June 29, 2007
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The final count…
134 guests attending… out of 175 invited.
Not too shabby if you ask me, considering all of our estimates have been based on 140 people, in a room that can hold a maximum of 160 people! I’m really astounded that so many people are traveling to Monterey for the weekend… but I guess our advanced planning really helped out.
I also think it was a lot of the little things that we did to help everyone out. We sent our STDs last August… which got all family members talking about the event long before travel arrangements could even be booked. Mr. Lemon’s family is almost exclusively on the east coast (PA, NY, MA) and they all cleared their schedules for a week vacation and rented out houses for their little clans to hang out in. I also kept an email list for guests to notify them of special hotel deals that I happened to find, and taught them how to use Priceline for some real steals on accommodations and car rentals. The last thing I ever wanted was for my wedding to be a financial burden on anyone because I happened to grow up in a touristy location.
We’ve also had our share of guests decide to come at the last moment, and got good news when I found out my cousin will be on leave from Iraq and could attend! I know some people beg for people not to come (due to extra $$ or size constraints), but our guest list was always an essential list… and I’m so happy that the room will be filled with these friends!
So… how did your guest list turn out??
