September 2012 Weddings

Feeling a bit of relief

Budget-wise I've always accounted for having 140 guests attend.  Our total list numbers were as high as 180 at one point but we ended up with 157.  I still left the budget at 140 to be safe.  So we need 17 no's to hit budget.  Well, we already have 10 no's and I'm 99.9% sure on 6 others (4 of those I'm 100% sure on).  That means out of the 120 guests left we only need 1 no to meet budget.  Whew!  The budget we set was becoming a stretch for us so this is really good news.  And, since a huge portion of our budget is the food cost which is headcount driven, this could have a big impact on that end bill.  So relieved!

Re: Feeling a bit of relief

  • That's great news! I'm in the same boat. We invited about 180 and wanted to keep it at 150 total coming. I think we'll be right around there if not closer to 140!

    Huge relief.
  • Our venue max is 200, but we invited 230 (mostly OOT),  I need 10 more declines for us to be under 200.
  • That's a nice feeling! We budgeted 100, and it looks like we will come in way under that because we have a lot of out of towners. It's kind of the consolation for not having as many people turn up. haha
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