Most wedding stationery still assumes a title, a surname, and a husband-and-wife pairing. None of that is necessary, and guessing wrong is the one thing you cannot undo once the invitations are printed. Here is wording that stays warm and correct for every household on your list.
Use the names your guests actually use. Skipping titles avoids guessing at marital status, at who changed a surname, and at whether someone uses Ms., Mx., or nothing at all.
A fill-in-the-title line forces every guest to categorize themselves before they can reply. A plain question does the same job in less space.
You rarely know whether a guest is bringing a spouse, a partner of six weeks, a sibling, or a friend. One neutral sentence covers all of it and still gets you the name you need for place cards.
Ask everyone or ask no one, keep it optional, and say what you will use it for. A pronoun field that only some guests see, or that blocks the form until it is filled, puts people in a position they did not ask to be in.
Splitting attendants by gender is a convention, not a rule. Neutral titles let people stand where they belong rather than where the wording puts them.
Ask openly rather than offering a short list of options. Guests will tell you what they need if the question leaves room for the answer.
No. Using guests’ names as they use them is now the default in Canada, and it avoids guessing at marital status, titles, or who changed their name. Guests almost never notice the absence of a title; they do notice a wrong one.
Ask everyone or no one, and always make it optional. A pronoun question that only some guests see, or that is required, can put people in an uncomfortable position. If you ask, say what you will use the answer for.
“You are welcome to bring one guest” works in every situation. Ask for the guest’s name on the RSVP form so place cards and meal counts stay accurate.
Wedding party works as the group name, and attendant, honour attendant, or best person work for individual roles. You can also simply list people by name in the programme.
Yes. Every question label, helper line, and answer option in the RSVP form builder is free text you can edit, in English and French.
Every label and answer option on a MapleVow RSVP form is editable, in English and Canadian French. Start free and word it exactly the way you want.
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