![]() Start telling people the good news, and feel your engagement glow.ĭue to the high number of post-pandemic wedding bookings, this would be an excellent time to: You don't have much to worry about at this stage in the wedding planning timeline. There's no need to rush immediately to the next step. ![]() You've just made a significant life decision, and it's worth basking in those special feelings. If you’re planning on doing RSVP cards, I just LOVE this creative idea for DIY RSVP cards.You've just gotten engaged–congratulations! Before you jump straight into wedding planning, try to relax and savor the moment. Explain why you had envisioned the wedding being a certain size and maybe show them that helpful chart “guest list in 30 seconds”. If they want to add more people than you are comfortable adding, sit down and have a chat with them. I love how simple this makes it!ĭon’t forget to check in with your parents/family to see if you forgot anyone that they thought would be invited, ESPECIALLY if they are helping fund your wedding. If you’re having some trouble deciding on some folks – check out this helpful chart “guest list in 30 seconds” from The Overwhelmed Bride. No one can tell who you who to invite and not invite.īut here’s a few things to keep in mind: Remember that the size of your wedding will greatly impact your wedding – you’re literally paying per person on a lot of items.Īlso, it may impact how your wedding “feels”… by that I mean some couples prefer a smaller setting and others want a big party!īoth ways are fine, but each has a very different feel. ![]() Where is the line drawn? Do you invite all 100 distant cousins? What about everyone in the office? Friends from grade school? This is just one way to do it, but I think it helped me. This way I was able to quickly find a group of people to add/delete a name or make sure I wasn’t missing any one in a specific group of people. I also kept it separated by bride family, groom family, etc.By categories I mean family, bridal party, college friends, hometown friends, work friends, etc.Notice I said categories? I kept all of my invite names grouped into similar categories and I think it helped tremendously! Type or (write) down all the different categories of people you plan on inviting. ![]() I have a sample wedding guest list template that can be used in Google Docs or Excel ! Just click the button below to download.Ĭlick here to download wedding guest list template For me, I kept addresses and RSVPs in the same file. ![]() Start a Google Sheet (in Google Docs) or Excel file… you’ve heard me rant about the miracles of Google Docs here and here, but let me tell you that this guest list template will probably be the file you access most during the wedding planning process (along with may be your wedding checklist).If you don’t know where to start… here’s where I started. The last thing you want is to get down the road, fall in love with a venue and have it turn out to not be big enough for your wedding. Before you start looking at venues or trying to find vendors (or even start thinking about the wedding dress), you will want to have a general idea of how many guests you’ll be inviting. The guest list really kicks off your wedding planning though. Putting together a wedding guest list can be a little overwhelming… I mean you JUST got engaged right? Well, be sure to take those 5 minutes and bask in the engagement bliss. ![]()
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