Decline Business Invitation

Sample

[DATE, ex. Friday, February 10, 2006]

 

[NAME, COMPANY AND ADDRESS, ex.
Robert Brown
XYZ Inc.
1234 First Street
Suite 567
Anycity, Anystate  85245]

Dear [NAME, ex. Robert Brown],

It is an honor to be invited to [INVITATION, ex. attend a tour of your new premises].  Indeed, I would love to come.  However, [REASON FOR REFUSAL, ex. I am attending a compressor technology conference in New York on the 14th.]  I am sorry, therefore, that I cannot attend.

[STATE WHEN YOU NEXT EXPECT TO SEE THE RECIPIENT, ex. I look forward, nonetheless, to our lunch meeting on the 17th.]

Best regards,

 

[YOUR NAME]