How many guests

O4/3/21 AZ bride here! Our guest list is around 95 & 85 have confirmed. Our venue has a max capacity of 175 - they reduced it from 225 to be in compliance. That puts us around 60% of the max capacity. I still had my Plan B set up for my guest list to be on the safe side.

View Quoted Comment Okay perfect! Thank you for your feedback. I will most certainly be asking about my venue max capacity. I will also have a plan B in place as well!

July 1st! We’re only having 40 people (including the wedding party) max and we’re keeping everything extremely flexible. We have plans in place to stream the wedding already so that if we have to cut back further or people don’t feel safe coming they can watch from home (plus the stream is open to people not invited to be in person). On top of that we’re having the ceremony outdoors, encouraging masks, and providing sanitizer.

View Quoted Comment Okay great, Thanks for sharing!! That’s actually a great idea to stream it. I definitely want people to be comfortable and I don’t want to overdo things due to covid.

How many guests are your venue/state currently allowing? In my opinion, whether or not a 90 person wedding is too much depends on the size of the space. But if your venue allows it and your family/friends are comfortable with your precaution measures, go for it! My family was quick to say they wouldn't be comfortable being around 100 people.

Our date is June 12th. Original guest list was 140ish and we reduced it to 65 (already knowing around 10-15 won't come) when our venue was allowing 100 guests back in November to allow for additional social distancing. However, currently my state is restricted to 25 person gatherings. We're planning to wait until the beginning of April right before we have to send invitations out to see if things change before making a final decision, but either way we're moving forward with getting married on that date.

Honestly. You only live once. We signed our contract before this whole Covid thing even happened. We plan for about 110 people initially. That slowly dwindled down and we are currently at about roughly 80 people. I live in one of the most strictest states in the country with Covid restrictions. We are not going to budge! We will have our wedding and we will not postpone. If people have issues and they feel uncomfortable they can attend virtually. That is that. I am so sick of people making my wedding day out to be like it’s some sort of death zone. There are so many other things that are going on around us that are way more riskier than our weddings. I’d say just go for it. Plan the wedding of your dreams and live your life for YOU

Zero! We are eloping. I recommend as few people as possible. I'm a huge fan of elopements.

My wedding is a couple days later. I’ll have as many as the state allows which is 150 right now.

We’re inviting around 100 for our October wedding, but we have two Covid backup plans. I’m not willing to risk people’s health for a party that is supposed to be full of joy.

I know your anxiety all to well! We just had to make the same decisions you are and it was not easy. I even had dreams that my wedding was a “super spreader” event. 🙃We’re getting married June 5th we had already downsized to 100 people outside but with local restrictions and keeping people’s comfort and safety in mind we downsized again to just our immediate families 25 people. We immediately felt better about everything and decided even if restrictions ease and more people are vaccinated by then we will still keep it this small. I even can’t tell you how much more excited I am for my wedding now. Trust your gut.

We are hoping for maximum of 75 guests but inviting 120. Postponed from June to September last year and then postponed to May this year. I’m sending out invitations this week, so I know on time who is coming and who isn’t. Immediate family and close friends already confirmed attendance...and that made me get excited again. Already postponed twice, not postponing again. I have just accepted it won’t be the exact wedding I planned for June 2020.

I am currently struggling with this!! My original guest list was just under 100. We live in FL and getting married 11/12/21. FL is currently open fully and have no restrictions so the downsizing is all due to our personal preference and wanting to make sure everyone feels comfortable and they stay safe! I think we’re looking at downsizing to about 75. I haven’t decided for sure when to let people know if we’ve had to cut them though. Any advise on when I should do this?!? Some people are telling me that we don’t have to down size and that so much can change by November which I’m sure a lot can change, but I don’t want to be the cause of anyone I love getting sick just because they came to celebrate with us! We are looking into live streaming! We are also asking that masks be worn and will have hand sanitizer throughout the venue.

As if right now we haven't been notified for cutting our list. Our wedding is October 23rd and we have paid for 200 guest.

75 people in October 🤞 ceremony outdoors/reception indoors

Our date is December 18, 2021, this way it gives the opportunity to see if any thing changes after this whole vaccination thing. We originally had 350 guest thats the max on our venue, and we included vendors in our count. We cut back to 200 guest instead to allow us the opportunity to space everyone out. Plus we are doing place card seating, that way we can keep those that run together on a regular basis to be amongst each other.

December bride and we're planning on having about 150 guests including our vendors!

My wedding is in NC for 4-17-21 and currently only allow to have 30% capacity. We are having 58 guests and with me and my FH that puts us at 60. We invited the 58 we know we want there and we have 15 people we have in mind but we didn’t tell them because we don’t want them to think they are a plan B bc if it wasn’t for covid they would of been invited automatically. We originally signed for 75 guests but due to Covid we’re down to 58. We did post a generic message on FB letting people know that due to Covid we aren’t able to invite everyone we wanted to and we’re celebrating with family and close friends (I’m only having 3 friends and same with my FH) unless restrictions get lifted. And from the looks of it I don’t see it getting lifted in time for us to invite the last 15 guests. So invite the ones you really want there and pay close attention to potential restriction lift since your wedding is still a couple of months away. If it doesn’t get lifted unfortunately it’s just something you’ll have to learn to be okay with. Best of luck!

We cut our list from 160 to 130 currently with the thought that a handful most likely Will not attend. Venue allows 150 at 50% capacity. Our wedding date is June 12th so hoping VA allows at least 50% capacity by then. Our plan B is to have a ceremony at church with only our parents present and take a loss on all deposits.

I currently have 102 confirmed. I haven't been told otherwise as far as capacity goes so we're rolling with it. My ceremony and reception is all outdoors. I'm also in Florida so we're not that restricted down here. We're getting married next month on the 27th! We tossed the idea of moving our date when the pandemic first hit, but decided not to and figured they'd have things figured out by then. Our buffet style will be called up by table numbers and the food will be served vs guest serving themselves. I hope all goes as planned and you get to have your wedding of your dreams!

My wedding is on July 23rd in Houston, Texas. My guest list is at 100 people but, I’ll be fine if I at least have 80 people rsvp & show up. My venue can normally hold up to 300 people but now is at a 50% capacity limit so, we’re under that. Our ceremony is outside and our reception is indoor. We will have sanitization tables, masks are highly recommended, chairs for ceremony and tables for reception will be spread out, servers will be serving the food from behind the buffet line, masks will be available for guests...etc. I’m hoping everything works out!