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@pandaboo:I'm not entirely sure, but I think that everyone invited came to both the ceremony and the reception.
Almost our whole list showed up, all but maybe twenty and we didn't send out invites until two weeks before the wedding because of the local flooding. We didn't have that many out of towners and the only guests that couldn't make it were the politicans who had other events planned.
I just think that it is contingent on your list. Looking back over my list, I was pretty accurate on who I knew would come and those that wouldn't.
All our guests came to both, but our was all at one location.
Most people will usually go to both. However, do you have a huge delay in between the 2? For instance 3 or 4 hours between your ceremony and reception? If so the situation changes.
(you can expect 20% of people to rsvp no as well per statistics)
As far as I know, everyone came to both (except for my cousin and her friend, who went to the reception site instead of to the church and missed the ceremony. Gotta love pregnancy brain!)
@Naiexoxo: oh wow. was everyone invited to church ceremony?
@mwitter80: yeah there' a 3 hour delay between them.. 2pm was the latest the church could marry us.. I hope most people come, I just feel like that proper etiquette to go to both ceremony and reception.. but I know there'll be a few not coming, but I still wanted to know what the average is of guests going to both :)
@Miss Olive: nice.. did you have a long delay in between?
@tksjewelry: oh okay.. yeah ours is in 2 different places.
@Catherine: oh no haha.. that's pretty funny but I bet she was bummed to miss it :(
yes, we added to our invitations. a destination wedding, poeple had to drive 2 hours, so maybe that was the reason
@pandaboo: You can expect 50-60% of people to attend your ceremony. (I'm a wedding planner and basing on stats I have kept) Lots of folks will not go to both. If you have people with children they willl likely be the people who will not attend, along with anyone who is driving a distance and not staying at a hotel.
EDIT: With that said we do also live in 2 very different parts of the country. In New England more than 50% of people do not practice a religion and in Utah, religion is more highly valued.
@mwitter80: okay thanks so much!! yeah I was thinking around that range.. 60% would come to ceremony.. and the rest only to reception! our places aren't too far from each other but there is a time delay but most of our guests are in town so they can just go home and relax till reception.. and the ones coming in are mostly staying with relatives! & our wedding is on a saturday.. I don't know if that makes a huge difference.
@Naiexoxo: oh okay I see :) thank you!
Everyone invited came to both ceremony and reception, as far as I know.
I would be pissed at people who just showed up for the reception, personally. It's like telling the couple, "Hey, we don't care about your wedding, we just showed up for the free food and booze."
@zippylef: I know that's how I feel.. but I know it's likely to happen with some people.. my mom feels really strongly about this and she says we shouldn't allow people who didn't go to ceremony to come to reception lol.. I would love if everyone came to both but if they don't I am just gonna let it go, I don't want to feel stressed or mad on my wedding day so I'm already preparing myself for some people to not come to ceremony.. and if everyone comes? hey I'll be pleasantly surprised :)
@zippylef: last wedding I went to most people were there at ceremony but some people didn't show up till the party started, and it was all in the same venue which I didn't understand.. including one of the BM's boyfriend, she was so mad he missed the ceremony..
@mwitter80: hi just read your edit.. yes religion is very valued in Utah, although FI and I are not part of the main religion here which is LDS or mormons, as more people know it by..we're catholic and a lot of people coming are catholic as well (family) but a majority of our friends aren't, they're either LDS or don't practice any religion.. so I'm excited to see what the turn out will be!
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Hi bees,
so I was thinking about this while I was at church today ... how many people at your wedding out of the guest list attended both the ceremony and reception??
we have about 200 guests.. how many of those people should I expect at the church ceremony??
Thanks!