Wedding planning answers
How should you group a wedding guest list into households?
A household is the mailing group for one invitation, not simply everyone who shares an address. Start with the people you intend to invite together, then record each invited person individually.
One mailing group, individual guests
If Maya and Alex Rivera are invited together, make one household for their invitation and keep Maya and Alex as separate guests. That lets you count two people while preparing one mailing. If their young child is invited, add the child as another guest in that household; do not assume every child at the address is invited.
Decide who is invited before you write the envelope. A household count tells you how many invitations to mail; a guest count tells you how many people may attend.
Sharing a home does not always mean sharing an invitation
An adult sibling or an adult child who lives at the same address may need a separate invitation. For example, Maya Rivera and her adult brother Noah Rivera can share a mailing address while remaining two invitation households. A roommate is not automatically invited because they live with a guest.
Keep a separate record for each invitation group even when you reuse the same street address. Ask the people involved how they prefer to be named when the relationship or invitation grouping is unclear.
Check your list before ordering stationery
Review each household for its mailing address, the people named on the invitation, and any children or partners included. Then compare the number of envelopes with your household total and the number of seats with your invited-person total.
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