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Guest List Help July 2013 Wedding

I have a list of about 220 guests(including children in the family) most of which are out of town (Live about 1-2 hours away). I am unsure of how to esitmate how many people will actually attend and who will actually bring thier children.

Thanks
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Re: Guest List Help July 2013 Wedding

  • Do you mean to get an estimate of how much it will cost, for example?

    They say when planning a wedding you should plan for 100% attendance.  That means you make sure your ceremony and reception venue can accomodate everyone.  It also means you have the funds in your budget to pay for everyone's food/drink if they show up.

    There are averages on how many do show up.  But the average is just that - an average.  Some weddings 100% show up; other weddings 55% show up!

    Good luck!
  • Ok thank you for the advice :)
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  • I would say you need to budget for everyone and you need to make sure your reception space and ceremony space can hold every invited guest.

    That being said, we are inviting 220 people and only expect 160 guests.  I went through the list and counted out "yeses," "noes," and "maybes."  We personally have 130 absolutely wouldn't miss it untill something terrible happens and about 60 "maybes" and some of them are a stretch.  I figure about half of the maybes will show, but we will be prepaired if more should RSVP yes.  Our attendace rate will be low because there is another family wedding on the same day (it's a distant relative, no drama).

    I think the average is 75%-85% of invited guets attend, but I have friends who have had almost every invited guest attend.  HTH!
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  • Plan to have 100% attendance, and budget for that.
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  • They say to expect at least a 20% no rate. But PPs are right... budgeting on the high end is a good idea. Just be careful with venues that have minimums. We invited 206, expected 150 and guaranteed 125. We had 127 attend.
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  • I was also worried about this issue and my Wedding Date is June 2013. To get a rough estimate, my mom and I sat down and wrote out every family member including aunts, uncles, and cousins. We also included if they were kids or if my cousin would be bringing an unknown date. Than on a separate piece of paper, we did the same type of list for family friends and the bridal party. I then talked to my fiance and we did the same thing with his family. This gave us a great rough estimate and because of our large guest list, 325, we could then find a venue to accomidate. Also by looking at the guest list, we have many out of town family members thus we are planning on 85% attendence. I have heard this is very typical. Hope this helps!
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