Why are you having a intimate wedding?

@ Amanda S your having your wedding on my birthday!

We invited 50 guests and had 45 present. Ceremony was held in a historic chapel and reception was in the private room of an upscale restaurant in downtown. We just wanted to celebrate with our nearest and dearest. We invited immediate family, close friends, and aunts/uncles. Budget didn't sway us in this direction b/c we spent 15k for 45 guests - we really just loved the feel of an intimate wedding.

@Kaegurl beautiful reception!

I am expecting about 40 people for many reasons, budget, we don't have many friends, and his family is out of the picture. It'll be wonderful to only have a few people!

We will have about 75 guests, both FH and I have relatively small families, but I also wanted to have great food and an amazing venture, that meant less people. We are keeping it to our closest friends and our parents aren't inviting friends.

We're having DW and our guest count is 20-30 people (I don't think that many will actually show). FH was married before, and I'm a Introvert. I prefer small intimate gatherings. I always wanted to get married on the beach at twilight. It's something about the midnight sky, sounds of the waves, and warm Caribbean breeze that makes my heart smile.

We are inviting roughly 45 people maybe expecting 25-30 . We are party people so Vegas just fit us. We only wanted the family and friends that meant the most to us at our wedding.

50. We're marrying in a church and having the reception in a private space of a restaurant. I wanted to elope but his family would have a fit. This is the compromise.

We're going to invite around 30, to a 100 capacity chapel, followed by a dinner for immediate family (12 including me and Fh) at an Italian restaurant.

We have quiet lives outside of our hectic with environment (corrections officers) and don't have too many friends. My family is small, his is large but this is his third wedding. I didn't want big because of money and my stress lol. It doesn't have to be flashy, or a social event for me. Makes room for more to go wrong lol

Having a 70 people or less wedding...

1) I don't think that many of my family will come to visit me

2) Budget purposes

3) Although his family lives here in Colorado.. I've been told they don't go to very many events for his particular side of the family.

@mahalobeauty my extended family is like that too until they hear it's a wedding. I am assuming that if the people you think that won't come do show you would be under 70 people still? In my situation most of my family is in OK and I'm in TX. If I opened the door and said anyone could come, then I would be at 200 because they would come from OK to see the wedding. But that would be too many people I don't really know. So in a way it helps you out on budget if they don't come but it's weird they wouldn't come especially if they are in the same state.

We invited 30-35 people, including ourselves. Maybe 25-30 will show up. Very excited to be able to actually talk to everyone at the wedding and have an intimate day with only our nearest and dearest friends and family. No family-guilt invites to relatives we don't even care about or know very well. Also, paying for the entire wedding ourselves without going into debt!

@FutureMrs.R I think so. The 70 is including people that may or may not show. I wouldn't mind if lesser showed because it would mean we could budget in appetizers!

Our guest list is 50 expecting 35-40 guests in attendance. We chose to have a small intimate ceremony for a couple of reasons:

1.) Budget

2.) Intimacy with each other and our guests

3.) We want to share the day with our nearest and dearest not people we barely know.

Venue: Is a chapel in Las Vegas we are doing a DW and most if not all of our guests have to travel plus we didn't invite children.

We are having 50 guest for the simple fact I don't have a lot of family. My DF does but we don't see them. So therefore we didn't want to spend a lot over people that don't see us like that. Smaller wedding equals cutting cost. Anyway since my family is really small I never picture a huge wedding

I was asked by a family member that if money was not a worry would I have a big wedding then? My answer is no because I truly do love the feel of an intimate wedding. I can't justify inviting a lot of people to the wedding that I don't know or haven't talked to in forever.