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Is anyone worried they will have too many people??

My FH and I both have pretty large families (so Ive noticed while we were comming up with our guest list!) and our guest list is ending up to be around 230 people.. NOT counting the bridal party and immediate family. Our reception site holds aprox. 200 guests. They only have 20 tables that fit 10 people each. (besides the head table) I am just soooo worried there isnt going to be room for everyone. I KNOW that not everyone will say yes. But it is a huge fear of mine that there isnt going to be enough room for people.. It makes me think we should of eliminated some people at the beginning. But seriously, I wouldnt have a clue who! So here's hoping for the best!!
But is anyone else worried about this??? On average, how many people usually say no? LOL I dont mean to be rude but..

I have the exact same problem. My fh and I both have huge familes and our reception site only holds 250. Thats including everyone (photog, dj, wedding planner, and ourselves) I eliminated people by only inviting very close family, and friends I've spoken to in the last year or so. That gets rid of a number of people for us. Good Luck!

I'm worried about it. I had thought that my max was going to be 125 people and we're up to all most 200. I know some people won't be able to make it because I have family members who are ill or who are in another country, but I'm still at like 150 even then. We definitely have to make some cuts to the list.

My way of getting around this was cutting out any friends that we haven't seen in 6 months or more since making the guestlist, then taking out any particularly extended family that we aren't close to. I managed to cut it down to about 125 invited, with more around 75-100 attending and to make more space for everyone, i switched from having a banquet reception, to a standing, cocktails style reception instead. I'm still worried that we'll have too many people though!

this is a constant source of worry and argument for us. our hall holds 320 maximum but a more comfortable amount is 280 for there to be ample space to move around. my family is massive and i am really close with all of them. our guest list is 320 right on and we could only invite really really close friends because the family is so big. they say to expect a 10-15% decline rate everywhere i go. i just worry that we are going to be packed into the hall if too many people come. i know what you mean about being worried about it we are the same way.

i feel the same way you do, hoping that every one wont show up?????? on average, a lot of people who are invited to weddings do not attend, thats just the way it is, you can dis-invite people but try not to hurt anyone's feelings.

I had the same problem, so we decided to do it in a giant tent on my grandparents property..now we can have up to 300, although we are at around 210+ woo!

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