Ok, so now that we are getting ready to send out our invites and send envelopes to the calligrapher, our parents threw in a few 'I can't belive we forgots' and our guest list is now at 300
So it is true that 20% really usually say no?
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There is a thread on BHB on this very topic. Based on that thread - my answer would be no. Some girls got as little as 5% and some got as many as 50%. There is no guarantee. I will check and see if I have it bookmarked. If so, I'll bump it for you.
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I think that is the average, but it is not always accurate.
CLMon7906
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Posted by October Bliss
There is a thread on BHB on this very topic. Based on that thread - my answer would be no. Some girls got as little as 5% and some got as many as 50%. There is no guarantee. I will check and see if I have it bookmarked. If so, I'll bump it for you.
This is dead on. Some girls have very few NOs and some have tons. We had tons (and we were glad) and were closer to 50%. Largely, it depends on the time of year, what's going on and if people from out of town really remember to 'save the date.' Many forget, no matter how cute the STDs!
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Ok, so now that we are getting ready to send out our invites and send envelopes to the calligrapher, our parents threw in a few 'I can't belive we forgots' and our guest list is now at 300
So it is true that 20% really usually say no?
God I hope so... we invited 357!
pigs222seal
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Had to guarentee 170
We invited 290
180 RSVP yes
170 Showed the day of the wedding
Shellycakes123
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we ae up to 300 also, ideally i want 175-2 bu tthere are like 45 on the list that are not cmoing they live very far and i just know they wond come...i hope. should i do a b list..??
franksgirl323
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So far its much less for me. See my avatar....we invited 143...so far only 5 no's...and 2 of the were expected.
Jen2999
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I invited about 203 and I had 153 rsvp yes, prob had about 145 the day of due to people rsvping with guests and not bringing them
petunia77
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we invited 202 and are having 129.
JCam695
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We had just over 20% say no. I think it depends on how many out of towners you invite too. We had a lot and a lot said no.
Boston&NY2006
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It all depends...We had a lot of OOT guests (more than 2/3 of our guests were from OOT), so out decline rate was 30%.
nickelpick
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We invited 220 and we had 200 guests at our wedding.....
kathrynlinton
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Not for us.
We had to guarntee 100. We invited 152 and we had 128 reply yes and then 125 on the day of.
PrincessConsuela
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we invited 154 and we had 120 come to the wedding
SuzBride
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We invited 215 and had 156 (including kids) - so a 27% no rate. Most were + guests and OOTs. I think the percent depends alot on if you sent STDs (we did not) and % of OOTers.
andreap44
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We invited 355 and 256 are coming. So, that is more than 20%. The more people you invite, the more that usually say no.
SIBride06
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I invited 270.. I am struggling to reach 210 I invited alot of people from italy though that I knew would say no.
I also invited alot of people from work who said NO (Guess they have better things to do)
waterspout4
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It really depends on OOT guests, IMO.
All of our guests were from OOT, except a few co-workers.
We invited 182 We had 96 on our wedding day Our minimum was 125
