Should our guest list include kids?

Talk with your venue. ours said that kids under 5 didn't "count" as people for final numbers, and that they'd just leave extra room at tables (seating 8 vs 10 per table etc)

We had a family friendly wedding. When it came down to the rentals and the food anybody who needed a chair counted towards the rentals, same for the security guards that were required for every 50 people. For food they offered a kids price but only if you had 10 or more kids ordering that. And the kids meal was really small so we ended up not wanting it for most of the kids because they were older. As for the invitations you always need to be clear about who is being invited, the bottom of ours we wrote children are welcome and we had every single name, even the babies, listed on the inside envelope. You need to count all of them in your guest count, but do check with the vendors for food. We decided to go with the chair for all of the babies, because even if they were in a carrier you wouldn't want the carrier on the floor. And if they're old enough to sit up it's much nicer for the parent to not have the baby on her lap

Well we are only planning on having food for 150 the venue holds 200 but we also are going to have like apps and things around so i was thinking maybe the kids thing wouldnt really count towards dinner

I would also say talk with your venue. We are having kids at our wedding and we need to give numbers for anyone who will be eating and using a seat. Our venue has also offered two different kids meal prices (one for really younger kids and one for older kids so the meal isn't such a small portion). You want to make sure you have enough food.

We counted everyone regardless of age for our final venue count. The only time age mattered was with our caterer. They charged less if the child was under 18 and the kid was free if they were under the age of 5. Your caterer and venue need to know how many total people (adults AND children) will be there so there are enough chairs and food for everyone.

Our kid number and our adult number are 2 different things (at different prices and different food being served-one is buffet the other is plated kids meals). Check with your venue...I needed to count everything including how many high chairs we needed.

We are having kids at our wedding. They will be seated at a separate table with kid friendly activities. They will also have a kid friendly menu (finger foods) at a discounted rate. Their parents will be seated at a table adjacent to the kid table. We included the kids in our guest count. Under two is no charge.

We minimised the ammount of kids invited because the venue told us that kids under 3 didnt count against us, and most of the children in our life are between 4 and 12. There are 30 children in our life, so we limmited it to family children which knocked it in half.

We counted them, but separately. We had a different cheaper meal for them, but we had to include them for catering and seating.