Do you know that adding Aunt Sally’s best friend or Cousin Thomas’s 2nd cousin once removed can affect your wedding budget considerably?

In fact,  if you are a bride who just cannot say no to your family, you will need a few phrases to keep additional wedding guests from blowing your budget.

For those brides who need a little help, here’s how to silence your family’s requests to add to the list without becoming a screaming, stressed-out bridezilla.

The Wedding Guest List is Growing, Growing, Growing…

Although the choices made—about the flowers, music, transportation and other wedding incidentals– have not changed; usually the increase in costs is the result of the growing guest list.

With each additional guest the food, favor, alcohol and decor costs for each table will increase.

Unfortunately, you’ve come face to face with this dreaded wedding equation.

Additional Guests + More Food, Alcohol, Favors & Decor = Additional Costs and a More Expensive Wedding.

I know that in the heat of the moment you think that adding an additional guest from one of your family or friends’ list is harmless.  You say, “How can adding one more person to the wedding hurt?”

Saying yes to one additional wedding guest may not be a huge impact, but saying yes 30 times to more people can.

The reality is you may not know how to say no, without hurting someone’s feelings.

There are many responses to being asked to add an additional guest to your wedding.

1. “We are having an intimate ceremony for close family and friends.”
2. “The venue that we chose only accommodates a limited number of people.”
3. “We have a set budget that does not allow for any additional guests.”

These are all appropriate responses to the question of adding additional guests.

Many people wonder how their wedding costs continue to increase.   Remember that when you first created your guest list you identified all the people that were most important to you on your special day.

Use these gentle responses to protect the well wishes and enthusiasm of those you love, while retaining total control of your wedding day.

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