It is the most important communication piece you will ever have pertaining to your event.  Guests most of the time would have to purchase one in order to be in attendance – of course, all proceeds would benefit the guest of honour, The Groom. These are the invitations and they are an essential and necessary communication piece to give to your guests.  While online social media invites like iContact, E-vite and Facebook Groups allow a much simpler and quicker format to invite guests to a bachelor party, there is a much more formalness to a professionally made, printed invite.  This is a communication piece that commemorates a transition in a man’s life, a rite of passage before he is committed to one person for the rest of his life and ending his crazy, single partying lifestyle.  Here are a few more reasons why a tangible invitation is a must-do:

In an age of instant communication, you lose the human touch:

We get invited to the odd party, concert, birthday bash, beer fest, walk-a-thon and so on through Facebook and other social media invitations.  Since we’re so use to this platform, it only seems like the best way to communicate about a bachelor party, right? Wrong.  We’ve become so accustomed to this standard way of invitation giving that we lose sight of the importance a tangible invitation gives us – that human touch.  Furthermore, it’s created on a cookie-cutter platform, leaving no room for a creative or personalized input and your invitation would therefore look like any other.  Thirdly, your guests will think that since it was created online, it is a casual event and they may feel they can invite other people and before you know it, 100 guests show up when you had intended on only 30 that night.  Lastly, you can’t keep track of who’s coming with an online invitation.  Because it’s such an informal invite, people will just state that they’re attending and feel they still can chose to be a no-show, should anything else come up.  Or worse, they will be listed as a “maybe” and you’re caught trying to regularly get in touch with them to confirm who’s coming and who’s not, leaving you struggling up until the night before the party, just to get the final guest count. 

 The right kind of communication:

Nothing communicates better than a tangible invitation in the hands of your invitees.  The invitation will set the tone of your event and give the appropriate information on the venue, theme, activities and the like – without any miscommunication (or anyone to reply on some event “wall” or two-way social media platform with alternative suggestions and inappropriate comments).  This is a controlled invitation because it is issued to only those invited and they “earn” it by purchasing them.  They can’t bring a friend last minute or delay their status confirmation either – once they’ve bought their ticket, they make it a priority to attend.  It’s also what’s written in the invitation that counts too, so get creative! An invitation doesn’t have to be boring with the same old headings like, date, time, place and R.S.V.P. There are many options to make your tickets suited to your likes and tastes.  Share some jokes about the groom or include that a magnum-sized bottle of Vodka will be given as a door prize. 

It makes your party official:

Once you have finalized the venue, date and every miniscule detail possible, the invitation is the final touch to make the bachelor party you’re organizing official.  Everything comes together once the invitations are done.  A professionally designed invite gives your event a more richer, holistic feeling.  Like a fundraiser or gala event, the tickets are to be sold and hopefully kept as a souvenir afterwards of a night well spent!

Hate to break it to you guys but facebook event invites are not appropriate this time! While it can be a great method of getting the word out there to many friends and act as a forum for your buddies to suggest ideas on, nothing will make the event official than with a professionally printed invitation. With a hard copy invitation, the invites are meant specifically for each individual it was given to and there is a real sense of formalness to it. That said, once you have the party idea in mind, the invitations should truthfully reflect that theme or idea so guests know exactly what to expect. Remember: the invites set the mood of the party! Gathered below are suggested ideas of how you can have some of the best invites.

Pertain To Groom’s Interests:

Please be sure the invitations appeal to the tastes and interests of the groom. I know you may be very creative and being the host, of course you want to have the final say in anything that goes with the party’s theme. But consider the interests of the groom and include his input as this event is solely for him – the guest of honour – and the invites should reflect an image he feels comfortable with.

Theme of the Event:

This goes without saying: if you are throwing a themed party, be it sports-related, a favourite TV show, or anything that has been ‘groom-approved,’ this should be indicated very specifically on the invitations. Since the invite is the first alert prospective guests would receive about the party, you want to ensure that invite clearly sets the tone of the event. Each guest needs to be aware of the party’s theme and/or if they need certain attire for the event as well (ie: mention they wear jerseys if it’s a sports-themed party). Any and all graphics should also reflect the theme very clearly.

Girls:

This is a really simple theme to follow on an invitation and no guy can really resist a pretty face! If you want to ensure maximum guests at this event or if you’re hosting the event at a gentleman’s nightclub, seductive girls on an invitation really ‘reveal’ the event’s direction. Either which way, if you’re stuck on picking the right theme or stuck on an idea for the design of the invites, you can’t go wrong (and certainly will catch the attention of many) with a pretty gal!

Alpha-Male Interests:

Cars, beer, sports, body building… sound familiar? These are themes that many guys would appreciate having on a Bachelor party invitation as it really highlights exactly what a real man wants (of course, other than chicks!). Be it the groom’s favourite sports car or beer, interests that all your guys can appreciate will really make a statement on an invitation.

Video Games:

Let’s face it: once a nerd, always a nerd. If he hasn’t stopped playing video games by the time he’s 23, he will always have a joystick in his hands for life. Invitations can include images of the Groom’s favourite video games, or even funnier, include a slogan that goes along the lines of having to finally take the groom away from his video games for a night of fun for his Bachelor party.

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