen I get that but even though adults know right from wrong doesn’t mean they won’t make a bad choice if given the opportunity.

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I agree that the website is the place to put it if anything.

Maybe think about getting a shuttle if it fits in your budget?