150 people on my guest list how many will actually RSVP?

Average yes RSVP is 20-30 %. Yours may be more since there isn't people traveling far. I have heard n an A & B list and I'm not fond of it. I would hate to be invited to a wedding and find out that I was a B list invite. We are just inviting everyone we want there. Have you thought of having no kids to cut your list?

Oops I meant average NO RSVP is 20-30%.

Id say about 125-135

Hey Jennifer,

I was recently married a month a go and invited about 140 people, 113 rsvp'd however, only about 100 showed. Honestly if I were to do it over I'd take about 5 off the rsvp list! All my friends I've spoke to had the same occur at their weddings. Having a "B" list isn't a good idea. If your guests find out their feelings will be hurt and that will cause additional drama! Hope this helps

Also consider what time of year your wedding is...if it is during school months, parents with kiddos may be busy doing kiddo stuff (soccer games, homework, etc) esp if they live farther away. I've heard that on average 20-30% of those invited don't come as well.

We invited 174 and so far we have 114 coming with 6 pending.....but most of our no's were out of towners......If they are all local, you could have a good response percentage

I have an A, B, and C list. I found it easier to put family in the A list, friends/coworkers/other adults in the B list, and children in the C list.

Ths is causing me major drama as well...we have 153 on the guest list....TOOOO many ....and I dunno who to BEGIN to cut but somebody's gotta go , lol

I know that sounds horrible. But I would really be happy if I could get it down to 125-130.

My fiance alone has 67 family members coming....so.....lol

I dont know if this will help but my friend had a mary kay party at her house. she invited 30, 15 rsvpd and only 5 actually showed up!! she was livid!

Yea after finding out about the A and B list Im not a fan of it either,

I've been trying to cut down our list but is hard to do!

I mean there is family members on his side that we NEVER see or talk to

so is it really necessary to invite those types of people?

I would like to invite the people that we are close with and actually talk to.

Im hoping that out of 150 only 125 will show up

We are allowed 170 guests in the hall that I have reserved, with this 20%-30% not coming should I send 200 invitations and hope that only 170 show?

I think you should only ever invite how many the ceremony and/or reception venue can hold (or however many you can afford)!!! The last thing you want is to have to be in an awkward situation where you'd have to uninvite people who have already RSVPed and/or change your venues because of lack of space. Plan on everyone attending, and then as you receive NO rsvps, you can always invite B list people.

I sent out everyone's invitation all in one shot, by far the best decision on my part. I'm sure there are people who know that they would be/might be invited so are prepared to do so if it comes to that. For example: friends parents I'm super close to, bosses, coworkers, don't expect to be invited due to knowing our budget limitations etc. I am so glad I sent out our 150 in one shot. I highly advise doing so, and no ones feelings will be hurt in the interim.