XOXO

MonkeyLuv Posted: Oct 01, 2004 11:31 AM

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nferrandi Posted: Oct 01, 2004 11:34 AM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

Well the say that 10-20% say no for whatever reason, that percentage may go up if you have a lot of OOT guests. If you can only afford 125, I would invite in the range of 140-150 guests.

DebsNY Posted: Oct 01, 2004 11:35 AM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

i think the 'rule' is that about 15% don't show... you could always invite 125 and then have some on the 'b' list to invite if you get nos...

good luck!

MrsJ Posted: Oct 01, 2004 12:02 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

Have a B list - send invites to all the people you really want. As you get back 'no' RSVPs, you can send out invites to the people on the B list. We should have done this, but didn't...we only wanted 120 max and invited 160...thinking some people would say no...so far, after 3 wks we have 73 yesses and only 3 nos!!

wc0143 Posted: Oct 01, 2004 12:04 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

We invited 143 and ended up with 113.

JimmysBride Posted: Oct 01, 2004 12:16 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

The average decline rate is somewhere between 15% -- 20%

We invited around 220 (possibly more) and wound up with 180 so our decline rate was about 18%.

You should invite more than 125, maybe around 140 - 150.

PrincessConsuela Posted: Oct 01, 2004 12:34 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

Posted by MonkeyLuv

As many as you can afford?

I can really only afford about 125 max. Do I only invite that many? Or do I invite more and hope people don't come.

oh meeeee too....

CaCRmr Posted: Oct 01, 2004 12:38 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

I didn't get 20% of the people not coming. Mine was more like 5%. Be careful when inviting. Don't invite too many more because they might actually COME

BAKBB Posted: Oct 01, 2004 12:47 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

We invited 190 people and I really wanted 150. I have 157, so that's about 18%. I thought everyone was going to come but thank goodness they didn't. I was soooo stressed about this.

And it's true what they say, 50% of the people you thought weren't coming will and 10% of the people you were sure were coming wont.

Lots of luck!

ppwbride Posted: Oct 01, 2004 01:09 PM

Re: How many guests do you invite?

I'm sending out save the dates this week to the exact # of guests I'd like to have. I'm hoping that I'll get an idea of who might or might not be able to come based on responses I get. There's no formal response required to a save the date, but I think if people know they can't make it, they'll let me know before it comes time to send out invites. Then I'll have a better idea of how many additional people I'll be able to invite.