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LuvMyMichael Posted: Oct 08, 2004 01:55 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 01:55 PM

How many people usually RSVP no...

I am really trying to get a handle on this, because I am trying to keep the guest list down, and its not working out too well.

So, approx. how many people rsvp no?

jesslangen Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:01 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:01 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

My hall told me at least 20% are likely to decline to the RSVP

KimberlyBride Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:01 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:01 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

I have heard from past brides 15%-20% of invited guests decline.

DebMaher Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:02 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:02 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

20% is the standard number, Paige. More if a destination wedding, near holidays, etc...

nov2004bride Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:02 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:02 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

We invited 318 and 282 are coming

LuvMyMichael Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:03 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:03 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

k.....so help me out girls. If I want no more than 130 people, I should only invite......??????

P.S. Not with my calculator. Not a Math person.

DebMaher Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:04 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:04 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

About 155-160

LuvMyMichael Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:05 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:05 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

Thanks Deb!

DebMaher Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:24 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:24 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

For you, Paige, ANYTIME!

Charly Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:26 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:26 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

We are at exactly 30% no's and I think we are done except for the possiblity of cancellations.

Good Luck

dolphin Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:27 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:27 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

I invited 196 and 155 came which was good because i was nervous because i only really wanted 150 people

lullabella Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:29 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:29 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

Just be careful. I went by the same rule and I only recieved 8 No's

bellepoque Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:39 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 02:39 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

It really depends on the number of people who are out of towners and obligatory invitations you have to send out. Our minimum was 125 and that was our goal. We ended up inviting 155 people. In the end we had 109 guests who came. That was about a 70% acceptance rate and a 30% decline rate. To mix this up even further, the 155 number was originally 179 in our calculations because we invited anyone who was single with the option to bring a date (the majority of people who were single chose to not bring a date). We did have a lot of out of town guests to invite and family that we had to invite--in the end the majority of our out of town guests came, but not that many family members.

We did plan for a 20% decline rate. If I had know how high our decline rate was going to be--particularly the number of friends who transitioned out of relationship between the time we sent out the invitation and the wedding, I would have invited more of our friends who we couldn't include originally due to having to invite family.

Wow! That was long....I hope this answers your question.

soon2bmrs2004 Posted: Oct 08, 2004 03:03 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 03:03 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

We invited 225 and 185 are coming

SeptemberBride03 Posted: Oct 08, 2004 03:07 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 03:07 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

We had 25% decline (mostly out of staters).

Janine24 Posted: Oct 08, 2004 05:29 PM+

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Posted: Oct 08, 2004 05:29 PM

Re: How many people usually RSVP no...

we invited 260 and have an approx. total headcount of 165-170...

we have a lot of OOT guests and our wedding is also on a sunday... that maybe contributed to the higher 'no' %