Direction & Map Cards

Out of town guest will appreciate receiving direction cards or map cards. Direction cards give simple yet explicit directions to your wedding, while map cards are maps with the routes to your wedding highlighted. Map cards generally feature major roads and landmarks to help your guests find their way. When direction cards or map cards are used, the street address is not give on the invitations.

As with other enclosures, direction cards and map cards should complement the wedding invitations. They should be engraved in black ink on cards that match the invitations. To make them easier to read while driving, a sans serif (block) lettering style is usually used.

Direction cards and map cards are usually sent with the wedding invitations but may be sent afterwards in an envelope or as a postcard to those who accept your invitation. When sent afterwards, a line reading, "We are looking forward to having you attend" may be added to the top of the cards.