How many do we invite? Who do we invite? Should we invite the couple who invited us to their wedding? Should we include the children as well? These are just a few questions that come to mind when formulating the wedding guest list. Making your wedding guest list is one of the difficult processes in wedding planning. This requires time and a lot of communicating between the newly engaged couple.
Your wedding budget is the biggest determinant of how big your guest list will be. It is very important to decide very early on whether you want a small intimate wedding with a select number of guests usually your immediate family and/or close friends OR a big wedding celebration where everyone is invited. This is certainly guided by how much money you have and how much you are willing to spend. You and your fiance should talk about your wedding budget and stick to it! If someone is helping pay for your wedding and reception, then it is not only appropriate to invite them but also ask for their input.
While it's very tempting to invite anyone and everyone to your special day, it is really important for you and your fiance to focus on who are the people that mean to you the most and thus, would complete the wedding celebration by their presence. Our very wise wedding planner suggested this question when it came to making the guest list - in 10 years time, who are the people you will be keeping in touch with? We've found this very helpful particularly when we've approached the limit of our wedding guest list.
Your wedding budget is the biggest determinant of how big your guest list will be. It is very important to decide very early on whether you want a small intimate wedding with a select number of guests usually your immediate family and/or close friends OR a big wedding celebration where everyone is invited. This is certainly guided by how much money you have and how much you are willing to spend. You and your fiance should talk about your wedding budget and stick to it! If someone is helping pay for your wedding and reception, then it is not only appropriate to invite them but also ask for their input.
While it's very tempting to invite anyone and everyone to your special day, it is really important for you and your fiance to focus on who are the people that mean to you the most and thus, would complete the wedding celebration by their presence. Our very wise wedding planner suggested this question when it came to making the guest list - in 10 years time, who are the people you will be keeping in touch with? We've found this very helpful particularly when we've approached the limit of our wedding guest list.
