(Closed) Guests?

• kellyalvey
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: October 2009

150 because we really wanted those close to us there and that way we would be able to talk to each of them.  We could have easily added another 50 but we wanted to be able to provide a wonderful night for our guests because alot of them are coming from out of town.

• rnc620
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: June 2009

Our wedding will probably be around 200.  We both have pretty large families, and a huge friend circle, but we both appreciate an intimate gathering. 

My brother’s wedding was only around 50-100 guests and my sister invited around 800 (I think only 400 attended though).  We thought somewhere in the middle seemed to be the best choice.  Brother’s felt really small and sister’s felt gigantic!

• MrsSaltWaterTaffy
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: June 2009

Between 50-100 for us.  We both have smallerish families and a few close friends so we were able to keep the guest list small.

• ES123
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: April 2009

We HOPE it will be under 150, even though we invited over that amount.

• Erindesmar
• 9 years ago

We are hoping for 160-175….currently our invite list is 210!  But, we are having a "semi" destination wedding – the wedding is 2 hours or more from where a lot of our family and friends live.  And we are inviting my FI’s relatives from OK who probably will not be able to make it.  So, we are thinking we will end up with around 175.  If all 210 come we will be be blowing the budget. 

Probably not the best approach, but we have whittled down our list so much already!

• Erindesmar
• 9 years ago

OMG rm!  800 guests!!  I don’t even know that many people!

• BeachBrideT
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: May 2018

We invited about 180. Due to the distance, we think we’ll end at about 135 or 140, which is perfect in our minds!

• Liz.smith
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: May 2009

I think we’ll have 150-200. Our guest list is up to over 400 (HOW?), but a lot of those probably won’t come. Quite a few Out of Town people, and some of them my dad and stepmom added to the list but not only do I not have a clue who they are, I’m pretty sure they don’t know who *I* am. They’re gonna get an invite and be all "wtf?" (When I asked who they are, I was told they are friends of a friend. Huh?) But it made my stepmom happy, it won’t add much additional cost in invites/postage, and maybe they’ll get us a present! Ha ha. But yeah, it could be a lot more than originally planned, but hopefully right around 175.

(Note- When I say 400, that’s including some families with 5+ kids. So we’re only sending out about 180 invites as of right now. So 175 isn’t unreasonable with Out of Town folks that won’t show.)

• sc8493
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: April 2009

We are having a very small wedding, but the church is having a wedding shower for us, so there will be a TON of people there.

• hbowar
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: May 2009

We’re inviting 450 (200 invites), but I’m hoping 300 or less come!  I have a huge family and we’ve moved around a lot so we have a lot of friends!  I might be in the minority, but I’m hoping for a lot of declined RSVPs!

• Jessie516
• 9 years ago

Right now, including the wedding party and us, our total list stands at 118.  I’m estimating that we’ll come in right around 100.  It was important for us to have a smaller number, both because of the cost and because we wanted it to be more of an intimate event.  We were able to make some clear lines where to cut people, so we kept the number down.  Also, the best thing we ever did was booking a room with an absolute maximum capacity of 120 (including the wedding party) BEFORE going through the guest list with his parents.  This way, we were already committed to the room, so she couldn’t add anyone extra.

• tessabella76
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: September 2009

So far we’re coming in at just under 100.

• angee524
• 9 years ago

• Wedding: September 2008

We invited about 300 people but we knew there was lots of out of state family and friends that would not be able to make it. I think about 150 showed up, which was fine with us. We all a great time.