How Many No Shows Did You Have?

We ended up having around 15 no shows out of 150. Which a few I understood since there were family emergencies and they at least let us know. However, the other 12 didn't say a word and have yet to say anything. I'm still a little agitated since it was $24 pp for food and $3.50 per seat at the ceremony we still had to pay for.

1 late cancellation the week prior, but valid reason(family emergency).

2 no-shows; one person was sick, which is understandable. Not sure why the other person was a no-show, kind of annoyed by that but whatever.

ETA: this is out of 112 people

8 or 9 didnt show. We had 100 ppl

We had 3 and 2 of those were plus ones. One was for medical reasons and I completely understand. As for the two plus ones, one was a brand new relationship and I think they broke up and the other just couldn't go and my friend didn't think he had to inform me. Future LC, we had wedding crashers too. I thought that stuff only happened in movies.

I had 16 no show of 144 yes rsvp

Only 1 couple. They let us know the morning of. I don't know the exact reason, just something work related (they are on DH's side, and reached out to him).

@Kate, on a similar note to the friend who is dead to you. I had a friend tell me through my whole engagement how excited they were to come to my wedding, then decline to go to a concert (their choice, nothing I can do about it). What really got me though is that she sent me snaps ALL DAY of the concert. Glad you had fun, but maybe I could've been left off the snapchat list for that one.

We had about 8 no shows, out of about 60 something "yeses". 4 were close family and the rest were close friends, so I was pretty upset. I wish they had even just sent a text. But basically a whole table didn't show, and half a family table was empty. Really frustrating, but it's over now

Two no shows (one was ill, one was a flake)

Two show ups (so it evened out)

I feel like that is a really high number, I think most weddings do not have that many "no shows". Our wedding is almost 2 weeks out, but we have had at least 6 cancellations and I am expecting at least 2 maybe 4 more. I also have people last minute asking is they can bring someone, which is fine because I already gave final numbers and I am paying for them anyway. If the 2 more that I expect don't cancel before, I expect that they won't show up. I feel like it is very rude for people to just not show up without an explanation unless it was an emergency. I mean I don't think they realize that we have to pay for them!

We had 6 people not show after they said they were coming.

I had a very disappointing day when it came to guests. We invited 170, about 120 RSVP'd yes, only had about 85 who attended...

We had about 116 rsvp "Yes", I even sent out a facebook reminder 1 week before the event to get any last minute responses from people and had a few "yes" replies from that.

About 50-60 people showed up. That is literally half of our guests saying Yes and then bailing.

I was livid. I still have resentment towards those who didn't show. I understand that sometimes things happen, but we had a few people make up very obvious lies as to why they weren't there. One family said gave us an excuse and I found out they went fishing with friends instead. Even the people that checked "yes" one week before didn't show up.

I'm definitely trying to get over it and say forget those people, but honestly it was like a huge, rude, slap in the face. If I had known half our guests wouldn't show, I would have saved a ton of money. There were literally about 10 empty tables, and seeing those tables so empty on my wedding day broke my heart. It kind of made me realize who really cared though, so there's that I suppose...

This is exactly why I tell people not to invite co-workers or people that are not a part of your daily life. If you do not see yourself close in ten years, take them off the list. Take off friends of family and extended family that you do not really have a relationship with. Take off people that you used to be close with, but really are not any longer...they are past friends. You know.

I would have been devastated to see 10 empty tables. For our wedding, the food and beverage package was $65 per person...that would have been (with 56 no shows) a cost of $3,640 for us. I would have come unglued! I do not blame you, I would have been very angry, hurt and not interested in any excuses.