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How many of your guests RSVP'd yes?

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MzRosaLu, on May 13, 2015 at 10:04 AM

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For those who are married, or have received all RSVPs already: what percentage of your guest list actually RSVP'd yes? I've seen all these guest list calculator websites but not sure what's the best way to think about these numbers. We guaranteed 90 guests when we booked our venue. Currently we have 100 guests on our draft of the guest list. About 90% of the guests are local, only a few out of towners. I'm wondering if we should add more people to the list to ensure we meet our minimum of 90 guests. If so, how many more? Any thoughts about this?

I'm sure there have been posts like this before, but trying to google (since I'm on mobile) is not giving me the results I'm looking for.

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VIP May 2015
Monana · on May 13, 2015 at 12:39 PM
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Our minimum was 50 guests. We invited 89, and ended up with 57. There were a lot of out of town guests though.

64%
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Finally mrs.jkr · on May 13, 2015 at 12:41 PM
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It really depends. We so far have 100% acceptance. People we thought wouldn't come are coming (we've planned to be able to afford all our guest list, so it was a happy surprise) but my FCIL had a 40% decline rate :/
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Alyssa · on May 13, 2015 at 12:42 PM
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@Allison WOW 31 no shows? I'd be furious... that's a lot of money for nothing
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Marisslee · on May 13, 2015 at 12:43 PM
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Out of 66 invites, we've gotten back 2 No's for a total of 4 guests.
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Original VC · on May 13, 2015 at 12:45 PM
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We've had 80 yes's, 30 no's, waiting on 28, and have about 4 that have RSVP'd verbally but haven't sent anything yet (something like "Yeah I think I'll be there").

It's very specific though - FH's entire family RSVP'd yes, and over half of OOT RSVP'd no.

ETA: I didn't include the percentage - 72% so far
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Expert June 2015
Sonya · on May 13, 2015 at 12:46 PM
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@Allison I would be LIVID! Did they have a valid excuse or give you one for not coming?
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Allison · on May 13, 2015 at 12:49 PM
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Alyssa- yep. it was a pretty shitty thing. I had two people actually text me the day before about the wedding and then didn't show up. No warning.
And still, not one of those people that didn't give a warning have apologized or acknowledged that we wasted money on them.
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Devoted May 2015
Mallory M. · on May 13, 2015 at 12:54 PM
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211/279 have RSVP'd yes, which is like 74%. A big chunk of the no's were my coworkers (who I was pretty sure wouldn't travel from Chicago to Ohio for my wedding) and some of my out of town family (ie my aunt is coming but not her husband & 3 kids because they're still in school).
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Expert May 2015
MG · on May 13, 2015 at 1:43 PM
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114/174 invited said yes, so that is about 66%, The 174 includes everyone's plus ones, so some are coming without plus ones. Also, we have a large amount of people from out of town.
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VIP June 2015
Lawmom · on May 13, 2015 at 2:13 PM
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We invited 195
so far we have 80 accepts
9 declines
106 to hunt down. Sigh
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Devoted June 2015
Soon2BMrsB · on May 13, 2015 at 3:03 PM
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Our RSVP date is this Saturday and we currently are at over 90% yes of our almost 200 person guest list, with only about 6 we are waiting on, we can accommodate all of them, but in terms of tables we were planning for 70-80% and if everyone else says yes we are going to have several more tables than expected
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