Should you overinvite?

I think most people lose around 5-10% of the people they invite. I would only invite those that you can afford to pay for, just in case they all say yes!

Yeah thats my fear .. they'd all say yes!

When they give you a minimum number that's usually the minimum you have to pay. They won't make you find extra people, just pay for them. If I was you I'd get your invites out early and then add extra people if you do have drop outs.

aaaaaaah i see!! yes, i get it. the venue has a few rooms and wondered if i needed to hit the minimum to keep the required room.

I wouldnt over invite unless a)there is enough capacity in the venue, and b) you can afford for them all to say yes!

We put out our invites early with a rsvp 3 month before the wedding, then were able to send out a second round without people realising they hadnt been on the first list! Worked well.

As long as you pay for 50 people I shouldn't think it will matter whether you actually have 50 people or not.

Invite the extras if you genuinly would like them to be there but otherwise I wouldn't bother. I'd rather pay for an empty space than pay for people who I wasn't realy that fussed about.

Okay i think i have a game plan, I'll invite the mains and wait til 3 months before if im short go to a reserve list. I had to cut people out due to cost to begin with (i have a BIG family) so it could pan out

I'm going to invite the people I have the spaces for and then if anyone says they cannot make it bump up evening people to day guests. For this reason I will send out my evening invitations a month or so afterwards to allow for any no's.