with this economy...do you find that you are getting more 'No' RSVP's than expected?
I haven't sent out my invites but I can already tell you I am definitely getting a LOT of no's... There are probably about 10-15 people who are not coming specifically because of economy related issues (ie: lost job, too costly, etc..).. I am already anticipating about 70 no's because we have a lot of relatives that live in different countries but in my case it actually works out because we have waaaaay more people on our guest list than we budgeted for!
Posted by NikkiR515
I haven't sent out my invites but I can already tell you I am definitely getting a LOT of no's... There are probably about 10-15 people who are not coming specifically because of economy related issues (ie: lost job, too costly, etc..).. I am already anticipating about 70 no's because we have a lot of relatives that live in different countries but in my case it actually works out because we have waaaaay more people on our guest list than we budgeted for!
I'm expecting most, if not all, of our OOT guests not to come. A lot of them are elderly, but a lot are whole family units too, so will be really tough for 5 people to come up. I would say of our 167 currently on the guest list, a good 1/3 are OOT/elderly and will say no.
So far we got about 10% that are NOs from the RSVPs that we actually got back. Out of the 220 something we intived, I'm hoping to have at least 175, but I think I'm shooting high for that... We shall see.
Posted by coldasice217
I'm expecting most, if not all, of our OOT guests not to come. A lot of them are elderly, but a lot are whole family units too, so will be really tough for 5 people to come up. I would say of our 167 currently on the guest list, a good 1/3 are OOT/elderly and will say no.
Posted by GT143EA
Posted by coldasice217
I'm expecting most, if not all, of our OOT guests not to come. A lot of them are elderly, but a lot are whole family units too, so will be really tough for 5 people to come up. I would say of our 167 currently on the guest list, a good 1/3 are OOT/elderly and will say no.
Ali what is your minimum?
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Posted by GT143EA
Posted by coldasice217
I'm expecting most, if not all, of our OOT guests not to come. A lot of them are elderly, but a lot are whole family units too, so will be really tough for 5 people to come up. I would say of our 167 currently on the guest list, a good 1/3 are OOT/elderly and will say no.
Ali what is your minimum?
My min is 125...and I had to beg and plead and scratch and claw to get that for a Saturday night!
We did. We invited 280 ppl. In the end 190 had RSVP'd yes.
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Posted by coldasice217
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Posted by coldasice217
I'm expecting most, if not all, of our OOT guests not to come. A lot of them are elderly, but a lot are whole family units too, so will be really tough for 5 people to come up. I would say of our 167 currently on the guest list, a good 1/3 are OOT/elderly and will say no.
Ali what is your minimum?
My min is 125...and I had to beg and plead and scratch and claw to get that for a Saturday night!
Thats great!! How did you get them to do that! They told me 200 person minimum for a sat night!Thats why we are having a sunday afternoon wedding. Only need to guarantee 75
I haven't sent my invites out yet, but pretty much everyone we are inviting knows about it and has verbally told us they'll be there. I hope they stick to that! FH and I are luckily in fields where there aren't many layoffs and most (if not all) of our invitees are currently employed and with well paying jobs.
I havent sent mine out yet but I am not thinking I will get many No's. My entire side of the family is OOT but our wedding is really only family and some close friends so I think cause it smaller I wont see many No's. Family has already called my parents saying the wouldnt miss it for the world
Haven't sent mine out yet.. but I guess it depends on who you plan to invite.. OOT guests are gonna be less likely to attend as well as not-too-close friends who are having a rough time but close friends and family I would assume are not going to be a problem.. So i gues it depends what your guest list mainly consists of
