Ceremony & Reception at Same Location

When a wedding ceremony and reception are held in the same location, a line reading either "and afterwards at the reception" or "and afterward at the reception" is included on the invitations. This line appears at the end of the body of the invitation, beneath the city and state.

Many years ago, the reply request was engraved in the lower left-hand corner of invitations to weddings for which the ceremony and reception were held in the same place. This practice is gradually being replaced by reply cards and by reception cards, whose sole purpose is to give the reply information.

My wedding and reception are being held at the same place. I do not want to send reply cards but I do not like the way corner lines look on wedding invitations. How should my reception cards read?

Although reception cards are not necessary in your situation, they may be used to convey your reply information. The reception cards read as they would if your reception were being held elsewhere. The name of the facility and its address, however, may be omitted since they are already given on the invitations.