Hi! I will be having a DW in Montego Bay, Jamaica May 26, 2020. I am a planner and am struggling with decisions as we have a number of items that need to be decided based on total numbers and are having a difficult time with our budgeting until we have a final count. Our package for our venue only includes 20 people so we pay per person over that (we invited 160). We already have an about 40 going and 40 not going guaranteed, but there is still about 80 guest we don't know where they will fall.
We did a wedding preview two weeks ago and our wedding planner referenced our next payment (50% of our budget) it due 5 month's before (Jan 26th) which will be largely based on guest count. She suggested it might be best to have the RSVP date right before. The count can still change until 45 days ahead, but there is no way I can wait to make decision until then. Our location options for reception, cocktail hour and reception depend on the number of people. and again, it is hard to plan decor and other items when we don't know if we are reserving the right spaces. I am happy to be flexible if guest need a bit more time (extended rsvp), but 80 unknown is a lot of question.
DW Brides, please let me know what you have found to have success with?! Is there really too early for DW RSVP? Any insights? Thanks!
