Venue Guest Max

Good luck! I hope you didn't do plus ones for all single guests. That may help you if you didn't!

We had a 45% no rate (a lot of long distance family and true unnamed plus ones for every guest not in a relationship) so maybe you’ll be okay. I’ll skip the lecture since everyone else already gave you one and your STDs and deposit are in.

The capacity restrictions are generally to ensure the safety and comfort of the individuals using a space. It is wonderful you have so many friends and loved ones that you would like to celebrate with! Is there any way that you and your partner could host a smaller, informal celebration with some of the people on your guest list? Or does your venue have additional space that you may be able to use to expand your party? Additionally, as mentioned before, hosting a standing reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres can often accommodate more bodies than a banquet dinner. Best of luck!

Why would you invite more people than your venue holds? You either need to cut down your guest list, majorly, or find a new venue.

View Quoted Comment Don’t give them plus ones. When you send the invitations make it clear that only they are invited. Inviting 18 people over your venue’s capacity it’s good but I think you will probably be okay since some people won’t come. But inviting 190 is unacceptable because it could cause some very serious problems, so you need to find a new venue if you are unwilling to cut the guest list.

Were your invites sent out yet? Cut the guest list! I wish that I had told FMIL that the venue only held 120 she went a little overboard with her list & since she is paying for the bar we didn't ask her to cut, our max is 150, but the venue owner said 140 is a good number, we invited 156. Luckily we have already had 8 people tell us they couldn't make it when the STD's went out, but I would be so nervous with your situation. You need to cut that guest list down before you send out invites, hopefully you have not sent all of those people STD's!

Yikes, you need to cut that guest list!! Absolutely eliminate plus ones for single guests. You can not invite that many people that you can’t accomodate.

I wouldn't invite more people then the venue allowed, out of fear more than 150 RSVP. We are inviting 220 and hoping only 150 come (most are traveling at least 1,000 miles) but our venue holds 250.

Yikes! you can't count on the 20% decline rate--it depends on time of year and availability and in my experience it's really unpredictable. we had 180 at ours, which was the top end of what our venue could accommodate, and even though we were within their limits, we know they still struggled a bit with our numbers. (we tipped accordingly.) if i were you i would cut your guest list.

Yikes! What i would do is have a "b" list obviously dont let people know they are on it, but take 40 of the guest and place them on the "b" list and as members rsvp "no" invite them, that the only thing i can think of other then getting a bigger venue or cutting people completely!

Cut the guest list. Don't forget, you need to include your FH and yourself, so that leaves you with 148. Don't overinvite, and for Pete's sake don't B-list as someone else suggested. You can cut "Plus Ones" but not the significant others of people who are being invited.

Cut kids, coworkers, distant friends and relatives you haven't spoken with. Your guest list should have never gotten this big if you knew what your limit was going in.

I've budgeted for 220 guest but I'm inviting 231. I reached out to my event manager to ask her feedback amd she told me not to worry bc she can always configure the room to fit more people. My venue maxes out at 220. Reach out to your venue to get their feedback if you've already sent out you STD's/invitations! Good luck!