Guest list

Me and FH just sat down and shot off names and I added them as a note on my phone. Then we called our parents read off the list and added some relatives we’ve forgotten and some older family friends. Wedding wire does have the option to create your list within the app.

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Ahh thank you so much!

You’re going to initially forget some people and add them later.

View Quoted Comment Anytime !!! Good luck !!!!

I had a list of my family and friends and FH had his, then I checked my list with my mom and he checked his with his mom and they added a few people and cut a few others.

We created a list together and inputted guest information on our wedding website

My fh and I sat down and discuss who we wanted to attend our wedding. It is mostly family and some friends.

We added ours as a note in my phone them ttransfer the first info to paperless post where our STDs were sent from there electronically

Guest list Help:

Ok, you and your FH, his parents and yours( together or separately) all need to make the “A LIST”, “B LIST”, & “C LIST”.

“A LIST”= the people you cannot imagine your day without. These commonly include: Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, Aunts & Uncles...

”B LIST”= the people you want there to share the day, but won’t be heartbroken if they aren’t there. These include: Best Friend, Co-workers( close), Cousins/Second Cousins, Neighbors....

”C LIST”= the people that you’d like there if there’s space, and money, to include them. These include: Co-workers/boss, Friends that don’t fall into “A & B”, People you feel obligated to invite....

Once you all have made the lists it’s time to sit down together and look over them.

The names that are on all/several of your lists, like You & Your Parents have Grandma Jane, go into the “A LIST”. Then it is time to look at who has people that you feel matter.

Have a “MASTER LIST” and add the names that are duplicated first, then add the “B LIST” names and so on, until you reach the guest limit/no more names.

Also, you need to figure out if it’s an adults only, 16+ type or are children welcome? Then you need to factor in Plus Ones. And of kids are welcome than you need to add all of the kids who are eating solid food...

Good luck! Hope this helps!

The part of together or separately after parents is that a lot of times it makes sense to have each parent do a list vs them do a combined list.

As with my FH, since we are both older adults( 40 me, 52 him) his mom doesn’t really get that huge a say, but we will take into account some of the people she wants.

FH is a high end lawyer so there will be former clients and other attorneys as well as judges and political people there( sigh! 200+)- But most of those fall into the “C LIST”( at least where I am hoping they do lol!)

I wrote down the family members that I see on a yearly basis or that I am close to. My SO did the same. We then discussed friends together. Plus ones were disturbed for guests 18 and older in serious relationships. We been refining our list since and will continue to do so as we have a few openings. Hopefully by November we have our list finalized... then we can send out our Save the Dates.

We created an Excel file on Google Doc that can be shared among my FH, and his parents since we all live in different states.