how do you know how many ppl you will be able to guarantee?
FH and I have an invite list of 190
we are hoping to only have 120-130 at the wedding
is this reasonable?
can we make a 125 guarantee with our list? or a 135 guarantee?
HSsweethearts
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Going by conventional wisdom, a guest list of 190 will yield 150 guests
LoveyDovey
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ewwww i dont like 150 people! lol
HSsweethearts
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ewwww i dont like 150 people! lol
You'll meet your guarantee!
Look on the bright side of life
PROBM
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yes be safe and say 150 sorry
LoveyDovey
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evennnn if i know about 10 are definitely not coming- but i have to send an invite??
AwaitingAugust
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yep, usually, about 20% of your invited guests will say no ... so that leaves 152 yes's ... of course, it could be more or less, depending on the amount of OOT, etc.
I'd say 135 is a good guarantee for you
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I have the exact same numbers as you and also think we're going to have 150 which is alot more than I wanted.
135 sounds like a good guarantee, but that's also depends on the nature if your guests (out of towners)
LoveyDovey
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ugh...i might have to do some chopping....
i have almost the same amt of family as i do co-workers!
i work at a hospital so its very hard to invite one doctor and not the other
how did u handle co-workers?
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you will hit your minimum...even if its more than 20% you may be looking at 140 people
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ugh...i might have to do some chopping....
i have almost the same amt of family as i do co-workers!
i work at a hospital so its very hard to invite one doctor and not the other
how did u handle co-workers?
I'd put it at 135 minimum, but that really depends on your RH. Some might require about 150 min. You'll def. meet it at 135.
Co-workers were tough. I'm inviting my entire dept., which is small, and leaving a few extraneous people as 'b-list' guests in case we get more no responses than we anticipate.
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guarantee for as lil ppl as u can!!!!!
LoveyDovey
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thanks girls...
we are planning on guaranteeing 125
but i really dont want any more than 135 ppl there
If it was up to me, Id have 80 people...I really want a small intimate wedding!
how do i get this number down??!!
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go through, see if there are people who can be on a B list.
Just a note though... we invited about 160 people, day of, we had 77. If a lot of the guests are out of town, they may not be able to afford to come in. Thats what happened with us.
