guest list question

allioops414

hey!  Just wondering...how many of your guests declined?  I know it's usually 15-20% but I'm curious if that's accurate!  Did that happen to your guest list?

amberbride10

Always budget for every guest.

MissIntentional

im planning on having 0% decline.

ac_in_dc

depends.  I'm looking at about 15% decline on my side, but most of my folks are local and I sent out STDs 6 months in advnce, which is important for an August wedding so folks are less likely to plan a vacation during the wedding. FI is from out of town, flaked out on getting me addresses in time, and is getting about a 50% acceptance rate. But almost all of his folks need to get on a plane, and a bunch planned their summer vacations before he told them when the wedding was. Most of the folks here will tell you to budget for everyone to show up (or pretty damn close).  After sending out STDs I got some tentative declines and was able to expand my guest list for the actual wedding. Get your parents to help you predict who will show up, too.

Mrs.B6302007

I know it's usually 15-20% but I'm curious if that's accurate!No, that's not accurate.  Always count on 100%.

sunflower1998

We expected most of DH's side of the family to decline.  Most actually ended up coming.Plan for them all to be there!

ffmaid

less then 2% declineCount on 100% accept

Leah&Christian09

That figure is an average.  You really can't predict and should plan for 100% attendance until you get the RSVP.  We had 60% decline (lots of international). 

SwedishChick2011

We had about 40% decline. 

kat112

However, to answer your question, we invited 150, had 154 RSVP yes, and about 97 actually showed up. The guest list is an unpredictable thing, so always plan on the safe side.You had 1/3 of those who RSVP'd "YES" not show up??!WOW I WOULD HAVE BEEN PEEVED. I can't even imagine how much money/food was wasted.

Lauren Beth

I think that the more people you invite, the higher decline rate you will have, and vise versa.  You should plan on 100% budget-wise.  For example, I think that if you invite 50 people, you will have close to 100% attendance, but if you invite 500 people, you will have a much lower acceptance rate. 

trix1223

DD invited 115 and 96 RSVP'd yes.  She had 4 no-shows day of.    Grrrr.

banana468

We invited 225 and had 165 attend.  We were hoping for 221.