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kellbells

Me and My mom was wondering if we need 160 how many people should we invite. We have 190 on our guest list. IS that too much we were thinking that we should cut 10 more. What is the % of how many you invited and how many came.  Thanks you

Kelly and Steve

saisongbird

ALWAYS plan for 100% attendance.  You say you want 160.  Are you prepared to tell 30 people "well, we invited you, but since we only want 160 you can't come" ?

banana468

Ditto.  Plan on 100 % attendance. 

brantina

I have heard to count on 20-30% not to show.  We are expecting 160-175 and are inviting 200.  There are some people we know will not come, but that we have to invite. 

duckie1905

Always plan on everyone saying yes.  

gottahavashorti

Plan for 100% attendance in terms of space and budget, but I'm guessing your caterer has a minimum?  In that case, see if you would be allowed to upgrade the food and bar in order to meet the minimum if you have too many declines.  They are probably looking to make a set dollar amount rather than serve at least 160 people.

squirrly

Personally, I'd be sure I could afford to invite all the guests I truly wanted to be there.  I'd invite them, hope they could all attend, and if I didn't have enough guests accept to meet the minimum, I'd either try to upgrade something in the food to meet the minimum with fewer guests, or just deal and pay the minimum, regardless of how many attend.  I wouldn't invite people I didn't really like just to try to get to 160 people.

I <3 Seabass

Are you comfortable paying for all 190 guests? If not then definitely make cuts.  I

Instead of trying to figure out the how many guests you have to invite to hit the 160, I would figure out how many people I was willing to pay for and make cuts based on that number. If you come in under budget, then do what pp suggested and see if you can upgrade something to cover the cost.

MyNameIsNot

If you have the space and budget for 190, it's fine to invite them all and hope you'll end up with around 160.  If 160 is the max you can seat and feed, that's the max you should invite.

People can and do get 100% attendance. 

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

My space can hold about 130. I have a minimum guarantee of 75. I'm inviting about 100. But I can afford to pay for all 100 if they come. If you can only afford 160, invite 160. If you HAVE to pay the caterer for 160 and only end up with 152 people, oh well. 

kaynix21

I have heard 20 percent.

But I would count on everyone showing up.

We are inviting 119. Then if we get enough cancellations, we might send out a few invites. These people are not family members so they will never know that we sent them as backup, I hope. We have to have a minimum of 100.