This just may be the most unique story to tell your friends and family. An older couple living in Florida received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle. They were on the beach when they happened to notice a shiny object wash up on shore. Inside was an invitation specifically addressed to whoever happened to find it, plus one guest.
The couple was surprised, obviously, but they were also very intrigued. They thought it was an unusual and romantic idea to send an invite this way and to invite total strangers to their event. The date on the invite was many months away, and they were not really sure if it was a legitimate invite, but they thought they would make the seven-hour drive on the appointed day and see if there really was a ceremony to attend.
They couldn't resist the temptation to attend the wedding, so when the day came, they made the long drive to a small chapel in Key West where the event was being held. They were warmly welcomed by the bride and groom when they appeared at the door and displayed their bottle. Everyone was immensely amused and they all wanted to hear the story of where the bottle ended up and how long it took to get there and how the couple had found it.
The invitation was apparently part of package deal that the marrying couple got from the company which printed and supplied their printed materials. The company advertised the service as a unique and exciting addition to the traditional invitation.
Several event planning companies and printers offer "message in a bottle wedding invitations" but they are usually meant as a novelty, not an actual message meant to be thrown into the ocean! They are usually addressed to specific people and sent to the recipients via traditional postage and packaging channels, UPS or FedEx.
However, the bride and groom in this case had the unusual idea of sending real floating invitations. Since the event was an entire year away, it would be interesting to send real messages in real bottles and toss them overboard the cruise ship they were booked to be traveling on soon after their engagement.
So, the couple took a cruise and decided to throw ten bottles with invites in them over the side of the ship. They spent the next months wondering how many of the messages would be found and how many of the finders would actually show up. When the time came for the ceremony, it turned out that two unknown groups of guests showed up: two couples who had found the messages, produced their invites, and it was quite a spectacle to behold as they told their stories of how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle.
The couple was surprised, obviously, but they were also very intrigued. They thought it was an unusual and romantic idea to send an invite this way and to invite total strangers to their event. The date on the invite was many months away, and they were not really sure if it was a legitimate invite, but they thought they would make the seven-hour drive on the appointed day and see if there really was a ceremony to attend.
They couldn't resist the temptation to attend the wedding, so when the day came, they made the long drive to a small chapel in Key West where the event was being held. They were warmly welcomed by the bride and groom when they appeared at the door and displayed their bottle. Everyone was immensely amused and they all wanted to hear the story of where the bottle ended up and how long it took to get there and how the couple had found it.
The invitation was apparently part of package deal that the marrying couple got from the company which printed and supplied their printed materials. The company advertised the service as a unique and exciting addition to the traditional invitation.
Several event planning companies and printers offer "message in a bottle wedding invitations" but they are usually meant as a novelty, not an actual message meant to be thrown into the ocean! They are usually addressed to specific people and sent to the recipients via traditional postage and packaging channels, UPS or FedEx.
However, the bride and groom in this case had the unusual idea of sending real floating invitations. Since the event was an entire year away, it would be interesting to send real messages in real bottles and toss them overboard the cruise ship they were booked to be traveling on soon after their engagement.
So, the couple took a cruise and decided to throw ten bottles with invites in them over the side of the ship. They spent the next months wondering how many of the messages would be found and how many of the finders would actually show up. When the time came for the ceremony, it turned out that two unknown groups of guests showed up: two couples who had found the messages, produced their invites, and it was quite a spectacle to behold as they told their stories of how they received Key West wedding invitation as a message in a bottle.
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