Guest list and seating

How many people actually come, how many tables that needs, and what the headcount does to a per-plate quote before you sign anything.

15-20% is typical for a local wedding; 30-40% for a destination one.

Counted on top of the invited number, and they decline at the same rate.

Seated and counted, but charged at the reduced rate below.

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128 Guests likely to attend
16 Tables needed
0 Empty seats at those tables Over about half a table, drop a table and add chairs elsewhere.
Catering
Adults eating 122
Adult plates $10,370
Children's plates $255
Catering total $10,625
Catering per table $664
Sensitivity
Cost of ten more invitations Catering only, before a thirteenth table's linen and flowers. $722
Guests if declines run 10 points higher 113
Guests if declines run 10 points lower 143

Plus-ones are added to the invited count and decline at the same rate, which is optimistic — an unnamed plus one declines more often than a named guest. If yours are mostly unnamed, put them in at half.

Empty seats are the number worth looking at twice. A venue quotes by the table, so twelve tables of eight and ninety-one guests means paying for ninety-six covers of linen and centrepieces to seat ninety-one people.

Nothing here is sent anywhere; the numbers live in the page address.