how many people did you invite?

id012 · February 2012

Im not sure how to go about the guest list.

We have a guest like of about 150 people if we had the wedding home. We are 99.9% postive that we are doing a destination wedding. And i am really happy with that. BUT do i invite the 150 people to the destination wedding? I would say out of the 150 people 110 of them are our family and really close friends. the other 40 would be like inlaws of siblings/just friends/parents friends. Who it would be great to have at our wedding if it were home but i 100% wouldn't expect them to go to our destination wedding.

Can you even have a destination wedding with 110 people? I know not everyone would come and i dont really care if no one comes after all its about me and fi! But how do i go about a guest list?

minionlover · February 2012

You can invite whatever amount of people that you want. You just have to think about your budget and if you can afford it. To answer your question as of right now we are inviting about 25ish people to ours.

BMcLeodTeam · February 2012

You can DEFINITELY have a DW with a larger number of people. Most of the girls on here have low numbers, but we're sending out 300 invites...

jessj336 · February 2012

We invited 50 and have about 25 attending.

kimmykupcakes · February 2012

If we got married back home our guestlist was almost 200. Exactly one of the reasons we decided to have a DW. We only invited 21 ppl. 2 of them we knew for sure wouldn't come even before we sent the invitations. The other 19, all but, 2 have already RSVPed yes. I love that we are having a small wedding. I know if we invited our whole back home list at least 75 would have come. Just wasn't what we wanted. Invited just our parents and good friends instead.

Erinkathleen84 · February 2012

We originally invited about 66. As of right now we have 58 that we plan on coming. Some people let us know they could not be there and some people invited themselves...go figure ! We wanted really small and intimate...but when we started counting our familes and best friends the list got larger than we thought.

Erinkathleen84 · February 2012

p.s. we invited 250 to our AHR.

venus909 · February 2012

You can definitely invite as many people as you want!

I sent out about 100 invites (about 220 people) and we are expecting about 40 - 60 people to attend based on the feedback we have received so far.

ehlerss · February 2012

We sent out about 115 invitations (about 235 people) and we are expecting 49 people to attend. We invited everyone that we would of invited to a wedding at home since we are not doing an AHR.

EmilyL113 · February 2012

We invited pretty much everyone we would have invited to a wedding at home b/c we aren't having an AHR. May have invited 20 or so more if it was here... random co-workers and whatnot. Anywho - so we ended up inviting about 200 people, and are expecting about 100-120 based on feedback. We are staying in the US though... I think once you go international, the guest list will typically decrease pretty dramatically. You can do whatever you want and it within your budget!!!

murphanzo · February 2012

We sent out about 40 invitations (80ppl) and are expecting about 20 of those invited (40ppl) to attend

we're not sure about an AHR

ridgebackbride · February 2012

36 invited. Expecting 14.

51 for the AHR.

goodine11 · February 2012

We invited about 75 people and 50 are going. We are still passing out invitation for our wedding in June. We are really not worried about the number, we are having a after wedding dinner there and a reception back home. It is an all inclusive resort so we are really not paying for their food.

Sp2012 · February 2012

we just sent invitations this week!

200 invited
17 have already told us they will not be making it
28 adults and 10 kids are yes's so far - all of these are our family and closest friends

145 have 1 month to RSVP!

We invited everyone we would have invited back home. DW will definitely be smaller than having a wedding at home!

FaithCaitlin · February 2012

We are inviting about 120.. but we are expecting anywhere from 40-60.

nicolej518 · February 2012

We talked about this verbally with family and only close friends....most of which were already in the WP. We have 41 total. I knew most people on my side wouldn't go because my cousin is getting married the day before, and my FIs mother sent out an email with all of her specific travel info to his family (kinda upset us at first because we didn't want it going out to all those people!), and most never sent me a message, but we found out that they couldn't go by word of mouth. At this point I am considering that list final.

Are you having a DW wedding just because you want to, or is it more of a budget issue? If it is more because of the money, I would say be cautious of who you extend an invitation to. The wedding at the hotel is costing us roughly the same amount per person that we were finding with some of our local venues when we were considering a wedding in NJ. Our hotel charges per person for the cocktail hour, reception, and liquor even though it is an all-inclusive.

WinstonsGirl · February 2012

We invited about 120, mostly due to parental requests. Our list was closer to about 80. We're expecting 35 - 40. Part of our decision to go away was to have a smaller wedding without causing family drama about not inviting hald second cousins, etc. and people we haven't seen in years. No decisions on a AHR yet. Parents want it, we're not so sure. Everyone on the wedding list would get an invite though

mheinis · April 2013

i have 300 people is that too much to invite for a destination wedding? is too much to have it where we live but thought if we do a destination less people will come! right? and if they do it still will be cheaper per-person then having it at home! i think!

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