Weddingbee Blog

This is also the blog post known better as the RSVP breakdown. Now that our deadline has passed (about four weeks ago) and we have finally tracked down those last couple of pesky missing RSVPs, I’m finally ready to break it down for you. And can I also say, how happy I am to finally have final numbers in these little hands of mine? Because I am. Not that I really had to track anyone down. Mr. D and I made the agreement before the invites went out that we were in charge of our side of the guest list. It was meant to be a way to divide up the work, and wouldn’t you know it, that out of the 15 invites we had to track down, 12 were from his side? Lucky me! Though Mr. D had his mom do most of his dirty work, sneaky little man!! But the job is down and here is the break down:

This graph is based on the total number of people invited, not the number of invites we sent. I think it gives a better picture because, as you can see, we had a crap ton of out-of-towners. With some of these invites, only some of the people will be attending. For example, my Auntie C will be coming, but she has to leave her husband and my little cousin at home due to some conflicts with my cousin’s finals schedule for school. I still can’t believe that our guest list is 60% of out-of-towners and that 90% of them are coming. I was really expecting less, but I am so pleased since the majority of our family will be in attendance. I also find it funny that more people from town are saying no than the ones that have to travel a far distance. Our overall breakdown was this:

Roughly 25% of our guests invited will not be in attendance, which is about what most stats tell you. Now I just have to get these numbers into the caterer and the linen company and we are set! With the wedding three weeks away, the final things are starting to fall into place and I am so excited! Next up for these numbers is the dreaded seating chart complete with post-its and some phone conferences with our moms and grandmas to help us place everyone. Hopefully it won’t be quite as bad as I am expecting!

What were your RSVPs like? Did you have to track a lot of people down? Were you expecting those numbers? For those of you still waiting to send out invites or for RSVPs, what do you think your numbers are going to be like?