When it is a daytime wedding

A morning or midday wedding is usually followed by lunch, not dinner, and the card should say so, so guests do not plan around an evening that is not coming. The wording is the same as for any other wedding until the last line.

Traditional Warm Modern

Traditional

Mr and Mrs Vikram Rao
request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Priya to Etienne Moreau
and afterwards at luncheon
Saturday, the twelfth of June
at eleven o’clock

“Luncheon” is the formal word for it, and it tells guests the day ends in the afternoon without saying so.

Warm

Priya & Etienne
are getting married in the morning
and would love you to stay for lunch
Saturday 12 June 2027
at 11am

The time of day and what follows, in one breath. Guests know to come hungry and to keep the afternoon.

Modern

Priya & Etienne
Vows, then brunch.
Saturday 12 June 2027
at 11am

Three words for the whole plan. Change “brunch” to whatever you are serving.

What people ask

Is a daytime wedding less formal?: Only if you want it to be. The card can be as formal as any evening one. Put the dress code on the website, where there is room to say what daytime formal means to you.
Do we need to say there is no evening party?: Not in those words. Say what follows and roughly when it ends, on the website, and guests will plan around it.
Lunch, luncheon or brunch?: “Luncheon” on a formal card, “lunch” or “brunch” on anything else. Use the word you would use telling a friend.

Last checked 17 October 2026.

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