Dumb question, I know, but here it goes... We are inviting approximately 180 people to our wedding and a majority of them are couples. How many invites should I order?? Will I be safe with 100? Or do I need more?? Thanks....
dani2003
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YOu should always have about 15 or more extra. You will need them. You don't want to be short otherwise it will cost an arm and a leg to order them again. We ordered 150 and we invited 240 people (we ended up having about 20 left over.
Nora101004
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For the extra $20 now, I'd order the next 25. You can let your kids play with them in 8 years. It costs an arm and leg to order extra later. Better safe then sorry. And think about the bride whose invites came back because of postage and they were left in the rain, you'd be able to resend them.
babybride
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If you split your amount in half - excluding singles you are already at 90. I would do 125. (I think they comes in 25 quantities) Just to be safe. If you are short it will cost alot more to order just a few.... JMO
Mich1108
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Translation of 'an arm and a leg' usually means you could be paying as much as your original order just to get an extra 25 later on. That's what my invitation lady told us. The printing companies charge you as if it is a brand new order. I ordered 25 extra which worked out great because although we did not have a 'B' list, we did add some co-workers after we started getting some 'no' responses & if we didn't have those extras, we would have been screwed.
btrflygrl
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193 guests and only 89 invites going out...we ordered 100 invitations
sun86moon
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Always ordr 25 more with the original order. I didn't and had to pay 'an arm and a leg' for a stupid mistake. So please heed my advice and go fo the extra 25 invites, you will be happy you did. Also what if an invite gets lost and you have to resend it?
Valentinegirl
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Dont do what I did and invite 100 people (about 50 couples) and order 125 invites. At least I had extra envelopes in case I made a mistake. Oops.
Smolokoff
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I would absolutely order extras!!! I wish I had. We originally had about 175 people on our list, also mostly couples, so we ordered 125 invitations 'just in case'. WELL... my FMIL decided to add another 40 people to the guest list (she's paying for it so she can), which pissed me off so I had to add a few more from my side (just for spite). Next thing you know we have 220 people on guest list and not enough invites. She doesn't know I added a few people (my extras came to only 3 extra invitations) so she offered to pay for the new order. Minimum order is 50 of everything, and it counts as a whole new order. And it's not just invites. It's lined inner envelopes, and response cards, and all the printing on the envelopes. So definitely err on the side of caution. I did, and I still have to place another order.
