How to trim
your wedding
Guest List
Reducing the size of your guest list is a vital step toward
successfully stretching your wedding budget. It can also
help you to plan more efficiently an intimate wedding—if
that is the sort of affair you have envisioned your dream
wedding to be. But where do you draw the line in order
to avoid hurting other people's feelings? Here are some
ideas to help you whittle your wedding guest list.
Make it a 50/50 split
Set aside time to discuss the guest list with your fiancé. Agree on
the wedding budget first, and then tailor your guest list around that.
Create a master list of all your prospective guests. Fifty percent of the
guests will be from your side while the remaining half is from your
fiancé's.
Pare down by category
Trim the master list by category. Group as immediate family, close or
extended relatives, close friends, acquaintances, coworkers, etc. This
technique ensures minimal chances of resentment should your office
colleagues, for instance, wonder why they did not get an invite. You
can simply explain tactfully that you are planning a small wedding,
thus the lack of invites sent to all your coworkers. Your wedding ven-
ue and reception area can only accommodate a limited number of
people. So consider eliminating entire categories, such as children or
people you haven't seen or interacted with for a long time.
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Your wedding guests should be the handpicked group of people who
you truly want to share your special day with. Thus, you and your fu-
ture spouse should discuss whether or not to invite exes, stepparents
who could potentially alienate the in-laws, and the like. The import-
ant thing is to decide as a couple when it comes to culling and paring
down the wedding guest list.
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