Hello fellow brides!
Im sure many of you have faced the guest list issues! Our room only hold 220 people so we only sent save the dates to fit that capacity - unfortunately my mother in law insisted her 150 guest list not be cut and because of that I had to forgo inviting my coworkers.. It has been bothering me for some time now but we are hearing a couple of people will not be attending which allows me to invite my coworkers!
I haven't done so yet - the wedding is in August so invitations haven't gone out yet. Do I send them a save the date? im pretty sure they knew save the dates had to have gone out already since it is destination. how do I handle this without them feeling like they were a second tier invite?
Re: Inviting people after Save the Dates went out
Is your MIL paying for those 150 guests? Do you know these people? And want them at your wedding?
So I don't know how to answer your question. I would say no, don't invite anyone else if it puts over your max capacity.
And a DW for 220 people, wow.
I agree its a little too much! mother in laws
She provided some $ to cover half her list ...
Unfortunately it is a destination wedding for all - so I should give them a heads up before invitations come out in Jul. I also have to ask for their address - can I send them a link to the wedding website where the lodging info is? ahh not sure how to handle this
Yes I certainly will send an invitation - but there are some like "having a baby and cant make it" elderly who wont travel .. etc I agree with you that I am probably playing with fire. there is another room in the resort that will hold like 500 ha but it reminde me of a conference room ballroom that would require uplighting and more centerpieces etc. I just love the charm of our current room.
maybe im just regretting letting her own that much of the guest list
KatWag - I know a lot of them but I would prefer not to have had that many people and I certainly don't know them intimately. She is not paying for all of them. what does DW mean?