Let me get some input on what I should do since the wedding is 17 days away and final payment to the venue is 12/06.
My dad has been very vocal on wanting two seats for my great grandparents for the wedding whether they show up or not. I spoke to my grandma and she told me they will not be attending at all. I have confirmed this twice with my grandma that she spoke to my aunts/uncles they(great grandparents) stay at(since they are separated) and was told they wont be coming. My wedding is fairly small with only 45 actual guest showing up from rsvps. I went ahead and invited a friend with her plus one to replace my great grandparent's. Plus I just found out one of my cousins left to my home town in PA and is not attending the wedding.
Currently I have the venue with a head count of 46 guest and owe them $500 on 12/06.
I need help deciding do I...
A. Keep the one extra guest incase my great grandma changes her mind the day of the wedding and wants to come.(which my aunt said she isn't going already).
or
B. Update my head count to 45 and use that difference($110) towards adding one more soda for each guest. The venue charges $2.50 a soda and we currently have one for each guest paid and were planning to pay the difference the day of wedding if guest got more than one.
Money is tight right now with many last minute items so I wouldn't mind doing option B but my dad has no clue the great grandparent's have said no to going and I gave their seats to my friend. My parents paid a good majority of the cost and the final amount is for FH and I to cover so I'm torn.
