The size of your guest list will greatly affect your wedding expenses, your reception site options, and the entire feel of your event. It's a rare bride and groom who don't need to edit down their original list, whether you're dealing with 30 or 300 people.
Most likely, you, your fiance, and both your families will be contributing names to the guest list, and each party will have his or her own ideas about who is necessary and who can be eliminated. To keep the honing from getting too hectic, try this list-cutting strategy:
- Start by setting a goal for your list size. This can be based on your budget, on space limitations of the site you want to use, and/or on any other factor that's important to you.
- Have everyone involved in the inviting submit a list of the people they'd like to attend. They should rank the names in order of importance, starting at the top.
- Compare the lists and cross off any duplications.
- Add up the names that are left and compare that number with your goal.
- If your count is over the limit, determine how many names you need to eliminate.
- Then, have each person cut an assigned number of names, starting from the bottom of his or her personal list.
Not inviting children can be an efficient way to eliminate an entire block of guests, and though some parents may be offended, they shouldn't expect you to invite their kids. (Just be sure to apply the decision uniformly, and don't make exceptions.)
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