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Lauren17
Master July 2017

How many people did you invite?

Lauren17, on January 30, 2016 at 9:26 PM Posted in Planning 0 146

Just curious how many people you invited to your wedding and how many actually showed up? We have 100 guest minimum and we are inviting 120 hoping to get 100 or slightly over. We cant afford anymore than 120 which is why we arent going to invite more and pray for declines. We are only inviting family and closest friends... Never realised how nerve wracking guest lists can be!!! I cant imagine how people have 300+ guest lists we struggled for 120! Lol

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Latest activity by Milada, on August 20, 2021 at 12:27 PM
  • Christina
    Master October 2015
    Christina ·
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    Lol oh man. Originally invited 250, 205 accepted & about 185 showed.

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  • Z
    Master May 2012
    Zoe ·
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    We were the oddities-- we had 100 minimum and couldn't get there. DH runs with a geeky crowd, so even though we offered *everyone* a plus one, almost no one took us up on it, and my big sis even brought another guest as her plus one-- so there go two more... I think we invited 80 (counting all the generic 'plus ones') and had about 60 attend.

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  • Lauren17
    Master July 2017
    Lauren17 ·
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    Oh wow! I'm thinking majority is coming since its all close family and friends but you never know. I was just really scared to invite more than I can afford so I went safely with 120!

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  • Tori
    Super April 2017
    Tori ·
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    We are inviting 188 (23 kids under 13... Yikes) we are hoping to have around 125-150 attend.

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  • tjacob2014
    VIP April 2017
    tjacob2014 ·
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    Samsies! 100 minimum, but at $175 a head our max is 120. Shits expensive. We technically are inviting 130, but FMIL is paying for 9 spots so her friends can come.

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  • Lauren17
    Master July 2017
    Lauren17 ·
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    Wow $175!! Ours is $88 a head we got a great deal because venue was under new management and all renovated they were trying to book... They already raised prices to $135 a head thank god we got locked in with our contract when we booked!

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  • Mrswelch
    Master December 2017
    Mrswelch ·
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    We're inviting about 115-125 (plus ones included) and hoping for 110-115 to show up! It's $110 a head per guest.

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  • tjacob2014
    VIP April 2017
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    Yeah our base price is $135 but with service and tax, comes to $175. We also got a good deal because we were one of the first customers after a renovation, I think their prices are closer to $200 a pop now. But we are in the NY area so it's a good deal for the area. FML lol

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  • M
    Devoted June 2016
    Mrs1.732 ·
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    Rule of thumb is 10% of invited guests don't come...

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  • Sandyfish
    Super August 2017
    Sandyfish ·
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    We're inviting 60 and hoping 50 or more show up for the wedding.

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  • Becoming A Mrs!
    VIP August 2016
    Becoming A Mrs! ·
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    We are inviting 120, and hoping that less than 100 show up!

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  • Jos1219
    Devoted December 2015
    Jos1219 ·
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    I invited 160, and we had 135 including us two. Most were out of town guests

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  • OG_MrsC
    VIP September 2016
    OG_MrsC ·
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    We're inviting 250 and hoping that 200-225 show up.

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  • Lauren17
    Master July 2017
    Lauren17 ·
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    Awesome! Thank you ladies I feel better now Smiley winking

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  • ******
    Master February 2016
    ****** ·
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    We invited 131 and 74 accepted. Hopefully we don't end up with too many no shows, but we anticipated 100 and our minimum is only about 65.

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  • Jenny92
    VIP May 2017
    Jenny92 ·
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    We're inviting around 100 (guest list still in progress).

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  • S&P
    Master January 2017
    S&P ·
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    Our guest list is ~250, hoping for ~200 to actually come

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  • Ostrichka
    VIP February 2016
    Ostrichka ·
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    We invited 238, including any plus ones. Final guest count is 181.

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  • Christine
    Super December 2015
    Christine ·
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    We invited 186, 141 rsvp'd yes, 138 showed. All of the "no-shows" were due to illness.

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  • Soon2BMrsB
    VIP October 2016
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    Inviting 35. Hoping 35 attend. Smiley smile small wedding and all immediate family and closest friends.

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