Were you surprised with how many people were at your wedding?

ootmother2

We had 200 and it was very difficult to cut the guest list down to that number.

FOB is one of 11 siblings and I am one of 5.  MOG & FOG each had 4 siblings.

Bride didn't even know half of her first cousins on her father's side so she only invited those she knew

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Not at all. We were aiming for 65-75, really. We had a minimum of 75 at our venue and told our baker 75. In the end, we invited 135, which included people we knew couldn't come (very elderly OOT guests), children, and plus ones for all our single guests. Obviously, not all of our single guests brought dates. Also, since about 70% of our guests were from out of town, not everyone could make it. In the end we had 68 people including us.

Everyone who said they were coming showed up. One couple only came to the ceremony, though.

tenofcups4me

We were pretty on target the first time I got married. We invited 160 and thought we'd probably have about 140 attend. We got 130 yes responses (not one person invited "and guest" decided to bring a date). We got one cancellation the week of, a great-uncle who had to go in for heart surgery. No no-shows and no unexpected additions.

We only invited 11 people to my second wedding, all immediate family, so of course we had 100% attendance for that one.

mica178

We had more declines that I'd expected, but in the end it was a good thing.  We had a lot more space, and the bar tab was a lot lower (since there were some last minute declines, all my vendor meals ended up being comped too), and those obnoxious people asking for last-minute dates (after RSVPing for 1) could be accommodated.  We could have fit everyone we invited, but it would have been a tad crowded.

DramaGeek

We invited over 400 people (we both have HUGE families that we're very, very close with).  My mom promised me we'd have no more than 250 RSVP yes, and I was convinced we'd have more than 300.  We had 330, and she owed me 100 bucks.