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Engagement Party Planning: Hosting & Invitations

Updated January 2, 2015 by Mid-South Bride

If you’re newly engaged this season you might be working on planning your engagement party, the first event in a series of many wonderful events leading up to your wedding.

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Why have an engagement party?

People will want to congratulate you on your engagement and doing so in person is much more fun than a phone call. An engagement party is the time for this to happen and it’s also the time to introduce key people in your lives that haven’t met yet. Mixing different friend groups and family starts at the engagement party so people can begin getting to know one another.

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Who hosts the engagement party?

The bride’s parents traditionally host the first official wedding related celebration. However, these days most couples are throwing the engagement party themselves. Sometimes friends may host or volunteer but make sure the financial implications of the party are discussed before agreeing.

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When do you have an engagement party?

Engagement parties should happen within a few months of the proposal. It’s that fun time after the proposal before serious wedding planning begins. Give your guests a month’s notice if possible. Usually 9 to 11 months before the wedding is the ideal time frame for hosting an engagement party. For less traditional routes some couples have engagement parties the night of the engagement.

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Where should you host your engagement party?

An engagement party can work almost anywhere depending on how many people you want to invite. The most important element to consider when choosing and engagement party venue is the atmosphere. Do you want everyone in the same room? Maybe rent a private room in a restaurant or bar. Do you want something casual and low key? Maybe host it at home or in the backyard.


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Who should you invite to your engagement party?

Long ago the rules said you should only invite people to the engagement party that you were inviting to the wedding. These days those rules are more flexible thanks to changing expectations. The formality of engagement parties has changed and they often include people who aren’t invited to the wedding when the party is hosted by someone other than the couple or parents. If you or your parents are hosting the engagement parties then try to stick to the wedding guest list.


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How should you invite people to your engagement party?

Engagement party invitations can be simple and fun. You can order them cheaply online or even make them yourselves if you have time and inclination. If you have a wedding invitations designer they might also design them at a special rate. You engagement party invitation don’t have to match the rest of your stationary (those decisions can be made later).

Here are some of our favorite engagement party invitations:

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Weber Grill Engagement Party Invitations

View more engagement party invitations at Minted.

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View more engagement party invitations from Wedding Paper Divas.

Once you’ve bought the right invitations and made a list you can send them out.

Next week we will share more about planning your engagement party, from what to serve to what to wear!

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