How we got here
[Two or three sentences. Where you met, what the weather was doing, the detail only the two of you would think to mention.]
[A second paragraph if you want it — the proposal, the move, the dog. Keep it shorter than feels right. People are here for the address and the start time, and they'll like you more for getting to the point.]
[Close with the invitation itself.]
The day itself
Getting there & staying
Binghamton (BGM) about 1h15 · Albany (ALB) about 1h45 · Newburgh (SWF) about 1h45. The New York City airports are roughly three hours. Rent a car either way — there's no other way in.
[Address in Delhi or Margaretville]. Block held under "[block name]" until [date], at [rate] a night.
Delhi, Andes, Bovina and Margaretville are all within half an hour and full of places to rent. Worth splitting one with people you like — there's not much hotel stock up here, and it goes early.
About three hours from New York City, two from Albany. The last stretch is winding country road with patchy phone signal — download the directions before you leave the highway.
[Garden formal]. The ceremony is on a grass hilltop, so heels will sink. Late-August evenings in the Catskills drop into the fifties once the sun goes — bring a layer you don't mind being photographed in.
Questions
Your invitation code brings up everyone we've saved a seat for — you'll see the names when you enter it. If we've got it wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
[Yes, absolutely / We're keeping it adults-only, with an exception for the ones in the wedding party.] [If yes: there's a sitter from 8pm in the [room].]
Then it rains. Everything moves into the barn and the day runs exactly on schedule. Don't check the forecast on our behalf — one of us already is, hourly.
There's parking on the property. You can leave a car overnight and collect it the next morning — please do, if there's any doubt.
Email us at [you@example.com] and we'll send it back to you. It's six characters, printed under your name on the invitation.
There's a box for it on the RSVP form, and the kitchen reads every one. Be as specific as you like.
Saturday 24 July 2027. After that the caterer's count is locked and we genuinely can't add anyone.
Répondez s'il vous plaît
By 24 July 2027. Enter the code from your invitation and it'll bring up everyone we've saved a seat for.
Your code is printed on the invitation, just under your name.
Tell us who's coming. You can answer for everyone here.
Three optional things, then you're free.
We've got it. 28 August 2027 — we'll see you there.
Something not working? Write to [you@example.com] and we'll put you down by hand.