My company is having a holiday party for our local business contacts and major clients. The party is during normal dinner time, but we won’t actually be serving a full dinner. There will definitely be enough appetizers to go around though. What should the invitations say? “Lots of Hors D’Oeuvres” or “Light Buffet Dinner” or something else …?
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Well, Admin, since you’re not exactly serving a dinner, buffet or otherwise, I’d forget that option right off the top. If you’re particularly worried about people running to get dinner beforehand, or making later dinner plans and leaving early, you could say something like, “a wide variety of hors d’oeuvres will be served,” but I don’t even think that’s necessary. Simply noting “hors d’oeuvres will be served” should be sufficient.
Assuming there will also be drinks served at the party, I think most people will assume that if you say “hors d’oeuvres will be served,” you are at least providing enough food to help balance out the drinks.
Generally, unless you specify “light hors d’oeuvres”, and schedule the party in the early afternoon or well after the dinner hour, people will arrive without having eaten, and will be quite delighted to see a generous assortment of finger foods available.
Many professionals are quite used to making do with what’s offered at a networking co*cktail party, and will wait until a respectable time to leave if they feel the need to eat a light dinner later. Since it sounds like you’re providing enough “grazing” foods to more than satisfy, I think your biggest worry is already behind you!
Simply noting “hors d'oeuvres will be served” should be sufficient. Assuming there will also be drinks served at the party, I think most people will assume that if you say “hors d'oeuvres will be served,” you are at least providing enough food to help balance out the drinks.
If the invitation says “You are invited to …” and then later you include the information “snacks/dinner/light refreshments/a buffet (or whatever) will be served”, this should be enough.
Be direct and to the point. You don't want guests to be uncertain about your meaning. For example: “Food at our wedding reception will be provided to guests at their expense. The cost per guest is (price per plate).
What does RSVP mean? For over 70 years, we've been officially RSVPing to events, weddings, and social gatherings. The first recorded use was in 1953. RSVP is an abbreviation for the French saying "répondez s'il vous plait," which means "respond please." The official definition of RSVP is "to respond to an invitation."
Going Dutch(sometimes written with lower-case dutch) is a term that indicates that each person participating in a paid activity covers their own expenses, rather than any one person in the group defraying the cost for the entire group.
“In return, the guests bring good cheer and conversation, along with — typically — some sort of thank-you gift for the host(s),” Farley says. Providing food is implicitly part of the deal of hosting, and it's up to the host to stay within whatever budget they have.
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