Adding reception information to your wedding invitation

If your reception is happening at the same location as the ceremony, you may decide not to use a reception card and want to include a reception line on your invitation instead. The reception line would be the final line on the invitation, and this reception line can be playful or straightforward, using such wording as:

and afterwards at the reception

OR

Dinner and dancing immediately following the ceremony

OR

Dancing and merriment to follow

Even if your reception is taking place at a different location -- if you’d like to not use a reception card, it’s still okay to put that reception information on the invitation -- it’s just less traditional. In this case, you would say:

Reception to follow
Gilfillan’s West Hill Country Club
Camillus, New York

OR

Dinner and dancing at six o’clock
Gilfillan’s West Hill Country Club
Camillus, New York