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  One of my many interviews during my decades as principal of Etiquette Now! Author: Lynette Hingle, studioD Guests Lodging Etiquette My Input ...the bride and groom are only required to pay for the wedding party’s lodging. All other invitees will be expected to pay for the cruise themselves. Therefore, it is wise to contact all your invited guests with the dates and available cruise package options as soon as your wedding plans are finalized. Invitations ...there are no etiquette rules concerning verbal invitations, and it is permissible to seek verbal commitments from prospective attendees. You may also want to send save-the-date cards with written travel arrangement itineraries but be aware that proper etiquette insists that an invitation be sent to everyone who has received a save-the-date card. You may also want to put the word out to your wedding guests that they should mail gifts to your home before or after the wedding. While wedding gifts are always apprecia...

  Dear Polite One, We are both in our sixties , have both been married before, and recently became engaged. We would like to place an announcement in the paper, but we are not sure who does this.  Would it be my parents or us?  We plan to be married in my hometown close to our families even though we don't live there Ready to Announce Dear Ready to Announce, Those previously married and older couples usually place their announcements. You may list your parents though. More than likely, all the information you need for placing your announcement, including forms, is on the newspaper’s website.  There may not be the need to contact anyone.  So, search online first.  Please note, not all newspapers print wedding announcements these days, so don’t be surprised if this is the case.  If that is not the case, contact the Lifestyle section of the newspaper to find the correct spelling of the editor’s name and mail everything to her/him. Ask ...

Dear Polite One, We plan to be married in Brussels where we live right now.  All my family lives in the US and can't make it to the wedding.  So, ours will be a very small civil ceremony.  How and when do we send announcements to my family/friends in the US and his family here?  It is very costly to cash foreign checks and to ship gifts here, so we will have a registry here.  Do we include this information in the announcement? Small Wedding in Brussels Dear Small Wedding in Brussels, Send your announcements after the wedding , but these are meant just to announce. We never mention gifts or registries in these as it would be very impolite. It may appear as if you are begging for gifts from people not good enough to invite to a wedding.  This information is not sent with reception invitations either.  You could definitely register though.  If someone wishes to give you a gift , they will ask where you are registered.   Sincerely, T...