Guest List Help

We had same issue!! I totally get the frustration. I made calls and found a lot of guests were under the assumption we were not taking any precautions. Once I explained everything we are doing and let them know these are also listed on our website should they like to read them, I got “OHH, yes we will be coming. We didn’t realize masks are provided and we would be seated with our own household, etc.” For us some guests were assuming we would not want anyone to wear a mask, but once I explained we encourage it and fully expect masks would be worn, it answered the question they were probably just too embarrassed to ask. Hope this helps!!!! ❤️

View Quoted Comment I know!!! And we even included a list of precautions we are taking to keep the event safe in our FAQ but still people don’t read or make assumptions without actually asking or looking at our wedding website. Very frustrating. At this point I’m not going to push anymore since we have had me, fiancé, his mom and my mom all try to reach out to people via phone and email. I’m just worried about the ones who ASSUMED they did RSVP already and will show up confused why they don’t have a seat. There are a few people who are totally like that which is part of the frustration.

View Quoted Comment Our Invitations were mailed out but our RSVPs were collected online on our wedding website. For those not tech savvy I even included instructions to call me to RSVP if they had difficulty with the e-RSVP site. So mail might not be an excuse. Them accidentally throwing away our invitations MIGHT be a good excuse, but they should call me or shoot me an email if that is the case. Or if they just want to blow off in person events because of covid that is cool. I just wish someone would tell me so I won’t keep thinking people will surprisingly show up without letting us know. We’re trying to plan tables carefully to keep family units together and properly space them apart. Having last minute guests appear with no plan of where to sit them will be problematic more so now with the pandemic than pre-covid because of health/safety concerns.

View Quoted Comment I might take this idea! 😂 Will talk to venue to see if they will allow it. Thank you for the suggestion.

I’ve been dealing with the same situation. I think people are scared because if COVID, which I totally understand, but didn’t want to have to waste thousands of dollars because of non commitment. I worked with my caterer and go a hard date if 2 weeks for a final headcount number. I then texted and emailed everyone explaining my situation and pretty much stated while I understand their hesitation I need an answer by this date or I’m counting as a no.