Is 50-55 guest way too small??

I had about that and it was beautiful outside ceremony and the reception was even smaller i didnt mind at all less to clean up and i got to take a lot of food home lol as as small as my wedding was i still didnt get a chance to greet all my guest some left before i could but with only 50ppl i can remember seeing each and every face there.

I'm not having a small wedding. nor attended a wedding that small but I think if the music is happening and the guest are having fun and you and your FH are having FUN then it will be fine!

That's even better because you have a better chance of being able to talk to all of your guests!

No that is a great size! We are having 30 but ours is a destination wedding.

We had 45 including me and hubby. It was just the right size for us - the DJ kept everybody dancing, and everyone (family and friends) had a great time and still talk about it!

We invited 80. About 60 ppl showed up. It was the perfect size, for us. Everyone had a great time!

My wedding is even smaller 37 confirmed guest, although we do have an open invite to our church family for the wedding only, so for the ceremony there may be just a few more.

I think mine takes the cake! No pun.

I am having 11 people total.

We are having our wedding at a covered bridge in Maine and are staying at a vacation rental home. We wanted it to be just people who are truly close to us. I think it gives us a great opportunity to just be able to focus on him and I. Which I think couples sometimes don't get to have with really large parties.

It will still be a great time, it's people you love and love you, they'll be happy to be there.

Ana, we invited 99 and 75 are coming. I initially had the same concerns as you that people would be bored or that this would be "too small" but from everything I've heard from other brides, you will be happy on your wedding day that the guest list is not bigger because you will have more time to mingle with the guests that are there. I always imagined myself having a big wedding with lots of people but now that we're getting closer to the date, I've realized that it will mean a lot more to us to have a "smaller" group of people (even though 50-75 people really isn't small!) rather than 100-200 people we wouldn't even remember being there! It will be more intimate that way!

We had an end of summer BBQ last weekend that went from 2pm-7pm. There were between 30-40 people there, friends and family. I don't think I talked to anyone for longer than 10 minutes the whole day, and I was always looking for FH who was off talking to people as well!!!! As we were cleaning up I said to FH "what the heck are we going to do on our wedding day with 100 people to say hello to and entertain? We'll never have a moment alone!!!" As the other ladies here said, as long as you have a great DJ and are having the time of your life...so will your guests, no matter how many are there!

Thank you ladies, I feel much better after reading the comments...Im sure we will have an awesome time!!

I think the smaller the better! That's the best way to cut down on your budget. I wish we could cut our guestlist to that little but unfortunately I have a big family so we'll see.

Yes, and it was a similar situation to yours (about 80 invited, 50-something showed up). It was one of the best weddings I've ever attended! It was not crowded, I got face time with the bride and groom and all the other guests, I could dance without being stepped on, and they were able to upgrade the food and bar because they had fewer guests (from delicious chicken breasts to filet mignon with shrimp and scallops). Don't worry at all! But as a girl who's been there, let your single friends bring dates if your budget can handle that .

Right now we are at 56 confirmed and with vendors included - we may be topping out at 61.

I'm loving it! I'll have a little more time with my guests and I think I'll really like the intimate feel...that and I have a DJ who will get people dancing at 2:00 pm!

Yay - Can't wait!

I only wanted 25....but had to send out 60 invitation....so far we are up to 20...hope and pray that it stays that way.....I think small is a great to be able to mingle....

We had just around 50 and it was.perfect! Enough people that already knew either and enough people to meet. We didn't have dancing though, just a photo both, everyone still enjoyed themselves!

We've invite 115, we're at 73 confirmed. We're expecting between 85-90 based on who's left and what we know their answers to be.....

Well right now we are at 11 confirmed with a real good possibility of 3 more. However we are also being told that there is a chance of about 5 or more of the guys from FH's motorcycle club that might be crashing the wedding. Which means they will be riding cross country just to attend the wedding and we won't know this until this happens. But I'm like,,,,, yeah right these guys are going to ride their bikes 3100 miles cross country at the end of October, thru who knows what kind of weather to attend a wedding and then ride back again? I know bikers are nuts, but even that's ridiculous. So I'm thinking more along lines of 13 or 14.

I'm not a shy person by any means, but the thought of having to be a host at party for 100 or more people gives me an instant headache. 30, 35 people TOPS is what we are looking at and I am very happy with that number.

It is my firm belief that if you are friends with/related to the right people, you can have a ball with just 10 people