Hi Everyone!
I am having trouble with a guest list. Basically we are capping the wedding at 100, so each side has 50, both of us have about 50% out of city guests, and I have about 10 out of state guests and 4 out of country guests, so we both think if we invite 55 each, we would be fine there. Our venue is private property so I am not worried about capacity, and it's early enough we can readjust with food ordering and tables. With my side, I see 47 max showing up.
My dilemma is that I have my list of 55, but he just gave me the list his mom made with 76 people, he said he's going to let her know and maybe they can rework the list to get it below 65 (which I can deal with and am happy to accept). The issue is that my family is set on paying for the wedding, and while we could stretch to 120 on site, we've already crunched numbers and set a budget for 100. He said that his family would be happy to kick in the extra amount for food and stuff, but I feel like the money isn't the issue, I feel like it's a boundary issue and I really don't want that big of a wedding- even if it only is 20-30 extra people.
The extra would likely be $40/person for food, we'd have to buy extra wine (maybe $300 total?), and the tables aren't an issue since we have a company providing an all inclusive rate that would allow us to go up to 150.
Any advice? Thanks!
