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Joey
WeddingWire Admin May 2015 Maryland

What is your current guest list tally?

Joey, on June 22, 2018 at 08:05 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 31

It is so hard to keep track of your guest list total because it is constantly changing. Which friend just got into a relationship and now wants to bring a date? Which distant relative do your parents suddenly demand be included? Which random coworker has your partner invited now?! There is no way to sugarcoat it - the guest list can be one of the toughest parts of the whole wedding planning process.

What's your current guest list number?

What is your current guest list tally? 1

Photo by Katia Papasoff Photography in Halifax

31 Comments

Latest activity by Feya, on June 27, 2018 at 22:00
  • Feya
    Curious June 2019 Ontario
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    My guest list is 12 for the wedding we're hosting where I live and about 50 for the one where he lives!
    Let's just say we don't make many friends hahaha, we'd much rather spend time with each other than anyone else
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  • Jessie
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    106 including the wedding party but excluding us.

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  • Marcia
    Super August 2018 Manitoba
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    80 including us!

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  • Jocelyn
    Expert August 2018 Ontario
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    Literally: 74 or so and that's
    bridal party
    guests
    dj
    photog
    families
    friends/colleagues....
    combined!
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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Approximately 160-170.

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  • B
    Devoted September 2019 Ontario
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    Almost 150
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  • Courtney
    Super July 2018 Ontario
    Courtney ·
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    We have 80 people including us!

    Our original invite list was 72 people... so some how we ended up with more people!

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  • Megann
    Frequent user September 2018 New Brunswick
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    53 invited, 55 with us. 38 are coming so far.
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  • Jennifer
    Super July 2019 Ontario
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    Our rough guest list is 200. and that's giving everyone a plus a 1 (which we aren't). and about 20 people with question marks by their name. As well my FH's mom and stepdad just split...so some of his family is now not invited. and mom wants to include some of her friends that have been her support. so we are figuring 200 invited. and about 180 will come.
    But we are 1 year and 1 month away from date. so not going to start finalizing the guest list till January.

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    We invited 150. 85 said yes. And 1 person has since said they aren’t coming, but numbers are already in.
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  • Stephanie
    VIP May 2019 Ontario
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    We are keeping around 200! 180 adults and 20 ish kids!

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  • Kay
    Devoted September 2018 Nova Scotia
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    Our total list is 16.... including me and my partner, and our two kids. hah!

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  • Brittany
    British Columbia
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    Our guest list started at 85. Then it jumped to 135... then we cut kids and it went down to 110, then it crept back up to about 120... Now it's currently sitting at 104.

    I think we "cut" a lot of the extended family (groom's family) who would have been our possible 'declined' RSVPs (out of town, not close enough to the groom)... my mom added some extended family... but agreed to bump up the budget to accommodate them... so I'm still on budget.

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  • Marie-Claire
    Devoted August 2018 Quebec
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    We initially invited 122 people, hoping for about 90 to come (the list included many cousins that we barely ever see, and that we didn't expect to say yes - so far, no surprise there). Then we added 8 more people, so we had 130.

    So far, we've had 67 say yes, and of the 49 that haven't answered yet, I only expect about half to come, which brings us pretty close to our goal of 90.

    There are just 12 days left before the deadline we gave, so I hope most people do answer by then.

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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Just over 100 guests. So I'm thinking about 80-ish people will attend, which is exactly what we want Smiley smile

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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    I have 165 guests (including us), originally had planned for 130 lol. My venue can accommodate 200 people but I hope it stays where it is!

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  • R
    Newbie July 2018 Alberta
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    I am a mixed person, therefore we have a ton of Polish-Ukrainians on one side and a few Carribeans on the other. My fiance' is from Australia so he only has a handful of people coming up to Canada. Still altogether with friends too, we have 275 invited, 150 confirmed so far, but today is the final RSVP date so I'm hoping that we're close to final numbers here. Smiley smile

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  • Sara
    Curious August 2018 Alberta
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    We invited 210 (Big families) and so far 158 (50 of those are kids 45 under age 6) have RSVP'd. It keeps changing its frustrating. Wedding in 44 days.

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  • Helen
    Frequent user September 2018 British Columbia
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    48 us included. One week to rsvp deadline and we have 15. I expect 40 tbh which is a far cry from my dream of 2, but close to what he wanted so it'll be a fun time.
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  • Ashleigh
    Devoted August 2018 Ontario
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    We have 85 confirmed, plus 5 kids. We invited 105.
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  • K
    Expert September 2018 British Columbia
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    We're a small wedding - 40 guests and only one regret so far, with only two of the people we are waiting to hear from probably a no.

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  • Erin
    Master September 2017 Ontario
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    We had a total of 77 people at our wedding including us. We had invited between 80-90.

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  • Clarissa
    Expert October 2018 Saskatchewan
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    Well we have 48 confirmed as of right now and hopefully no more than 200 when the day comes (that’s all our room holds). But we are expecting around 150-175 people
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  • Candice
    Curious October 2018 Alberta
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    We were hoping to have max 120 but with all the extra "must invites" we invited 146 so far we have 6 cancel - but we still have over half not respond so Im wondering if they will come or not. We did send out invites early as we still have 124 days to go. So we will see!

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  • Breanne
    Expert August 2018 Ontario
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    Our end goal was 120 but we invited a little over at 132 knowing a few would likely not come (I think they say they ratio is around 30%). Well right now we are sitting at only 3 "can't make its" so potentially 129 Smiley amazing . We still have a month left for RSVPs but honestly hoping some people start declining lol. We're prepared to pay either way but hoping we get closer to our number

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  • Leanne
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    If everyone from this point on RSVPs yes then we will have 170

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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    Our wedding is currently at 229 but our list is not finished yet... We have a set number for 250 but I would be more than happy if there was closer to 200 (money wise and all).

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  • Leah
    VIP April 2019 British Columbia
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    Currently 70 but we’re hoping the final number will be 50.

    I’ve been listening to the Bridechilla podcasts and think I’m going to make some big cuts in the upcoming weeks.
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  • Sara
    Devoted October 2018 Ontario
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    We're at 61 (including us). Hopefully it goes down a bit so that I can invite other people last minute Smiley laugh

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  • Andie
    Expert May 2019 Ontario
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    Ours is 99 people rn but I think with some recent drama it will be going down! Hooray less money!
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  • Sheilah
    Frequent user August 2019 Ontario
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    29 people including us.
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