How many accepted vs. decline for your wedding? Trying to work on guest list! :)

There have def been cases on here of girls that have had a 100% acceptance rate and girls that have really really low acceptance rates. You can never know or guess based on other's experiences!

I would suggest inviting the number of guests you know you can afford and can fit in your venue!

Absolutely don't invite more than 150.. what will you do if they all come? I don't know, there have already been some folks that have surprised me and said they can't come and we haven't sent invites yet. still sending them to those folks though, in case they change their minds, etc.

I def. want to stay as far away from 150 as possible just because we wouldn't b able to handle it if they all came! plus the expense for 150 people would b too much as well. really hoping we get ~30 declines!

I wouldn't count on 30 saying no, because some have much highter acceptance rates. I think it mostly depends on the guest list and location of the wedding. If it is OOT for guests, then there will be more no's. If you are inviting all immediate family and super close friends, there will be fewer no's.

I think it all depends on who you are inviting. We are having a small wedding (70 invited). I'm hoping we end up with 50, but looking at the list it's really difficult to tell who will say no, if any. We are only inviting our closest friends, so I'm guessing 90% at least will show. Now, if I was inviting twice as many and they were just random acquaintances then more would decline, most likely.

Yeah you can't count on people saying no. Especially not 30 as others said it depends on who you invite greatly

(FYI at my first wedding we had 100% acceptance)

We had about 60% acceptance. Most of our guests were from out of state. The ones that RSVP and did not show were from within 30 miles from us. Those who did not RSVP and still showed were the same distance or closer. They apparently think an RSVP is not something you put back in the mail. They must have needed the stamp.

It's so hard to judge. When we set our date, we had 4 people who couldn't come right away - one couple was already in a wedding and my aunt has an event at her work that weekend so she and my uncle aren't coming. My cousin is due really close to my wedding so I am almost positive she and her fiance won't be there, and I will bet her parents won't come either. I just went through my list and I am going to say at least 10 people will probably say no. other than that, I have no idea. I was thinking my cousins in LA and Hawaii wouldn't come but they have already told me they are planning on coming home.

My list is 125 right now and my venue said that is pushing it for a plated meal - they could do more with a buffet but I don't like buffets. I have 12 people on a B list but I am only going to that if several people can't come. And I hate that I have a B lis tbut you just can't invite everyone.

Our venue can hold 140 people, max. Six people have told me they can't make it (on vacation, new baby, etc). So I'm inviting 143 right now. Of those I know a bunch are going to decline. But I don't wanna risk it.

If some regrets come back soon enough there are local people I want to invite

177 YES

117 NO

Waiting on 2.

Holiday weekend/Friday wedding. 95% of guests out of town, 80% of guests out of state.

My biggest surprise decline was my grandfather. At the time he travelled a lot, and I was his first (of four) grandchildren to get married, so I really thought he'd come. Luckily, on the day of I was so busy enjoying who *did* come, I didn't spare a thought for who didn't.

As for our ratio, we had to have 100 meals, so gave everyone a plus one. Our friends are rather geeky (as are we-- hence not getting 100 guests) so almost no one took us up on it, and we only had 70 accept and 60 show.

108 invited // 20 OOT

50 - Yes

17 - No

40 - Calling this week because people are too stupid to RSVP on time.

I'm only expecting about 20 to say Yes, though. I had quite a few back out last minute, which is fine with me. Only invite those you REALLY want there, no "well I'm inviting but hope they don't show up." because more than likely they'll be the ones to show up!

As of right now it's

27-Nos

141-yes

83 still haven't answered

And I've sent messages to them direct through text and Facebook inbox. And still no answer so i could careless if they don't come at all. Lol mostly FH's family and friends and a few family and friends of mine.

@Deborah I have about 50 of those that are too stupid to RSVP!! I've called, texted and fb messaged them all. I left messages stating those that I dont hear from by the end of this week that they will be marked unable to attend.

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Mrs S has 100% acceptance rate at her wedding; we had a bride that I believe had 75ish people accept and then only 20 actually show up. There's so many variables to any given person's RSVP rate.

We were around 60% -- the people that declined were folks we expected to decline, those that came we expected to accept. Past behavior of your guests, how close you are to them and time of year are all probably better predictors (and can still be off) than random folks on the internet.

We currently have 159 "can attends", 27 "cannot attends", still waiting to hear from 4 or 5 people.

Our RSVP date isn't until August 3rd, but we're at a 100% acceptance rate so far. 43/170 have responded and plan to attend.

We invited 171

130 YES

16 NO

Waiting on 25

It's a Holiday weekend and on a Friday.

We invited 155

125 Yes

30 No