Plus One
When considering your guest list for your wedding event, this is often near and dear to your heart. Your selected friends and family at a custom created event. One question that often comes up is whether or not to offer invitees to bring a guest of their choosing (a.k.a. the 'plus one') Here are a few schools of thought and things to consider when evaluating 'plus one' invitations.
In an ideal world you are able to use the same rule across the board for all guests. However, often times there are situations that call for individual consideration. Perhaps your best friend is dating someone, it's only been 8-9 months, but they've already discussed their future together. When these challenges come up it is beneficial to put yourself in the other person's shoes. Likely they are asking because it would mean a lot to them (or perhaps you can see that they're just using your wedding to get brownie points with a date, in which case you can decide as you wish) try to balance the 'my wedding, my way' and 'what will bring the most joy to all parties'. Also note that if you hand out too many 'plus ones' that you had not originally budgeted, it will affect your bottom line.
If you need some personal advice feel free to reach out to us anytime. We are here for you.
- No Plus One’s…this means that you only invite the people you want there, and no one else
- Plus One’s for Significant Others…this means that plus one’s are only granted to friends’ spouses, fiancés, or long term (over 1 year) significant others. This option means that only people who are important to you or important to loved ones are there (and in your pictures)
- Plus One’s for Comfort…this means that you invite plus one’s for those who may not enjoy the event without one, for example a friend of yours who will not know other people at the event is allowed a plus one to help him/her enjoy the event with a companion. This loosens the guest list slightly, allowing someone who might not necessarily be a close friend to join in.
- Plus One’s for All…that’s right, everyone get’s one! This makes your event more of a social mixer with a few new faces.
In an ideal world you are able to use the same rule across the board for all guests. However, often times there are situations that call for individual consideration. Perhaps your best friend is dating someone, it's only been 8-9 months, but they've already discussed their future together. When these challenges come up it is beneficial to put yourself in the other person's shoes. Likely they are asking because it would mean a lot to them (or perhaps you can see that they're just using your wedding to get brownie points with a date, in which case you can decide as you wish) try to balance the 'my wedding, my way' and 'what will bring the most joy to all parties'. Also note that if you hand out too many 'plus ones' that you had not originally budgeted, it will affect your bottom line.
If you need some personal advice feel free to reach out to us anytime. We are here for you.
