Hi all,My fiancé and I are in a bit of a pickle. When we booked our venue, our venue coordinator (whom we LOVE) told us that the decline rate for the venue is lower than average -- about 13%. The minimum number of guests for the venue is 125, so just to be safe, we invited 155 (that would allow a 25% decline rate and we would still be fine). Well, we've just gotten all our RSVPs back and we've come in at 109 -- a 30% decline rate. We think a lot of problem is the economy, since many of our friends would have to fly to attend.So we don't know what to do. We're going to be paying for 16 guests who aren't there, which is a cost of about $5,000. That makes us so sad. I'm going to talk to my coordinator tomorrow but I'm guessing she'll tell us she has to charge us. My fiancé and I are frustrated that we didn't invite more people, but we really thought we were inviting enough to hit the quota. He says we should invite more people now, but of course I know that's a big faux-pas, and we'd have to get answers from them in the next few days, which doesn't seem fair either. So I guess we will just have to pay and deal with it.Does anyone have any thoughts as to how we could handle this or what we should do? Or any advice as to how to talk to our coordinator? Thank you, all.Cheers,Melinda