You’ve booked your venue, you know what dress you want the only problem now is that you have a guest list of 500 people and your venue only seats 120!

This is normally where most wedding planning drama begins. So how do you shorten your wedding guest list?

1. Cutting children out is sometimes the quickest way but I love kids at weddings! This can be hard to do if you have close friends and family with young children. But sometimes you have to hard, after all you’re on a budget!
2. Co-workers are normally the first to go. Sometimes it’s better to invite none of them rather than just some of them.
3. Old friends. Did they invite you to their wedding? Have you actually seen or spoken to them in the last year? If both answers are no then that’s an easy one to cross out.
4. No ‘plus one’ on the invite. There’s no unwritten rule that you have to put plus one on the invites, people understand. If they don’t, then you could possible cross those ones off too!
5. Mutual friends are easier to include than others.
6. Who will actually come? Don’t waste time inviting someone from the other side of the world if you know they won’t be able to make it.