How many extra wedding invitations to order and avoid extra postage
Finding a rule of thumb for acceptances is difficult because short timelines lower attendance and some guests simply leave their kids at home. When ordering extras to invite more relatives and avoid family drama, you must also figure out how to make envelopes look pretty without details like wax seals adding too much bulk for standard postage stamps.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1skipping save the datesDid this help you?
- 2putting wax seals on the inside envelope instead of the outer envelopeDid this help you?
- 3Assuming 100% attendance and only inviting up to the maximum capacity.Did this help you?
- 4Sending out invitations in waves, mailing extras to a B-list only as initial declines are received.Did this help you?
- 5Planning a separate family reunion at another time for extended relatives.Did this help you?
In their words
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“I am wondering if there's a rule of thumb for the average number of acceptances for a wedding invite.”source ↗
“My thought being that particularly with such a short time line few people will be able to accept, so sending out more than 60 invitations is probably fine.”source ↗
“We just don't want to create family drama by not inviting some relatives.”source ↗
“We invited about 60 and had 45 come, but out of the 15 that didnt, about 10 were people just not bringing their kids”source ↗
“how many extra copy’s should I plan for?”source ↗
“what are some good ways to make them look pretty without adding bulk to the envelopes?”source ↗
“Any luck putting wax seals on the inside envelope and having it go through safely with standard postage stamps?”source ↗
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