I've heard from several married couples to expect 75% of your invitees to actually show up. What percentage would you say? Or better yet... how many people did you invite to YOUR wedding vs. how many people actually showed up?
(Me and my finance' are planning for a 100 person wedding but don't want any empty chairs and we SURE don't want too many people.)
2006-06-20 10:14:36 · 11 answers · asked by Elliott 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I've always heard to invite 10% more people than a reception site will actually hold. This is because on average 80-90% of people will make it, and the other won't. Then, after you get RSVP's, you can invite more people verbally if you still have room left over. Of course you'd have to apologize for the short notice, but most people will understand... especially if they knew they were on the "fringe" (i.e. people at the office, distant cousins) and you were on a budget in the first place. (So they'll know that you *wanted* to invite them before, but it was just financial limitation.)
But anyway, I say go by that old rule. Invite 10% more than the place will hold. Or, if you think you'll have a high amount that won't be able to come... invite 15-20% more. But that's really up to your own discretion.
2006-06-20 10:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by Holly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest wait till the RSVP's come back. But only a small percentage does not show up to a wedding. You must figure you have family from both your sides, friends etc. Once the RSVP's come back then you have an exact count of who is coming and then for the ones that said they are unable to attend then remove the chairs and no big deal. Just calm down and relax things will work just fine it will come together nicely
2006-06-21 04:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by cici 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should count on 100% of invited guests attending, regardless if they send back the response card or not.
Sit down, decide what your budget can do and invite that number of guests. Some people may come to the wedding and not the reception, and vice versa.
2006-06-21 09:17:38 · answer #3 · answered by worldglobetrottergirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can figure that at least 10% of the guests you invite won't show - we invited 150 people to our wedding and about 15 couldn't come that day, which worked out just fine!! :)
2006-06-21 00:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We invited 110 people. 83 showed up. Not bad. I don't agree with Freddie...he said to plan around everyone else's schedules if you want 100 percent attendance. That's baloney. Your wedding, you pick the date. Either they can come or they can't.
2006-06-20 15:36:29 · answer #5 · answered by americandream1 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My brother invited 200 and abt 175 showed up. People that RSVP don't necessarily come at the last minute.
2006-06-21 12:58:13 · answer #6 · answered by daisy519 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can acheive 100% attendance if you plan your wedding around everyone else's schedule. But tell me - do you really want to do that? There will always be someone who may have to miss the wedding at the last minute because of some sort of emergency. But good luck!
2006-06-20 10:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by dmspartan2000 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm interested to know more about this too
2016-09-19 05:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we had about 90% show up.
2006-06-27 08:34:33 · answer #9 · answered by Samba Queen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use RSVP cards then you know how much to set up and plan for.
2006-06-20 12:06:16 · answer #10 · answered by Frogger454 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋