Has Anyone Tried Sending Their Wedding Invites to Celebrities or Brands?

I haven't yet but the FH and I have had a good laugh about our parasocials and who might decide to pop in on the livestream we're putting on our invites: some of them, might not like each other too much.

Even still, we have our list and I figure if we have some time (got a slim window, with him coming from overseas on a K1), I will send some out. I've already inquired with a few for mailing addresses via their contact forms on their websites, and it's been a range of no-reply to full on emails back from assistants assigned to check the celebrity's schedule for us lol!

Honestly, I fully encourage doing this. There's really no disadvantage, and on the plus side, you might get a surprise message or gift at random! For me, the most important part of entertaining invitations to parasocials is just the break from the extreme anxiety surrounding this wedding planning.

When I need a break, I sit down and work on the letter I plan to include to JK Rowling in order to entice her to tune in (even though her website says absolutely no weddings, it's a livestream, Joanne, c'mon now just this one time!). Even if she never reads it, it's a feel good thing that gives the FH and I something to distract over and cuts right through the stress.

I didn’t do it and don’t know anyone who did. It just feels kinda tacky and gift-grabby to me. You’re generally not supposed to invite people solely in hopes they’ll send a gift. I don’t see how this is different.

This “trend” has been around forever so it’s not new by any means. In our circles, it’s frowned on because it’s viewed as gift grabby.

I see absolutely nothing wrong in wanting to extend invites to celebrities and parasocials two people have felt brought them closer together. Not everything is about gifts. That’s terribly cynical.


I like to believe that even famous people like to know that they’ve made a positive impact in people’s lives.

If you have extra invites why not. I know people who have sent and gotten responses from Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the white house, and fave sports teams. I don't know anyone who actually showed up but a fun letter from my your fave sports team is exciting. . As long as you won't be disappointed if you don't hear anything back have fun!

There’s a fine line between healthy and unhealthy attitudes of one’s so called relationship with famous people or groups. Writing away or sending an invitation on a special occasion is generally harmless. A PR person usually handles these requests as a form of publicity and a way of giving back to fans. But you know you’ve started to cross the line if you find yourself pushing back against obvious or stated boundaries or it starts to interfere or take on outweighted significance in your own life.

Anyone who hinges the success of their wedding on having any particular celebrity giving their blessing through response, has much greater issues and probably needs to be on a watchlist.

I think some people are overthinking it a bit and weighing in too heavily on the supposed consequences. OP just wanted to hear from people who had done this. If you haven't or find it distasteful, maybe try another thread. It literally harms no one for someone to do this activity.

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Again, people should not get upset at getting various views on invites to celebrities. But, I don't see a problem with it when done through decent channels. It is all left to free choice whether there is a response to the invite or whether a celebrity arrives.

The real problem with the original post is that the post is for a commercial purpose of promoting certain products on amazon. The post is not about that person's curiosity and the website may end up getting you on some email list you would prefer to avoid (but that is why we have separate emails for bridal vendors anyhow). It still got some responses that can be considered if someone wants to write to the celebrity fan club. And all the more to the wedding couple if the celebrity shows up.

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That's absolutely a fair assessment of the OP, as the brand part surprised me as well. And I get wanting to weigh in on it but ultimately, if they want to send an invitation to Pepsicorp then it's no real skin off any of our backs.

My angle was simply to focus on what positives could be gained from sending out invitations, because I had experience in it which seemed to be what they were asking for.

I appreciate you focusing on the logistics of the situation, because I do feel that too often people take the intentions of the OP as entirely bad, when most of us only do this once in our lives. Offense is rarely meant.