Smaller Weddings -- 50 guests

By the end of the weekend, we will have done 10 weddings, six of them under 50 guests. This seems (at least to me) to be a trend, and i think it's great! When I left my wedding this morning, they were having a ball, the dj was cranking and honestly, it was a great party.

Enjoy!

We're smaller. Inviting 80, all will likely show unless there are health problems with some older ones.

Oh and FCIL had all those for her smaller wedding and it was fine, and we partied the night away (she didn't even have a DJ, everyone just danced!)

No do what you want. Make the day memorable for the two of you. It doesn't matter if you have 10 guest or a hundred. I want to dance at my wedding and do the electric slide. I don't care if there isn't one person there doing it with me. Plan your wedding and enjoy it.

We are having about 50 or less. Not because it's trendy but probably because we have no friends LOL. Literally all immediate family and maybe 6 friends tops.

Same here, 50 or less including the wedding party. Good friends and family....I don't want 3rd cousins and co-workers I barely know there. I will have "walking" music and a DJ for the reception.

We're probably having about 50 or less and I plan on having a DJ there. My family brings too much drama with them, so I want a smaller, more intimate wedding.

Ours could be anywhere from 45 to 65. We are able to provide for up to 75.

I didn't want hundreds of acquaintances witnessing something so personal.

We had 45 including the wedding party. We did all the songs and the dance floor was jumping all night long! It was PERFECT. Just the right amount of people for us and for our venue.

We will probably end up with about 50 - including the wedding party. I never wanted a huge wedding and honestly we don't know that many people anyway. We were going back and forth for the longest time about if a dj was worth it with such a small group but decided it's worth not having to stress about doing our own playlists and one less thing to worry about the day of. I say don't stress, enjoy your smaller party, do your entrance songs, and whatever else you want - it's your day!!

We had 42 (we invited 50 total, but some were not able to make it). We wanted small and intimate from the beginning. We only invited immediate family and close friends. DH and I split the guest list 50/50.

We had all the bells and whistles of a larger wedding - just on a smaller scale. We hired a string duo for our ceremony music and a 3-piece jazz band for the reception. The band provided amazing music while our guests ate, drank, and socialized. It really set the mood. It also allowed us to have our grand entrance, first dance, and a father/daughter dance, and during the cake cutting (the band leader/singer acting as MC).

Our guest list, including the wedding party, is at about 40. We're not having a typical reception. We just wanted a nice sit down dinner with family. Still working on the details, but do what you want. It's your day. If the bride and groom get up and dance, so will everyone else.

Total guests =18. We are having a restaurant reception and they have a sound system for ambiance. Our people are not dancers and neither are we. It fit our style.

We struggled in the beginning with the whole "Is this worth it for such a small wedding?" thing. To us, it is totally worth spending a nice evening with the people who mean the most to us.

Keeping me wedding small too. Ours is destination, so we invited 100, and I imagine we will get 40-60 guests. DJ will be on hand for background music and emcee duties

I think it work out perfectly

We're having 63 people and it will definitely be a party. There's not a single person I'm inviting who isn't a dancer, my grandmother included!

At my wedding we planned for 110 people, but only about 60 ish came (including the wedding party). Lots of people danced and it was a great time.

We didn't do an entrace though because of the way our wedding was set up. But I see nothing wrong with doing those traditional weddings things with a smaller wedding. I thought it would be awkward as well, but it wasn't.

We're having a small wedding! I wanted to keep it small because I'm uncomfortable with the idea of getting married in front of a huge audience. We have 58 people on our guest list.

We are having small wedding and im afraid no one will dance . But i still want a dj so we are going to have one and just hope people will dance.

We have a grand total of 16 guests. We're doing a destination wedding, and I'm only hiring the DJ for two hours. We'll do our ceremony, pictures, the DJ will start, we'll do our entrance and "special" dances (first dance, father/daughter, mother/son), have dinner and head back to our resort to party the rest of the night away. I couldn't justify spending $300/ hr when it would have probably just been me and my bridesmaids dancing.

You know your group, do they like to dance? If I had 50 people coming, I'd probably keep the DJ for a few more hours.

This question has rattled around in my head so many times! Including us we've invited 60. I'm think maybe 50-55 after the invites are sent out. I have a far sized hall and a dj and only a few i can think of that will dance. I can't stand current radio music and don't want to hear it all night, so really its going to be a toss up of listening to that or only having 1-2 people dancing.

We invited 57 people and have 51 coming. We expected with the mix of people to have a lot of dancing. We also only have 4 people total in the bridal party and are doing introduction sings.