Guest Count Help

MrsSmithN2012

Do you consider kids as a guest when you are counting how many guests you have?  I assume yes, because you want to make sure that you have plenty of food for everybody, but counting the kids also is making our list go up quite a bit since all of our friends are married and have families now.  We can't have over 100 guests at our venue. 

Meg1036

If kids are going to be present, they definitely count as guests.  There may be reduced pricing for them (you should ask your venue) - but for capacity reasons, they are a full person.

NOLAbridealmost

For food budget, kids might not count as a full guest if they are young enough for a kid meal. For venue capacity, kids are always a full guest but you might want to ask about infants.

lyndausvi

For capacity purposes every guest should be counted (even infants).

As far as food and pricing that is up to the caterer/venue.

whitsy

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_guest-count-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6bc246e7-f13f-4fb6-af72-6a76cdae8425Post:59415dc8-1066-48b2-8d0b-a50c01345e8d">Re: Guest Count Help</a>:
[QUOTE]For food budget, kids might not count as a full guest if they are young enough for a kid meal. For venue capacity, kids are always a full guest but you might want to ask about infants.
Posted by NOLAbridealmost[/QUOTE]

::nods head::

MrsSmithN2012

That makes sense!  Sheesh - my brain is so not working right...I think it's too overwhelmed, LOL!  Thanks for the help, ladies!