Formalisms, data and other advice that you should include in an invitation to an event

Once I was invited to a party.

They told me the street and the number of the portal, but the floor was missing.

As this anecdote happened back in the Upper Pleistocene, there was no Whatsapp (not even a sad mobile) to rescue me.

It really isn't fun at all having to

and do research on the names on mailboxes (yes, names were still put on mailboxes back then).

When I finally got to the party my feet were already hurting and the night hadn't even started yet...

How can we avoid these inconveniences to our guests?

It is not difficult, if we have the Protocol as an ally.

A good invitation should be pretty, of course! And it should be

Let me explain, the invitation is the business card of our event and it is very difficult to make the wrong first impression.

It's a story older than time: you receive an invitation, let's say to a wedding, in a beige envelope with sealing wax included.

Inside there is

in the same beige, on heavy paper.

The final lace is the names of the parents of the spouses and the formula DM (God willing) after the date...

AHA!

You already know exactly what kind of event it is going to be.

Even in your head you already know that the Comme des Garçons you bought in Tokyo is not the most suitable outfit.

On the other hand, if you receive an invitation

for the opening of a clandestine cocktail bar, in which it is specified that you will have to show a QR code on the door... Hello, Comme des Garçons!

First fundamental key of a good invitation: that it is consistent with the type of event

The necessary information

But if the Protocol is a means of communication in itself, the protocol documentation (in this case, the invitations) is its most obvious manifestation.

And it is that an invitation can be precious, but if it does not contain the necessary protocol information, what we will have is a

precious

Unless it is a blind date, or some kind of macabre little game, it is essential that the invitation specifies

(the host, in protocol language).

It is also usually a good idea to tell our guests what we are inviting them to and, if we are not organizing a convention of futurologists,

are really necessary.

More essential than a Little Black Dress or a camel coat, these are the elements that make up our invitation wardrobe: who invites, to what, when and where.

More practical information

There is something that never fails in Protocol, and that is that we try to put ourselves in the shoes of our guests.

Because, in addition to the essentials, it may be necessary to add

to our invitation to make life easier for those invited to our event.

There is parking nearby or, dears, it is better that you come by Uber.

I'll give you dinner or just cocktails.

And what about the dress code?

Are we going to relax or do we take out the sequins and leave nothing for New Year's Eve?

Or the million dollar question:

(Careful, one day you are young and the next day this question turns into "can I take the little sister to the birthday party of the elder's friend?").

It depends on the design that we have chosen for our invitation, we can include this extra info together with the essential ones.

But if the details get out of hand and we're left with an invitation that would star in Marie Kondo's nightmares, it's better to resort to an attachment.

What in the jargon of the profession we call

It's easy, main document for the essentials and attached document for that information that responds to the vital doubts of our guests.

Of course, it is recommended to consume the Protocol note in moderation because an extra document means an

Who do I go with?

Allow me a final reflection.

Until the day before yesterday, the invitations used to be addressed almost always to "So and so and so and so" because, at most events, women only attended if they were accompanied by a gentleman, who was the guest.

Welcome to today's society in which, fortunately, most of the invitations are addressed to the main guest and invited "with a companion".

We ladies name that companion: husband, wife, brother, cousin, partner or secretary.

oh!

And, of course,

Of course, it is convenient to be a good person and, if we have been invited with a companion but we are going to attend alone, it is better to notify the person who has invited us so that they remove a chair.

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