Risky Subject: Over-inviting!

Our venue can hold up to 200 but budget wise and who we thought we wanted there, we decided on about 45. We are now up to 50 but we can still afford it and are expecting all of those guests. I guess we sort of over invited by what we originally wanted. Out of the 50 we have invited, we expect probably around 45 to actually show up.

I think over inviting by 7 when you have a guest list of 125 max, is not really over-inviting. You'll be alright.

We over invited. Invited 325, venue holds 300. We have 241 yes's so we had plenty of declines and we knew this from the start.

Originally only wanted to invite 120 people but my fiance kept inviting more people. So we over invited by 10. I only have 1 decline back so we will see what happens.

I think you'll be okay!

We invited 146- and will have 108 at the wedding. I thought for sure only like 10 would decline. I was way off!

We are over inviting by about 30 people. BUT they all live in Australia (family) and I already know which of my Australian relatives are coming and which aren't. Most of those are just getting courtesy invites because they are family.

It really depends on who you're inviting. Almost all of our guests were not local, so we expected a higher decline rate. We didn't over-invite, though.

If you had all local and a smaller wedding then the chances of having 100% acceptance is much higher.

If everyone came, you'd have 7 tables that were squishy. it's not ideal, but chances are not everyone will come out of over 100 people.

Yeah I dont think its big deal. We did because we knew some people wouldnt be able to make it. We are 2 people over our original number but no huge deal.

Believe it or not, having a "B" list of invited guests seems to be a trend on the rise. Just double check with your venue on capacity restrictions in case you do hit that magic number. The last thing you want is to turn guests away due to fire laws.

We over invited and our planner is super nervous! She doesn't want to cram 10 people to a table and neither do I. If we do that she says I probably won't be able to have chargers as decor which I am looking forward to.

We invited 204 altogether. Biggest mistake ever. We only have 10 declines so far. We are hoping for 160. I shouldn't have done that, but my dad kept adding ppl.

We over invited!! A lot of them were on my fiance's side and his mother said that most probably wouldn't come due to being out of state or some of his elders because they won't drive..but she still wanted to send them an invite. I was worried at first but we have already had a few people decline so I think we will be fine.

We over invited by 20 we have 22 declines. 7 will be fine

Our venue was able to hold 100, and we invited 110, but we knew that some of those wouldn't be able to make it, but would have had hurt feelings if they weren't, at least, invited!!

We are over inviting by about 20, but we sent out save the dates to all our close friends and family well in advance so we have a pretty good idea of who can and cannot come based on what we have heard from guests. I expect out of our 210 invites we'll end up with around 130-140 people, which is perfect (our venue can hold 190. It can be pushed to 200, but I wouldn't want to do that). I'm sure there will be a few people who end up figuring out a way to make it, but I suspect others who think they can come won't be able to so I'm not worried.

Our venue can hold 300 people. We're probably going to invite around 260 people and are hoping that only 210-230 show up.

We over-invited halfway. We invited more than we really wanted to, but our venue will hold them. I'm hoping for some more declines!

You over invited by 7? That's child's play. I over invited by hmmmm 55? I think. We told them we wanted 130. I had a guest list of 185 - i was going to cut 50 but my mom insisted I invite them all and she'd cover what was over budget. Our venue holds 250 so it's not like a fire hazard or anything. More like a wallet hazard.

Our ceremony venue (small chapel) holds a max of 100 incl photogpraher, officiant etc. Our reception is a min spend of 100. We have 119 on the guest list and 7 definitely not coming so that is 112 total. Its the ceremony venue that makes it complicated but its our dream place so we are hoping the numbers work out okay - but I am nervous about it.

I unfortunately over invited by about 30 people! I know, sounds crazy, but it was mostly my FH's side. I knew that people wouldn't come based on distance and circumstances, but after I sent the invites it was the thing that worried me the most. The funny thing is that the people who I expected not to come are coming and people who I expected to come aren't coming. We wanted a 100 people wedding, we invited 131, we have a final number of 94 including us. It was risky, but it worked out.

We over-invited by...80? Lool. It's an international and domesti. DW for a lot of people who've already told us they can't come or people my Mom insists on inviting but we know won't actualy show. And when I say over invite by 80, I mean our idea was to have around 100 guesyts, although the ballroom can fit up to 150, so really only by 30 lol.