I am having a destination wedding in which only close friends and close family are invited. However, we will be having a reception back home about 3 weeks after we return to from the wedding trip, in which everyone will be invited. We would like to send engagement cards (picture cards announcing we're engaged) to all family prior to our wedding but don't want people to think they are invited to the destination wedding (we are trying to save money). How would I word an engagement announcement so they don't think they're invited? Invitations for the reception will be sent out later.
My wedding will be web-streamed for those who can't make it. It will also be video-taped and edited professionally and shown at the very informal reception. It's not a matter of whether I don't want people to go, it's a matter of them being able to afford it. I am also not expecting gifts and will not even be signing up for a registry. I have everything I need anyway. This was just an option for my distant lower-income family to be able to be included. But thank you to all of the people who answered without judging a situation they know nothing about.
My wedding will be web-streamed for those who can't make it. It will also be video-taped and edited professionally and shown at the very informal reception. It's not a matter of whether I don't want people to go, it's a matter of them being able to afford it. I am also not expecting gifts and will not even be signing up for a registry. I have everything I need anyway. This was just an option for my distant lower-income family to be able to be included. But thank you to all of the people who answered without judging a situation they know nothing about.