You see a lot about the average cost of weddings, but does anyone know what the average number of guests is?
CommentAuthorAnnette
I've heard the number 50-60 and 100ish a lot lol
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CommentAuthorsam73
I'm not sure, for the day time I have 80 coming but I have a big family
CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
Sam - Think your family is big? We're having 140 during the day, 90% of that is family and we DIDN'T invite about half our families! It's a bit of a nightmare, but we can't not invite a lot of my family all day because they live 400+ miles away (a few are coming from the US, Australia and Brazil).
I know ours is bigger than average, but I thought the average was about 100.
CommentAuthorKirsty4Paul
Ive only got 70 to the day and people have commented on that being alot! you cant blooming win ha ha
we have 100 all day currently not written an evening list but am sure we will
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CommentAuthorCheryl22
we have 70 during the day and 100 at night - we are only inviting close friends and family as it would be too expensive to invite everyone we knew x
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CommentAuthorSophie Sherwood to b
we have 54 all day, 11 of those are children 2-12, 3/4's are Kims family xx
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CommentAuthorsbride
We had 70 in the day then an extra 100 in the evening
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CommentAuthorLisa Ramos
We have 80 in the day and as many as we want in the evening
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CommentAuthorkimmy
We have about 75 to invite to the day but some may not be able to make it!!
CommentAuthornickers
we having 65 to day and 100 plus on the nyt
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CommentAuthorMichelleFarrar
We have 60 in the day (7of which are children) and 120+ to the evening xx
CommentAuthorxbeckyx
Think it really depends on your budget sometimes our venue is quite expensive per head as they say so im keeping it small so 40 people day and then an extra 30 in the evening!! We have loads of kids also!!
CommentAuthorJLR
we have 50 in the day and 120+ at night. was a package though so we are pretty restricted with numbers x
CommentAuthorJoey
im having a small wedding in comparison :) 35 all day and a few in the night x
CommentAuthorxox-Zoeee
we are having 80 to the day 200 to the night xx
CommentAuthorClairebear67
We have 65/70 in the day and a handful of extra guests for the evening.
CommentAuthorjoey86
80 during the day (got pushed up from 50 as we struggled to decide...!) and then an extra 40 in the evening. x
CommentAuthoralanafx
We're having 70 through the day and about 100 at night xx
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CommentAuthorKerrylmac
we're having 81 to the day and 120 evening
CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
we have 90 for the day and also havent invited half our familes, then 200 for the evening.
CommentAuthorKirky
We are only have 40 for both day and night. About 2/3s are family, the rest are friends. We are only inviting people that we actually see and speak too.
CommentAuthor~ஜ~Tiggs Daltry~ஜ~
we had 60 to our service max allowed was 70,our reception we had around 80
CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
we have 70 for the day and approx 180 for the evening x
CommentAuthorsuzky123
we have 50 in day and 80 at night. H2b has no framily so pretty much all from my side and this limits us because we will struggle to know more than 80 people.
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CommentAuthorSuzie Bear
We've got 144 confirmed with a possible maximum of 148 (which is looking likely). Like Special Sundae our family is huge and a very small proportion of that are actually friends. We have a further 86 confirmed for the evening. Costing a chuffing fortune!! Had to be a clever bride and have been buying things gradually for the last 18 months to cushion the blow! x
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CommentAuthormrs handforth
weve got 70 coming in total day and night but will probably have less once people av rsvp'd x
CommentAuthorlollilou
We've got 43 in the day with alot coming in the evening we told our venue 150 but I think it's going to be well over that.Oops. xx
CommentAuthorIgnition
I have around about 150+ people attending mine next year, but we are having a Fun Fair at ours. Provided by our bosses, so we have lots for them to do. xx
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CommentAuthorMel D
We had 80 to the day and another 40 or so in the evening. To be honest, it was a lot bigger than I would have had it if it had all been up to me.
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CommentAuthordizzydora4
we have 40 family for our ceremony and have a total of 110 for the evening reception. Originally we budgeted for 70 but mum wanted to pay for the extra partners and children etc-bless her. Party party party x
CommentAuthorlh2404
We're having 30 during the day and probably about 100 at night time.
CommentAuthorlisamac2266
Ours started off being small but has ended up being about 70 in the day and about an extra 90 in the evening.
CommentAuthorMrsowen2b
wow alot of you are having big day guest lists we have a maximum of 60 in the day and 150 at night.
CommentAuthorClareS
we're having 70 max during the day and about 130 for the evening x
CommentAuthorVicky
we have got 130 but not more evening guests!!
CommentAuthormcewan07
we have 55 guests and thats it. I could have invited more from my family , but then andy would seem to have no one their as my family is well over 150 people, but his is only 20 or so. :(
CommentAuthorEnny
not having more than 40 during day... maximum 60 in evening though only want the closest of family members here... so and h2b has more of than than i do... so i will have some very close friends instead as well
CommentAuthorLaticschick Holland
we have 54 during the day and about 140 at night.
CommentAuthorJill
We're having 100 during the day, upto about 140-150 at night. We had min numbers to meet and due to the size of h2bs family, the smaller room wouldnt have been big enough so we made up the numbers with friends we keep in contact with regularly (mostly mine). I'm amazed when I watch 4 brides USA and they're having weddings with 300 guests - do they just pluck randoms off the street??
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CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
In all honesty, we wouldn't have struggled to invited 300+ people. We have huge families (mine alone extends to 200+ people) and I have lots of friends (Grant probably has less but still has a fair few). It's amazing how many people you know when you start writing them down.
CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
it depends! cos if u go for the rule if u aint seen them in a year then they dont get invited! taht sorts out alot fo family lol we have 80 day and about 160 ish to nite do
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CommentAuthor*katie-Mrs Vlad2B*
we have 80 in the day and around 100 on the night. My best friend though as 165 in the day and 250 on the night!! (they both have big families!!!)
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
We've got 11 people in Vegas and have invited around 80 for the London do. Neither of us have big families.
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CommentAuthorxMrsRobson2bx
We have 60 people for day as the package was catered for 60 only, but we will be inviting another 30+ to the evening reception :) i dont know what the average is.. most probs around the 80-100 mark xxxx
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CommentAuthorSijen
We're limiting ourselves to 50 in the day - that's just aunties and uncles and close friends...then having everyone to the evening, which is probably about another 100.
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CommentAuthorKaz
Limiting ourselves to a maximum of 60 for the day, function room allows up to 180 for the evening and we'll probably be near that!
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CommentAuthorJadeyladey
Not sure on the average wedding but ours is HUGE! we have invited all family and friends to the day so max 150 then we have our business contacts and friends to the evening bringing it up 250! Im trying to get it to 200 but its not easy :-(
CommentAuthormym72
I've never wanted a big wedding - and luckily h2b has the same idea - so we've only invited very close family to the wedding (20 of us altogether) but decided to all go upto Gretna Green as it would be something different, we could have the full weekend away and it's quite historic, which we both like the idea of.
When we get back from honeymoon we're having an 'evening reception' and inviting everyone else to celebrate then - so about 100 to 150 extended family, friends and colleagues.