Over Booked Venue Capacity - rsvp Panic (vegas)

I am sure you'll get some declines.

Depends on how much time you have to give them a final number and make a permanent decision. I'm pretty sure as well some people will decline.

And this is why people shouldn't over invite. I would say there is a pretty good chance you'll have four declines, especially if guests have to travel, but you may have 100% of the people say yes. You never know.

Did you already send out invites for your June wedding???

Well, have you sent out invites yet? I hope not for a june wedding - I won't even be sending mine out till the end of this month , so technically you haven't invited anyone yet - unless you send out STDs. If no STDs sent, you can still cut 4 people - or is it 6? Because you need to count you and FH in your count

I would wait it out to see, I would hate to spend that much more for a what if!

This is why you don't over invite. I would think you should be good, but no one on here knows your guest list and can tell you how many will decline. Did you already send your invitations out???

Yes, I sent them out this weekend because we are not doing save the dates and wanted to give people time to plan for travel. Its not like I planned to over invite, my boyfriend said he was going to give a couple of work friends an invite to prevent feelings from being hurt and because they wouldn't be coming because they have to work if he and best man/coworker go (small department). however now they're working it out so they can all go! I was not happy to say the least. my side is all figured out lol.

this is so silly to be so upset over 4 people and of course the venue recommends I upgrade because they make money that way..... omg I hate myself right now lol

You might get declines, or people cancelling last minute from illness, or you may get no shows, or everyone will show up. It's a gamble. I would wait until you have recieved the rsvps back to decide.

How far in advance does your venue need to know if you are going to upgrade? In this case I would wait until the last possible moment so I could see if I absolutely needed to.

I assume all of the people you invited are your nearest and dearest if it's only 40. Do you honestly think you'll get declines? (we got only 2 declines from 97 people invited). You should call the venue now and determine if they even still have the larger room available. Ask what you can do if you have all of your 40 guests actually coming. Will they let you "hold" the room until a specific date? Will they let you put a small deposit down to hold both rooms just in case?

You need to call the venue NOW to determine your options and explain what happened.

Thank you for helping to teach a very valuable lesson to all of WW, you do NOT invite over your venue's capacity.

We had friends who got married in Vegas (we live in MA) and all but 1 person they invited made the trip. I know that isn’t what you want to hear, but with such a small guest list, I’d say it’s likely that the majority of people will do everything they can to attend.

What did you put for your RSVP date? It was way too early to send out your invites, destination or not. I would upgrade because $300 to me is not worth the stress of not being able to fit everyone, especially since they have the location and if it is booked this would mean finding a completely new venue.

$300 is a small price to pay for the error of overinviting. Pay the fee and have peace of mind.

$300 isn't that much for a room upgrade (I'd go with it either way just to have more space because I don't like being crowded into small ballrooms). I'd pay for it and cut the $300 from somewhere else if it's really that big of a cost- literally using an Uberblack or UberSUV instead of renting a limo will make up for that $300.

Good ideas people, I will take into consideration! thank you!

I would upgrade just so that you aren't as crowded even if you are right at 40. $300 isn't that much in the grand scheme of a wedding.

If your venue can only hold 36 people max you definitely need to upgrade. You also need to include yourself and your FH in the head count so there is two more people you need to decline to be able to fit. What about the vendors? You need to have room for them as well.

I went to a wedding last weekend of over 300 people. The bride said only 12 people declined. You really shouldn't count on anyone declining.

Never overbook expecting declines. What if someone between now and then develops a relationship? Then you'll need to invite a SO.

For $300 I'd upgrade. That would 100% be worth the decreased stress for me.

I’ll wait I don’t think everyone will attend.. I think you’ll be okay.