The Etiquette for Destination Indian Wedding Cards

According to Business Standard, India’s leading newspaper, while Elizabeth Hurley, married to Indian textile heir Arun Nayar, chose India as the wedding destination, Indians prefer foreign destinations for marriage. Now that many Indian couples prefer investing in destination weddings, designing comprehensive Indian wedding cards becomes imperative to organize the event well. Destination invitation protocol should be followed while designing the invitations.

Guidelines for Designing Destination Indian Wedding Cards
Given below are some things that you should consider while designing Indian wedding cards for destination wedding celebrations:

1. Send Invites in advance: Make sure that you send out the invitations keeping with the typical eight-week deadline. Guests need to make arrangements for traveling, such as tickets, apparels, gifts, etc. Therefore, sending invitations early ensures that you will have more loved ones with you on your special day. Do not forget to include an RSVP card so that guests know that they have to respond.


2. Direction cards or map enclosures are important for destination Indian wedding cards to inform the guests regarding the venue or parking spaces in a foreign destination. Make sure that you do not over adorn such enclosures and print these in clear fonts so that guests understand the directions well.

3. Pocket fold wedding invitations are ideal for destination weddings as you can easily accommodate several enclosure cards in a single invitation. Select either tri-fold pocket holder cards or multiple fold card in metallic platinum shimmer or champagne shimmer to render a modern touch to your traditional Indian wedding cards. You can also use watermark imaging to print destination graphics to add to the appeal.

4. Do not send the invites to people and then expect them not to attend the wedding. Send invites to only as many as you can accommodate at a foreign destination.

5. Free sample: Make sure that you receive a free prototype first from the invitation vendor before placing the order in bulk. It is important that you tally all the enclosures and cross check all the names, addresses and wordings before you invest a large chunk of money on the invites.

Finally, if there is still some information left that has to be sent across regarding the registry for the event or if guests are to pay for their stay on their own, etc, then create an online wedding website or send e-mails. Your invitation vendor can educate you on what all information can be sent through enclosures and what has to be send through e-mails.

Enclosure Etiquette for Indian Wedding Cards

According to a recent survey, an average Indian wedding costs £17,000, said Indian newspaper The Hindu. The cost primarily includes the venue rental, invitations, wedding clothes, food and decoration. When it comes to spending a luxurious amount on Indian wedding cards, it is important that the essential details are meticulously covered in the invites. There is proper enclosure etiquette that can not only help you estimate the number of guests to expect and plan the wedding accordingly, but also adds to the overall appearance of the invites.

Indian Wedding Cards: Types of Enclosures You Should Include

Given below is comprehensive information regarding the enclosures that Indian wedding cards enclosures should have to help you plan the event better and to leave a lasting impression on the invitees:

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  RSVP cards
  Attached to the Indian wedding cards, RSVP cards is ideally sent with the postage stamp affixed to the envelop carrying the address of the host. Guests fill up these with the confirmation of their attendance, allowing the host to prepare for their arrival well in advance. Sometimes, the host can also ask the guests’ meal preferences, such as vegan, vegetarian, non-vegetarian, kosher, etc, as well as preferences regarding alcoholic beverages and so on, through these enclosures.
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  Reception cards etiquette
  Often, the reception does not follow immediately after the wedding ceremony in India. Couples like to rest for a day or two before they organize a reception party. Therefore, it is only fair that you attach an additional reception invite. Extra information, such as whether it is only a cocktail and cake party or dessert and dancing party, etc, can be conveniently mentioned in a separate card without awkwardly accommodating such information in the main invitation.
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  Pew cards etiquette
  If you have planned for organized seating for the guests, you may want to inform them about their seat location with specific pew cards. Guests can show these cards to the ushers, who will seat them accordingly. Alternatively, you can place cards to adorn specific tables of different guests with their names.
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  Enclosures for outdoor weddings
  Rain cards are ideally sent to direct the guests to an alternative location in the event of rain. Transportation cards are attached to Indian wedding cards when guests are to be directed to the hotel or any other venue in a destination wedding.

Consult an experienced retailer to find out more about enclosures that assist you in informing guests about the details of the event. However, whatever cards you add to the invitation, make sure they are designed in with latest styles, embellishments, printing, etc.