Guests and budget

Congratulations , sounds like you dropped on with the wedding reception venue ☺️ , have to get some perks from work .


I strongly recommend people stick to their budget no matter what , whatever their budget may be . Have you given invitations out yet ? Could you specify in the invitation that they are required to pay for their own meal ? I don’t think many weddings have drinks including , unless it’s toasting etc , if you are skipping the toasting then people will know that they pay for the drinks from the bar as they order them . Another option would be to set up a group message room where you could explain this , but welcome them confirming back to you privately as some may not be able to afford it , and don’t get down if people decline to come due to paying for themselves , they may have their reasons and you have yours why you have to stay within budget .

£2,000 is alot of money.
We are having a reception and for hot buffet food it's come to £1800 for around 90 ppl.
So you could pay for ppl to eat and invite less all round. There is nothing worse than being invited out to be apart of a special day and not realizing you have to be purchasing your meal. You will need to make this clear on your invites in a way that you are inviting them to celebrate with you for dinner. In the hope that a generous parent would foot the bill in the end.

View quoted message Thank you so much for all of the replies, they have been very helpful. £2,000 is our whole weeding budget not just for food at the reception so from you're comments, I think it is an easy fix so thank you so much.