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Cut guest list or look at less expensive venues?

angelstar975angelstar975 member
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I'm trying to decide what's better... cutting the guest list in order to have a really nice reception, or settling on a reception venue that's not really what I want in order to have more guests. I'm not talking about cutting people I really want there, more like extended famly I barely know, parent's coworkers, etc. My mom was like, "But then you'll get fewer gifts." However, I feel like it's ridiculous to plan my guest list in hopes that people will get me lots of stuff... it's a wedding, not a fundraiser! What would you ladies do?
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  • adrienne0925adrienne0925
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    Cut the list. Weddings are meant to be shared with the people closest to you and the groom. Not about presents!  :)
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  • BlissPhillyBlissPhilly
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_cut-guest-list-look-less-expensive-venues?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:105Discussion:89ccf250-4653-4514-a185-717c1a91f8dePost:63fd8a65-da34-44a6-96e3-95f5bf62c77d">Re: Cut guest list or look at less expensive venues?</a>:
    [QUOTE]Cut the list. Weddings are meant to be shared with the people closest to you and the groom. Not about presents!  :)
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    Cut the guest list!  

    Some people will not give you gifts.  The gifts will in no way cover the cost of the wedding.  So cut the list and have the wedding you want!  

    We had a smaller wedding at a venue we LOVED and we are both so glad we did.  
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  • jelybeancgjelybeancg
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    I am also going to say cut the guest list.
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  • bridetobe71412bridetobe71412
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    Absolutely cut the guest list. You'll be so happy to be surrounded by the people who mean the most to you AND you'll have a fabulous reception.
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  • MisTeeElliottMisTeeElliott member
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    I'd cut the guest list.

     I'm a bride on a budget so I told my fiancee and parents my wedding is a special day and not a reunion. We initially had 100 guests but now we are closer to 90 and I couldn't be happier. :)
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  • nancyrnancyr member
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    OK, I'm the parent of a bride on a budget.  I say cut the list.  Not sure who is footing the bill, but if the parents aren't and they want to include those extra people have them pay for those extra guests they want to invite.  My daughter and her fiance are paying for their own wedding, we have a few couples we'd like to invite, so we told them we'd pay for the cost of those couples. Works for everyone.  (We are not inviting them so she can get more gifts... but they are people who grew up w/my kids, it's just when it came time to cut guests family stayed, friends not) Hence the change. Works for everyone.
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