wedding invites

I think its on average around 80%?

200 people?? holy!!!

We had about 90% of people say yes.. we also said no kids but this was because our venue was a bar (the bathhouse) and more of an evening thing than day time so we didn't feel it was suitable for kiddies..

We invited 120 and 98 came, 100 had said yes, but Ana and Peter didn't come. We also didn't invite kids, and no cousins/aunts/uncles other than the ones we see and like. no "partners" for the terminally single. Had a massive lunch at the pub the next day to share with those we couldn't stretch to invite.

I think ours was only around 70% but it's hard to remember - especially since Mum & Dad footed the bill Also it may be lower since we married in Palmy so some family had to travel from Auckland etc, whereas not all friends will travel that far. I think we got a good turnout to our reception actually. It was hard to organise cause we had about 80 extended family and only 120 seats! And some friends would be preferable over family lol!

We did invite children but not many, my parents had quite a few under 12 still. We did a big list and went through with priorities: A = family B = close friends C = lowest priority. Then we added up the A's and B's and that was still too many, so all the C's weren't invited (and we had to re-prioritise the B's). It was the easiest way for us.

The wedding mags recommend you allow for a 90% turnout, we had about 92% (yes I'm a geek and worked it out), and that included people travelling from all over incl Aussie. We did the no kids thing as most of our friends said 'um OK would rather not have my kids there as I can have a night out by myself!' so it was settled.

We did the 6-month thing too, and if any single friends didn't have a partner 6mos out from the wedding but got one closer to the time, it was tough luck. We had 3 people not turn up - 2 had a good reason, 1 just 'didn't feel like it' (DH's cousin who was just an obligatory invite anyway) so DH's aunty brought a guy she'd been on 1 date with! Rrr in-laws. Can't live with them, and it's illegal to bump them off!

wow we were really bad then..ours was strictly close family and a couple of very close friends... had 42 there in the end (due to venue being very small) and it was great..if we invited the whole family on both sides it would have been about 120 and I didn't want such a big wedding..jut an intimate gathering..and I loved it:) 100% turnout;) though a little different when it;s your closest family !

We invited 140 and 135 turned up. More than 5 had refused but there is an offset also for those who can't make it and the random people who manage to get a last minute invite.

We had no kids, and only put '& partner' if the person wouldn't know a lot of people at the wedding.

Also that 140 was for the ceremony and the meal. We also had evening invites for the dancing and nibbles later in the night.
This is common in Ireland and means that extended cousins and friends/acquaintances get included in this.

Lol, definately ask Fleury - I've fallen off the wedding planning track and still am at the "maybe we should just elope" stage again. lol.

I think convention centre would be a great place to get married really is you need to cater for that many.

We are forever re-thinking numbers etc, really by the time it happens, most of my nieces and nephews will be in their mid teens so won't be too bad.

I think the biggest thing for me now, is that ih aven't seen or heard from one of my bridesmaids that lives in palmy for at least 10 months, lol, am wondering if by the time we get married she'll actually be the right one for the job.

Go for as many or as little amount of people as you want. I think the barbeque the next day idea sounds all good too.

We had so many people to invite, so we had to do a lot of thinking about who was actually going to be involved with us and our marriage/lives! Didn't end up inviting some family that I haven't actually even seen since I was a baby anyway. We invited about 120 people and had 100 people there at the reception... there were more at the actual wedding, as we invited heaps of people to that and only closer family and friends to the reception.

Janine if she hasn't contacted you in that long I wouldn't be giving her an honoured role like that.