too many people coming!!!

Ahhh! That's what I'm afraid of! Fingers are crossed for you!!

Good news is.. even though they say yes some wont come.. lol

Oh this makes me so nervous!!!

Tabatha i am praying this is the case, 16 people 16people...i love you but don't come!

One thing to keep in mind is the people who want to come will RSVP first. The stragglers are usually the no's.

Oh no! But Tabatha is right, some will be no shows.

I am in the same boat! Praying for only 150! LOL!

I budgeted for 50 but when all was said and done we invited 69 so seriously over! So far I have had 19 yes and 8 no. Even if we go over 50 DH said he will pay for the extra because he wants me to enjoy having all our friends and family there. So sweet!

Hang in there, I'll bet you get close to that magic number when all is said and done!

Awww. i have the same fear. at first my FH said none of his family would come because they are all out of state except for his parents. and then i find out his mom reserved 50 hotel rooms and im like WAIT A MINUTE! WHAT?! which my family alone will be between 100-125 and i know some wont come because they live in germany, so i paid for catering only 125....but 50 more on his side omg. ima freak out when i get my final number. gonna have to find extra money somewhere to pay for ours. :/

LOL

I'm not inviting more than what I want inside my venue. I asked FMIL to send me a list of people I needed to invite, and she did, and that was it. She doesn't get to add, I'm not sending out more. That's it. They're awesome though (minus his dad over the taco buffet) and I know they know how to not invite everyone.

I see this happen all the time, and you'll be fine, people will RSVP that won't come. You should be good.

We had set a guest list number at 100 and slowly reached 130. Depending on the RSPV's I am planning on a final head count of 120. The venue prepares for an unexpected 5%. Hopefully this will cover any no shows if it turns out that everyone RSVP's yes, and will cover any extra that come last minute.

I always thought that you should invite a little over the amount that you actually want because not everyone will come. The good thing for us is that our parents are not inviting anyone - it will be just friends/family of me and FH so we should be good. Hopefully......

I told my parents, names and addresses are needed now, its in April, and thats final thats all. Im not doing all this well I want more. Im paying. Mom wants me to invite all dads coworkers (we work together ) and not hers and I dont know that I even want that many, We havent set a head count, an estimate is 125 but were not stuck to it. The venue fits 180 and we could never have that.....

Good luck though!! Itll work out!

O no. I could never overinvite capacity numbers! We want around 100 and have about 130 total on the list. Who knows how many we will get in the end! Good luck!

I wouldn't count on no-shows to fix the problem for you.....our show rate was 100%. One no-show, one extra.

You have a lot of time though, so it's likely some people's plans may change and they may have to decline after all.

Hope it works out. Good luck~

My FMIL has substitued the "no's" even though we were grossly over invited (not b/c of space but b/c of budget)...I'm hoping for a couple no's on my side to make up for the substitutions.

ps we didn't have a B list.

Its true that some people will say yes and then not show up. At my sister's wedding she sent out 100 invites. She got back 89 yes, and 11 no. With 89 invitations, her guest list sat at around 150 people. 45 showed up. There were even a few who texted her on the morning of and said "we are on our way" and never showed up. So, just because they say yes doesnt necessarily mean they will show. Ill pray that 16 of them dont!

I invited 165 (even though I didnt want over 150) and I have budgeted for 130. I dont know if its true or not but i think all the people that will come will RSVP and the scragglers will be the no's.

We had a lot of rsvp's from people that knew they could come first, and almost everyone I've had to actually hunt down after our rsvp deadline has been either a no or a "probably not." So I'd wait until you get closer to whatever date you asked for responses before panicking!