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Lauren17
Master July 2017

How many people did you invite?

Lauren17, on January 30, 2016 at 9:26 PM

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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...

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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  • H
    Just Said Yes September 2016
    Harley ·
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    We're inviting 170, around 20 are kids of friends and family. We're hoping for 140/150 Smiley smile

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  • Kacie
    Savvy September 2016
    Kacie ·
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    We are inviting around 500. Hoping for 400 to show. We are having a big farm wedding!

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  • Mrs.S
    Dedicated April 2016
    Mrs.S ·
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    We are inviting 110 hopefully 100 show up .

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  • Newnoakua
    Expert June 2018
    Newnoakua ·
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    We're inviting a little over 130 people; we're expecting 115 people, and then any plus-one's that come as well. Should keep us around 120-130

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  • K
    Just Said Yes April 2016
    Kourtney ·
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    We started with about 200 hundred people on our guest list. My parents are divorced and both remarried. I fought to downsize the list to 150 guests including 10 kids. We ended up settling on 180 invited guests. Hopefully it will find its way back down to 150 by our wedding date in 8 weeks. If not, we've decided to have a dry reception to accommodate our large families.

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  • Private User
    Savvy July 2016
    Private User ·
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    Our Venues minimum is 200, and maximum 600. It is about $127 per person, and so far I have invited 250 people. Hoping for 215.

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  • CrystalQueenB
    Master August 2016
    CrystalQueenB ·
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    We're inviting 25, but told our planner only 10-12 might show up!

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  • T
    Just Said Yes April 2016
    Tiffany ·
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    We are inviting about 230 people, and about 30-45 of those are kids.... Not sure yet how many are attending but a lot are extended family so we'll see. We originally were hoping for 150 (then the list grew) and now I'm hoping for 180. We're having it in my soon to be sis-in-laws backyard so we can be flexible with our numbers.

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  • CareBear
    VIP March 2016
    CareBear ·
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    We invited 394 and so far i have 56 yes and 24 no RSVP's so far.

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    Just Said Yes April 2016
    Terrika ·
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    Inviting 120 (only 4 under 13 and all of which are in the wedding). Hoping only 100 show u at $55 a head. Wedding in 73 days!

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  • Sunni
    VIP May 2016
    Sunni ·
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    Not home to check my spreadsheet, but we're inviting 97, which includes 20 or so kids. We're expecting 60-65 because the majority of guests will have to fly 6+ hours.

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  • Kris
    VIP October 2015
    Kris ·
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    We invited 180. About 168 showed up

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  • T
    Savvy October 2016
    Tonya & Gary ·
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    This is both our second marriage. Don't want it to be crazy expensive. But his family is huge, but I figured 80 hoping 70 would show

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  • Janine84
    Just Said Yes October 2016
    Janine84 ·
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    We are inviting 110 and plan on 105 attending at approximately $150 per person. It will be an adults only wedding.

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    Just Said Yes June 2016
    Douglas P ·
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    We are inviting around 500-600 and hoping for 400-450 which I think will come.

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  • JaKLyn
    Master November 2015
    JaKLyn ·
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    Invited 239 (not counting vendors that we needed to feed) 160 RSVP'd yes and we had 122 show.

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    Just Said Yes April 2017
    Adria ·
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    My fiancé and I are inviting about 150. A good tip someone told me is to have a "guest wish list" so when someone rsvps that they aren't coming, you can turn around and send an invite to the next on the list. You'd have to send out invites a little earlier than normal so they don't figure it out, but it's a great way to make sure you stay above the minimum, without going over your max.

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  • FMR
    Dedicated October 2016
    FMR ·
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    Our room minimum is 225. We're inviting 298, hoping for close to 250 attend.

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  • Celia Milton
    Celia Milton ·
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    500? 600?

    Seriously, how does one even find that many people and how does one pay for that many?

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  • Christine
    Savvy September 2016
    Christine ·
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    We're inviting 120... I'm hoping 80-90 show up. Quite a few of my younger cousins are in college at the time of my wedding, and my fiance's family lives in Nebraska. We are in Boston.

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