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How To Make a Guest List in 5 steps

Emilie, on October 14, 2016 at 07:27 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 2

Hi future newlyweds Smiley heart

Making a guest list is one of the first important steps to decide in your wedding planning and can be a quite difficult task... here's something to help Smiley winking

1. Set your style and budget

Do you want a big and extravagant wedding?

Or do you prefer to have an intimate wedding with close family and friends?

Look at different wedding venues and ask for quotes to have an approximate idea of the number of guests you can invite: Wedding Venues

Big or intimate wedding?

2. Most important guests

Write down your close family members and best friends.

What important circle of friends and family do you have around you? Who are the people you absolutely want to come?

Do you have an important group of friends from High School?

Are you really close to people in your hockey team?

You can for instance divide your guest list into your important circle of friends like this:

How To Make a Guest List

3. How many people are you at now?

Is that too many people? Or not enough?

If you can still invite more.... include everyone you can think of you would want there on your special day!

Here are more ideas to think about:

Are you inviting co-workers to your wedding?

Will you allow your guests to bring a +1?

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4. Make room for your parents

If your parents are helping you pay for the wedding, ask them if there are friends or family members they would like to have present at your wedding.

And what about the rest of your family? Did you already include distant family members?

Make room for your parents' list

5. Cut down

In the end as much as you want your guests to have a great time and see everyone... This day is your big day!!

And cutting down your guest can be a quite difficult thing to do...

Here are a few questions to help you make the right decision:

10 questions to cut down your guest list

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And if the task it's actually always better to laugh about it... Smiley laugh

10 things couples think about when making their guest list

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Did you find these tips helpful? Can't wait to hear your comments!

What was the most difficult in making your guest list?

Create a discussion and we'll be there to help xx

2 Comments

Latest activity by Nelly, on October 17, 2016 at 20:26
  • Nelly
    Expert September 2017 Ontario
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    We just invited family,and very few close friens, no co-workers

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  • Cheryl
    Expert December 2017 British Columbia
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    That was very helpful! My main issue is clashing family members, I didn't invite a lot of mine for the sake of drama starting
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