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How big is your wedding/reception going to be?

posted 3 years ago in Beehive
  • poll: How many guest are you having?
    More than 200 People : (29 votes)
    22 %
    100-200 People : (53 votes)
    41 %
    50-100 People : (35 votes)
    27 %
    Under 50 People : (13 votes)
    10 %
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    LDiLacqua      

    Just wondering!

     
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    Tee    10/10/09   Nyack, NY

    We're having 90-100 people including +1s. We wanted a smaller wedding so that we could spend a lot of time will all our guests - we're having a wedding weekend!

     
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    JoesWifey    May 24, 2009   NYC/Wedding in Indiana

    I put the 50-100 people, but actually it should have been the less than 50. we have 47 guests attending, including my FI and I

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    we invited like 210....it's looking like 120. we're paying for 155 plates of food How big is your wedding/reception going to be? :  wedding reception Icon Eek. who wants to come? How big is your wedding/reception going to be? :  wedding reception Icon Razz

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    ilovenycmissie    September 2009   nyc

    Mine is 50-60, because we want to buy  a house

     
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    mrspaetz    July 4 2009   Singapore / California

    we're having 40, just our closest friends & family :)

     
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    naangel55    June 20, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    We invited 320 and are hoping for 250-275 (looks like this may happen with the rsvps that have come in so far!) We both have large extended families and we invited people from work. 

     
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    boogerette      

    Our guest list is currently at 525...it was at 610 before, but I had my fiance cut it down. hahaha

     
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    attybride    9/25/10   Boston, MA

    Are guest list is hovering around 65 and we're absolutely capping it at 70.

     
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    Miss Chicken    August 1, 2010   Ottawa, Ontario

    Our venue will hold a maximum of 80, including bride and groom, so that's our cut off.  Of our invites that we send, we're hoping at at least 65-70 make it...but we're also thinking of sending out a second round on invites depending on the numbers.

     This was an easy decision for us, while I have a huge family and we know lots of people, we didn't want a "big" wedding, although I guess ours will be medium sized.  But we're also very shy people, so the less people and more intimate the better!

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    RoddyBride09    September 5, 2009   Bethlehem, PA

    Right now 279 have been invited. The end total should fall between 200 - 250 guests (hoping closer to 200 How big is your wedding/reception going to be? :  wedding reception Icon Neutral)...

     
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    futuremrslerman    June 6, 2009  

    We invited 263 and ended up with 163!

     
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    minneapolitan    11/7/2009   Minneapolis, MN

    If EVERYBODY comes and all the single people bring guests, we'll have 170... which was terrifying to me so hopefully it doesn't happen :)  We're inviting 135 total, I think, because my FI's family wanted to add on a bunch to the original guest list.

     
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    Mrs. DG    July 18, 2009   Seattle/Tahoe

    We wanted less than 100, but it quickly became clear that with his family we'd have more.  We were happy with our 150 total, but this weekend the guest list grew more :(

    We need to stop inviting people!

     
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    mary-alice-me    May 24, 2009   Kentucky

    We're having 32.

     
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    Future Puida    May 30, 2009   Connecticut

    We sent out 140 total invitees.... our ending total is 114 (including us).  I am happy with our numbers, we were actually UNDER budget for the reception so we added on some extras How big is your wedding/reception going to be? :  wedding reception Icon Biggrin

     
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    LittleBear    June 28, 2009   Chicago/beach wedding in NC

    We invited 240 but are expecting around 70-80 because it is a destination wedding. We were originally thinking it would be closer to 100 but, as everyone is well aware, the economy sucks and people have less money to spend on traveling. Oh well! We wanted something really small anyways!

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    Mojito    June 26, 2010   Denver

    We are planning on somewhere between 75 & 100.  We promised our venue that we wouldn't exceed 100, so we're forced to stay on budget now!

    @ejs4y8 Thanks for the invite!  How big is your wedding/reception going to be? :  wedding reception Icon Wink

    @boogerette You started at 610?!?  I don't think I even know that many people!!

     
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    worcesterbride    August 15, 2009   live in NYC, wedding in Worcester, MA

    We have 330 on our invite list, but we're hoping for 200 or a little under... 93% of the guest list is OOT, so we're expecting a relatively low attendance rate.

     
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    jdelaney3       South Carolina

    We are having 50 people come. We invited 50 on the nose and didn't receive a single regret. We'll see if they all show up! How big is your wedding/reception going to be? :  wedding reception Icon Wink

     
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    bluespurrs    August 7, 2009   South-central PA, USA, Earth

    We are having a small semi-formal summer evening wedding and I am expecting 75 to 100 people for that and the simple reception afterwards. The next day we are having a pig roast and we are expecting 150 to 200 people for that.

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    MoSnow    9/6/09   Colorado - Wyoming

    Tee! Me too! We invited 127 people and expect around 90 to come. It should be wonderful!

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    Chantellamus    October 15, 2009  

    I wanted no more than 100, guest list is now at over 200 - so hopefully looking at around 170ish people...less would make me even happier!

    @Ejs478 - ha ha whats on the dinner menu? - I'm there! lol

     
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    alshv2    6/6/2009   St. Louis

    Our final guest list came in at about 290, and by my best estimate (WHY won't people send in RSVPs!!! The due date is long gone!!!) we will end up with about 220 attendees. But if it weren't for space, we could have invited so many more people. The guest list has been my biggest wedding headache, for sure.

     
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    budgetbeautiful    9/26/09   Fredericksburg, VA

    We'll probably end up with about 40 guests, and that's fine by me.

     
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    danielle318    September 26,2009   san francisco

    The list is at 185 but I am hoping for somewhere around 150. 

     
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    moonie    October 10, 2010   San Francisco, CA

    Ideally, if it was just family and close friends, probably 40...but we may not even have that...quickie court wedding it is!

     
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    MrsHouseNashville    8/1/2009  

    Hopefully around 75 so we can spend more on food!

     
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    Karma007    10/10/2009   Bay Area

    Well, we were supposed to run off, just the two of us, but peopple found out, and so far we're at 7 with 4 1/2 months to go. I'm only ordering 25 invites, so, there can't be many more! Everyone else gets a post-wedding announcement!

     
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    Miss Marshmallow    August 1, 2009  

    We're inviting just over 200 people and are hoping for about 150-170.  If we end up with fewer, we'll probably allow some of our single guests (not in long-term relationships, not engaged, not married) to bring dates or we'll invite some more school/work friends who won't know any different.

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    Sweet tooth    September 5, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    Ejs478-we are so there!!

    boogerette-wow...now that's a party!!

    we are inviting about 150 and planning on having about 115. 

     
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    eggman9091    January 16, 2010   South Florida

    It looks like we will invite 60-70.  We started off with 9 (just immediate family) but I really wanted something larger.  I am very happy with 60-70 (we'll see how many people show, there area lot of out of town guests here). 

     
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    SaraBMarried    July 2nd 2009   Boston(Stoughton)MA

    Under 50 people. . . .Right now the guest list stands at 60 people exactly but we are only expecting about 40-45 people to come due to the weird day (thursday), travel expenses (ppl coming from VT and WI) and inability to make the trip (elderly, handicap)

     
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    hamster    May 30, 2010  

    We are planning to invite ~130 people and expecting ~100 to attend.

     
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    Jeska June20    6/20/09   MD

    boogerette- that is crazy!!

    We wanted to invite 130...grew to about 150 and we have 114 people coming! Just about what we wanted!

     
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    Mrs.pinkblossoms    1-16-2010   Orange County-Los Angeles, CA

    We are hoping for about 130...but it will probably be closer to 150!

     
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    MsHymanRoth    October 24, 2009   Boston

    My fiance and I want a more intimate affair and to pull that off we will have probably 150 people. We don't have the final guest list made yet, but that's our magic number.

     
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    MrsK2be    November 15, 2008   Ohio

    We invited 260 and got 210 - it was perfect because we were hoping for something around 200!

     
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    2dBride    October 6, 2009   Washington, DC.

    The wedding will be under 20.  However, the reception back home (a few days later) will be 80-100.

     

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