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I think you'll have a wonderful time! We had 69 people at our wedding - including us and our photographer - and it was still hard to even really talk to anyone! You'll actually be able to catch up and chat with every single guest. I think it'll be awesome!
We had half of our guests decline for a wedding that is only like 2-3 hours away, and I am TOTALLY spinning it like that. Yay for saving money! :)
I think it wil be wonderful! I always wanted a small wedding, thats part of the reason we are having a DW also. If we would have done the wedding here, it would be wayyyyy to expensive.
We know some people wont be able to make it, but just think about all the people who love and care about you that are going to be there. Thats whats important!
My mom got married a few months ago, and there were about 20 people there. It without a doubt an awesome wedding, and I think really enjoyed getting to catch up with everyone!
I think if your ok with it thats its definitely a blessing!
I wish we could have done something even SMALLER than our 85! I still think we are spending way too much money!
And dont take what your son said personally, everythings "Lame" at that age if I can remember! lol
BEST OF LUCK!! =)
We had 17 people, including the two of us, and it was perfect! Just try to reevaluate your vision to accomodate a small guest list! How many people did you invite to begin with?
Thanks everyone. I'm becoming okay with it. We originally invited close to 50.
you know, I am sending out 50 invites and I am HOPING only 20 or so people come. My house alone is 10 people. Add 20 people to that it 30 is my ideal number. cheaper, more intimate, and easier to keep the overall vibe going.
i am the in the exact same situation. i was expecting about 30 - 40 people for my destination wedding because so many people TOLD me they were coming! of course when it came time to book, half of them ended up declining! so now i am at 17 booked including myself and FI! and i was disappointed at first, like really disappointed, but then i started spinning it too, especially when i calculated how MUCH money i was saving!
also, i am on a website just for destination weddings and i started a thread there about this issue. i wanted to see how other people's small weddings turned out and after reading what everyone had to say REALLY changed my perspective and now i am super excited for my small wedding!
check it out here:
@MsInterpret: We are headed in the same direction. We invited 50 guests and we are at 21, including us and the wedding party; 27, if you count the vendors. I am sad, but also trying to turn it into a positive. I have spent so much time and effort on our wedding. It just seems like such a waste, but I guess what matters the most is that the most important people in our lives will be with us on that day, so that should make it even more special. I have joked with my FI and kids that I am going to put an add on Craig's List just to fill some seats, but obviously I wouldn't do that :-/
@noritake22: It just seems like such a waste
omg! please don't use that phrase in relation to your WEDDING! your wedding is for you and your FI! as long as both of you are there, nothing is wasted and all is worth it!! and all that great effort you are putting will be captured by your photgrapher and you will have those pictures and memories for ever! you DEFINITELY need to read the thread i posted above too on my other site!
by the way, we sent out about 75 invites with plus ones. of course we NEVER expected that many. like i said, we expected about 30 - 40 and now we have 17.
@PurpleUnicorn: I just read your post and it was very encouraging... thank you :-)
However, I am still a little discouraged. I have enough of everything for 50 guests. And I still think I may have gone a little overboard for so few people, but you are correct, it will be beautiful and I know we will be thankful that we did what we are doing. It is just so frustrating when so many people promised to come and now aren't.
@noritake22: i totally understand how it feels, trust me. even though i say i changed my perspective, i still have my days when i feel bummed out. i am mostly bummed about 2 of my closest friends who were supposed to come and now they are not, than i am about the overall number. but you just gotta fill yourself with positive thoughts. and when i get really stressed i focus on the day i got engaged. it was one of my happiest moments and the only thing i cared about was that i was engaged to my Sweety. nothing else mattered and i really believed that this would be a stress free process because all i wanted to do was get married and i wouldnt care about the details! well, i have had my fair share of caring about the details and stress about everything and anything. but when i really remember WHY i am doing this, i KNOW that ON the DAY, i WILL be sublimely happy. even if 5 people show up, i won't care!
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A little less than a month out from the wedding. Only TWO RSVP cards back (both declines), but several verbal/email declines due to cost and distance. :(
My 13 year old son says it's lame. I told him to just think of it as "intimate". I expected this all along, getting married in another state over 1200 miles away, but yeah, it is still kind of sad.
Am I horrible for spinning it into a "blessing" because at least it's cheaper, the fewer people that come? I don't know how else to look at it though. I'm thinking we'll end up with 15 to 20 guests total.