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Guest List?

I'm in a bit of a pickle here.  My reception site can hold about 210 people comfortably.  How many people should we invite?  I have heard that 1/3 of the people rsvp no; however, the wedding is in our hometown and we do not have many people travelling from out of town so I think we will get a lot more rsvp yeses than the 1/3 rule says....  and I  think that if we invited 300 people, we would still get a turnout over 210, which would be uncomfortable at our venue.   Any suggestions on how many people to invite?  Thank you :-)

Re: Guest List?

  • ditto

    also unless you are going to be a stickler about declining un-invited rsvps, under invite.
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  • send 208 invites...
  • My advice to anyone would never be to invite more than you can afford or hold based on that "rule of thumb" it is not safe. I knew a bride that could only afford to have a certain number of people at her wedding but invited more planning on people not coming and really screwed herself financially.... no good. Always plan to be able to accommodate anyone you invite.

    Good Luck, out of everything I'm planning for the wedding I hate the guest list drama the most, you can never please everyone and inevitably you will have hurt people but if they really love and care for you they will understand. 


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