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Master October 2020

i knew it was too good to be true...

Mandi, on January 17, 2020 at 2:45 PM Posted in Planning 0 3

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So I dropped my invites off at the post office this morning. And went to type in the date I sent them into my spreadsheet. (I really like spreadsheets.)

My spreadsheet was color coded into 3 categories. Pink, blue, and yellow. Pink for bride guests, blue for grooms guests, and yellow for "we absolutely want to invite these people, but not sure we can squeeze them all in".
After we stuffed and stamped envelopes, we added them up, and were just under our venue limit. We knew we had some declines coming, so we were super comfortable with over inviting 20ish people. And managed to squeeze all of our yellow guests in.Of course this afternoon I realize my spreadsheet formula missed a few lines. Guess we over invited by 45 people. Whoops.I'm sure it will be fine. We did a little over estimation on how many people might add their kids or a date. And we know of 4 kids staying home. 2 cannot. 21 probably won't. We'll be fine. Totally fine.And if not, we rented a second room on the first floor that we wanted to have as a cocktail lounge with bags to get away from the commotion. So I guess we may just have to rent some tables and chairs. And throw some people down there.

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Latest activity by KAREN, on January 20, 2020 at 5:15 PM

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KAREN · on January 17, 2020 at 3:06 PM
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We invited I believe 106 (this includes plus ones and children) and only 80 came. According to my venue, between 10-20% usually decline.

Did you specify on the invites whether or not people would have plus ones and/or children? So, did you write "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" or "The Smith Family." If "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," then it's just the couple, not the kids. They have every right to ask if kids are invited, and you have every right to say yes or no. Same with plus ones. Did you write "Mr. John Smith and Guest" or "Mr. John Smith"? If the latter, then it's just the guest, if the former, the guest and a plus one.

After awhile, we were concerned we'd even meet the minimum (75) but we made it. Also, keep in mind that most (not all) venues don't charge full-price for kids. Mine was half price for kids 4-10 and free for kids 3 and under.
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Master October 2020
Mandi · on January 17, 2020 at 5:02 PM
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Only 4 people got plus ones. This is due to the distance they may travel to get here... I believe only 4 people did not. And that was our widowed grandmothers and 2 of my parent's friends who have zero interest in dating after their divorces. We only invited families if we had met their children. We invited 'The Smiths' because I babysat the Smith kids, we invited Sabrina & Harvey Kinkle because we've only hung out with Sabrina and Harvey and never met their 8 children. A little strange and maybe rude, but it's the way we chose.

Tbh, I'm not too concerned about the cost. We're just under $10.50/pp. That includes a meal and cake.
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KAREN · on January 20, 2020 at 5:15 PM
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As long as it works for you, go for it!
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