Where are all of the intimate wedding brides at (75 guests or less)?

We're planning a smaller wedding! I think we're at 80 invited, but we know they all won't be able to come. We're looking at 50-60. Still too big in my opinion, but it's all family. Only friends are the 4 in the wedding party.

35 guests in a intimate backyard wedding. No bridal party. No bridesmaids/ groomsmen. We have been very fortunate of our family and friends for pitching in and helping us with our special day.

We are inviting 60 people. We are having the ceremony & reception at a local history museum.

We have 5 bridesmaids & 5 groomsmen (no FG or RB). No backlash... everyone thinks a small wedding is a good idea. Seriously, not one person has suggested I expand it, but so many people have said that small=better for all involved.

ETA: Yes, my bridesmaids wanted to throw me a bridal shower, so I am having one.

Yay for small weddings!! :-)

All the RSVPs are in and we are at 70. Everyone we have told our final count loves the smaller number and says how much we will be able to enjoy it vs. it being so overwhelming with a mass of people. I have a very small family and FH isn't overly close to his (so just immediate family was invited). We are having a MOH and BM. No kids in the wedding or invited to the reception. It's going to be awesome!

I'm having around 35 guests! And honestly I prefer it that way. I want something with my family and the smaller it is, the more I will enjoy with them. Is hard to talk to everyone when it's 100 guests or more...

I'm so glad I came upon this thread. I was feeling down about my small guest list until I read everyone's posts. I'm new here. Just got engaged in late February, first wedding for both of us. We are also late first timers. In our 40's. So, half of my family has either passed away, and the other 1/2 have fallen by the wayside, not in my life for years. I literally have about 5 family members to invite, the rest are friends. So, we are planning a 50-60 person guest list, with more than 1/2 of that list coming from my fiancée (I'm not up on the initial thing yet, haha). But everyone who posted made it sound more than ok to have that small guest list, it is actually better! I don't want a bridal shower (but my best friend/maid of honor insists so we will see what happens with that). I don't even want a gift registry, I personally never cared for that, having gone to enough weddings in my life by now to be familiar with that. I do plan on having a couple of good, life-long friends as bridesmaids, my fiancée's Goddaughter as the flower girl, and my best friend/maid of honor's son as a pillow boy. Thanks for the thread and the posts!! I feel much better.

We are having a 30-40 people wedding at Walt Disney World.I am having an MOH (FSIL) and he is having a bestman (my brother). His grandma wants to throw me a bridal shower, but I asked if she did if it could be a joint thing with both of us, like the Jack and Jill. It is both our day and I want to celebrate with him as much as possible.

We have 24 guests, 3 people in the bridal party including our son. Our ceremony is at a small chapel made for intimate weddings and our reception is at a private room at a restaurant. No showers but I am getting together with my mom, aunt, sister and cousins next Friday night for drinks.

We're having a very small wedding - there'll be like 12 of us. We wanted to keep it small and simple for various reasons, however I have recently found out that some of my extended family have invited themselves to the ceremony (there's not much I can do to keep them out as it's a public place). We're not having a bridal party as it feels silly for that amount of people, and the reception is going to be a banquet dinner at a nice restaurant. No shower either as they aren't common here.

We are having a smaller wedding, too! We are getting married where my FH and I live, in Georgia, and all of our guest list, except for a few close coworkers, are out of state. We are sending invites to around 100 people, but we are expecting about 60, if that, due to travel. We are having a small bridal party, and my sister (my MOH) will be throwing me a shower, while my coworker girlfriends will be throwing my bachelorette party. Our ceremony and reception will be here at Lake Lanier in Georgia. We are getting married on a pier on the lake, and then a yacht will pick everyone up from the pier and the reception will be a 4 hour yacht cruise on the lake, to include dinner, dancing, a photo booth, and all of the other fun reception stuff. The capacity on teh yacht is 75, so we will have no more than that. I want my wedding to be just a big celebration, our family and friends coming together and having fun!

We are inviting about 75 all close friends and family. We both have small families and don't feel the need to invite every Tom, Dick, and Harry. We have a wedding party of 8 and I'm having a bachelorette and a shower. I wasn't aware that smaller weddings weren't allowed showers, my MOH is throwing me one, someone call the etiquette police! Our ceremony and reception are outside at Nestleton Waters Inn and it's truly magical. We've had no backlash, everyone loves that it's a smaller wedding and everyone we are close to is invited anyways. Not sure why people would have a problem with a smaller wedding?

My MOH and one of a bridesmaids have all been in each others weddings and now it's my turn, yippee!

We were orginally looking at 200 but less than 75 and that my reception my wedding there will be 5 of us. My family is really into eloping and I got back lash from having a reception at a venue and what not, his family has big weddings and has actually been really happy with out choice. Most everyone is excited though and is happy about of decision.