Final Numbers Submitted to Venue

Still have two weeks until the RSVP deadline. So far we are at 19 declines, 80 attending, and 82 pending.

Hopefully we get another 20+ declines! I know that sounds awful, but ideally we would have around 125 people there max.

Way to go! Still a bit before we get our final numbers, but hope to be as organized as you!

I love the spreadsheets. I'm much more of a list girl but I can rock Excel when necessary. Congrats on checking one more thing off the list. We have a final count of 44 guests including the wedding party but I have a feeling one couple will back out without telling us.

I hear you! We had a minimum of 120 & honestly we didn't think that we were going to hit it. 20 declines add up fast, it's only like 10x couples (or even less if it's families). Good luck!

Thanks! I am super organized - it is both my best & worst trait haha! It will be here before you know it!

So exciting! I sent final numbers earlier this week and received my final contract today. The venue requests a count of each guests food choice based on table. They sent me forms to hand write for each table. I sent them back an excel pivot table of the data. they were definitely shook! Working in finance is a blessing occasionally.

This exactly. I sent the venue count of every table, table number, about of guests per table number, meal choices per each table, and then a pivot table that highlights everything. I called the DOC after submission and she was like um, yeah you are really detailed - ha! To be fair, my DOC (she is w/ the venue) told me that I was one of the first brides that could understand their pricing structure. She was like usually I have to explain it to everyone, but you knew it from the pdf.

The only thing that annoys me is their son is our caterer he had to RSVP (long story involving people who don't understand how to properly keep brides from losing their minds and an ill-conceived surprise visit) for them so now he's feeling guilty if they don't come.

After almost 18 months of planning, I remember how excited (and a little anxious) daughter was when she submitted the final count, meal orders, and table set-ups (# of guests at each of the 13 guest tables), 8 days before the wedding.... I think we both breathed a huge sigh of relief but also felt a little weird that we were finally at that point. However, that final week before the wedding was 100% AWESOME; pretty much everything was DONE and we could just enjoy time with guests as they started arriving into town and watching all those months of planning come to fruition. Congrats! Have a great last couple weeks!

Thank you! I am actually enjoying the last few weeks (but yes, I was a bit nervous when I hit the send button) but I know it's correct. I can't really explain how I'm feeling lately, bc I have been so peaceful. Don't get me wrong, there are still things that I have to do (they are small things) & I am finalizing some details with our vendors. But I have the greatest feeling lately. The only way that I can describe it is when you super prepare for an exam and you know the material forwards & backwards you just feel confident that it's going to be great.