Expert-Backed Wedding Welcome Party Invitation Wording to Start Your Weekend Off Right

Ensure everyone knows what's happening as you kick off your wedding weekend.
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Updated Nov 06, 2024

Wedding welcome parties are getting more common as couples turn their special day into a fun-packed weekend with friends and family. Figuring out the invitation phrasing for each event can be tricky, which is why we've put together a few examples of wedding welcome party invitation wording to get you off on the right foot.

As you prepare your wedding invitation wording and wedding website welcome messages, it's important to look for expert insight into phrasing, as clear communication ensures guests are prepared for how to dress, what to bring and where to be for the celebrations. So, we spoke with Sakshi Karambelkar, owner of Inquisited—a Seattle-based handmade papermaking and letterpress studio that specializes in creating heirloom stationary for weddings and other special events—to get all the details on how to do this best.

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Wedding Welcome Party Invitation Wording

Karambelkar highlights that a wedding welcome party is "an extra way to show appreciation to guests and spend quality time with them away from the fast-paced wedding day where the couple will have more obligations." So, welcome party wedding invitation wording should reflect that, whether it is a laidback event or a full meal with drinks and dessert.

These first two wedding welcome party invite wording examples are great for including on your paper invitations and come straight from Karambelkar. Short and sweet, you can place a wedding QR code underneath so guests can find more information on your wedding website.

Alex and Cameron invite you to a welcome party to kick off the wedding celebrations on
Friday, October 24, 2025.

Help us kick off the celebrations!
Join us for some sun, waves and light bites as we prepare to say "I do" at our welcome
party on November 14, 2025.

You're invited to join the bride and groom-to-be
for drinks, dessert and dancing the night before they say their vows.
Friday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Owyhee Tavern in Boise, Idaho
Please RSVP on the enclosed reply card.
Cocktail attire.

Join us for an open house and brunch before we tie the knot!
Saturday, September 15 from 8:30–10:30 a.m.
123 Adams Ave, Baltimore, Maryland
Please RSVP to Alicia at (432) 234-9048.

The Night Before
Jennifer and Julie Marks invite you to their home for a
BONFIRE
In celebration of Sarah and Charlie's wedding weekend.
Details and RSVP information found on our wedding website.

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For a destination wedding welcome party invitation, consider wording like this:

Start off the weekend celebrations at our
Hukilau Welcome Dinner
Friday, August 22, 2025, at 4 p.m.
Honolulu, Hawaii
53 By the Sea
Refreshments and dinner will be provided.

Here is an example of wording for a wedding welcome cocktail party invitation:

Please join us for a Welcome Party
On the eve of our wedding.
Carmine's Steak House in St. Louis, Missouri
Friday, July 11, 2025
From 5–8 p.m.
Beer, Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Casual attire.

Wedding Website Welcome Party Wording

Wedding welcome party planning may feel like an extra task on top of all the planning you're already doing, but it will be worth it when you enjoy extra time with the friends and family who came to town to celebrate your marriage commitment. As you're setting up your wedding website, make sure you familiarize yourself with how to use our guest list manager. Once that is good to go, finalize your wedding details card and perfect your wedding welcome party invitation email wording if you'd like to communicate that way.

Karambelkar shared two options for phrasing the details about your wedding welcome party on your website:

Our welcome party will be hosted by [insert parent's names] on the [date]. Please join us to kick off the celebrations for the bride/groom and bride/groom as they begin their journey! Light bites and drinks will be provided.

We can't wait to welcome you to beautiful [insert destination] with a welcome party on [date]! We appreciate everyone for making the trip to celebrate our love, and can't wait to spend this night together before our wedding celebration.

Here are more options to choose from:

We appreciate everyone traveling so far to celebrate our wedding day with us. To maximize our time together, we are hosting a welcome party at the No Goodbyes Bar at The Line DC Hotel on Friday, August 15 at 7:30 p.m. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. While we would love to see you before the ceremony, we understand if you need to prioritize rest, travel or would rather explore the city. Either way, we will see you on Saturday!

Wedding days can be a whirlwind, which is why we would love to spend extra time with you at a welcome party on Friday, August 1, 2025. Willow's parents, Jeanie and Scott Gray, have generously agreed to host our wedding guests for dinner and drinks at their home from 6–9 p.m.

Weekends like this are once in a lifetime, and we want to make the most of having you in town! Please join us for an evening of cocktails and community on Friday, April 18 from 7–9 p.m. at Yerba Buena Bar in Downtown San Francisco. We would love to catch up on life with you and finish our wedding countdown together.

Looking for something to do on Friday night before our wedding? Come enjoy a bonfire on the beach with us! From 7–9 p.m., we will be soaking in the sunset at Captain Zac's Beach Bonfires in Grayton Beach. Please stop by to say hi and enjoy some fireworks after sunset. BYOB.

Please join us for a night of dinner and live music before our wedding day! Our private party will be hosted from 6–9 p.m. at the Common House in Charlottesville, Virginia. We hope you can make it to our welcome party where we will enjoy all the best farm-to-fork food our town has to offer while we soak up extra time with our guests before we tie the knot on Saturday. Please dress to impress!

How to Communicate Welcome Party Plans With Guests

The classic, tried-and-true method of communicating wedding weekend plans with guests is through paper invitations, many beautiful options of which can be found on The Knot Paper. To work with an expert on creating bespoke, personalized stationery, head to the invitations and paper section of The Knot Vendor Marketplace to find pros ready to create custom invitations.

As you get closer to your wedding welcome party, you may need to communicate last-minute details with guests. Use our Guest List Manager, which allows you to create and invite guests to different events as well as The Knot Wedding Websites to communicate with guests in real time, including sending them text messages. This way, everyone will know when and where to be, creating a marvelous party for all.

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