My boyfriend and I want to have a small wedding. I was just wondering how many guest should we invite for a small wedding?

I would say 25–30 guests would be small.

Don’t ask us.
Ask your budget.

We had only close family and each of us invited 3 friends (with spice), a total of 20. A small chapel, one big table for dinner. It was relaxed and very satisfactory. After all, people go to Las Vegas, and there are just the two of them. Now that’s small.

Technically, you only need 2, as witnesses. I am getting married in a couple of months or so, and it is going to be a small wedding too. I would say, to figure out how much it will cost per guest, figure out your budget, then ask yourself who you want there.

At my wedding, there is only going to be 3 or 4 people other than us and the priest, we have just told people, that we think that a wedding is our day, and we want it to be small, private and romantic, and no one has complained that they can’t come.

Any more than 25.5 would be a “large” wedding. But that would probably be on account of the gang of cops who would show up to investigate that half-person.

Be sure to have doughnuts on hand if you go that route. And coffee, because they’ll be there all night.

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I consider below about 50 to be a small wedding but it is entirely your choice where to draw the line.

When I got married, it was very small: bride + groom + officiant.

It’s your wedding. Invite the people with whom you want to share the special occasion, and forget about labels of “small”, “average” or “large”.

Don’t focus on the quantity, focus on the quality. That’ll give you your answer.

Technically, under 100 is a small wedding. It depends on what you consider small. We had 75 guests and I considered that small, even in our smallish venue. Now, keep in mind that not everyone you invite will come. We invited over 100 people.

If I could go back and do it over again, I’d have less than 20 people, on a beach, and no reception. Cheap, simple, and beautiful. We didn’t have some big grand wedding, but the stress and money that went into it wasn’t really worth it. It was a beautiful day, but that money could’ve been put to better use. The ironic thing is that everyone told me to have a tiny wedding and I didn’t listen. Hindsight truly is 20/20.

There really is no set rule on how many people to invite if you want a small wedding. It’s just anyone’s opinion.
Some might think under 100 people is small, others might think under 50 is small. Still, others could say between 10 and 20 is small. I personally had about 250 people at my wedding. I think depends on your budget and just however many people you feel like inviting.
The more people you invite, obviously the more gifts you’ll receive.

This sounds a little backwards to me. How many do you want to invite? If the number is small, it’s a small wedding. Fitting into a definition doesn’t matter; having the wedding at the meeting of “what you want” and “what you can afford” does.

It depends upon where you want to have your wedding (the size and how many people the venue can accommodate) and how big your budget is (can you afford the quality of ceremony that you want and still have the amount of people that you want?) and the most important of all, who do you really want to have at your wedding? If you want a lot of people, because you have a lot of close friends and relatives, then you may have to tone down the costs associated with hosting a party. For example buffet style is cheaper than individual sit down meals. Having a relative bring and ipod or a CD player is cheaper than hiring a band. Having your reception at the elks lodge or in someone’s backyard is probably cheaper than having it in the ballroom of a fancy hotel. If you and your friends make all of the center pieces and decorations, rather than hiring a florist, that will save you a lot of money.

If you prefer a small wedding, because of it’s potentially more intimate feeling, then by all means have a small wedding, and invite only those people that you are the closest with. One of my close friends got married with just her and the groom, another close mutual female friend of ours (as a witness and matron of honor) the groom’s best friend and his wife, and the groom’s mother. The bride’s family all lived on the East coast, and this was her second marriage, so they just had lots of pictures taken, had a short sweet ceremony and went to dinner at a fancy restaurant. No fuss, no muss, but it was beautiful.

My cousin, who got married at age 19, and her friends made all of the flower arrangements for the tables, and the wedding party, and they did all of the decorations and favors themselves. They had a December wedding, so the church was already decorated with a beautiful Christmas tree and other decorations, she got her dress on sale at David’s Bridal, had an Italian style buffet dinner. It was one of the most beautiful and fun weddings I’ve ever attended. And they’re still happily married almost 10 years later.

That really depends. You should consider the wedding venue you choose, how many people it can hold. Then is the wedding budget. If you really have enough budget, you can ask more people. In fact, a small wedding is not specific. You can find some inspiration on some fashion wedding blog.

@Tina823 GA. Welcome to fluther.