How many people would you invite to an engagement party?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43074)
Staten Island, New York
May 15, 2019 8:08pm CST
I am in a group on FB for weddings and parties. Someone on there asked to recommend a venue for a 200-person engagement party. Wow! That's crazy!
If she is planning to invite that many people to an engagement party I wonder how many people will be invited to the wedding.
I never had an engagement party when I was getting married. But if I were to have one I would only invite the very closest people. The guest count would definitely be under fifty.
How many people would you invite to an engagement party?
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@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 19
200??? I would think that all who were invited to the engagement party would expect to be invited to the actual wedding. So that's almost like having 2 weddings, isn't it? I mean, it'd still cost money to have an engagement party - and for 200 people - eek. I agree that an engagement party should be with just close friends and family . . . for me I just might make it even a small dinner thing for less than 20 people . . . that is, unless I had money to burn.
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@much2say (53960)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 19
@lovebuglena I went to one engagement party where the parents of the bride were owners of a restaurant, where the party was held. There was nothing fancy about the party - just some decorations - dinner and cake type of thing. But the funny thing was they owned a Denny's . . . so they blocked the back half of their Denny's and some of the guests like us were seated in booths 
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.@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
20 May 19
@much2say Wow! An engagement party at Denny's? Did they serve pancakes?
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
16 May 19
An engagement party still needs centerpieces and a band. The cost for that and the actual restaurant/venue would be way too much money. It would almost be like a wedding price-wise.
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@LindaOHio (156060)
• United States
16 May 19
We didn't have one either; but 50 would be the max, I think. It's not like a reception. It's for close friends and family. At least that's what I think.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
16 May 19
I agree but maybe some people consider that many people (hundreds) the closest.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
20 May 19
@LindaOHio I've been to a wedding that I think was close to that number. That is just insane. Not to mention super expensive.
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@LindaOHio (156060)
• United States
16 May 19
@lovebuglena Then the wedding is going to be 500 people!
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
16 May 19
I know people do a rehearsal dinner. I've never had one but been to one. Thought rehearsal dinner was a rehearsal for the wedding ceremony and reception. Then learned it's just for people from the side of the groom and the bride to get to know each other. They can do that at the actual wedding.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
16 May 19
Weddings are expensive enough. Why someone would want to spend even more money for an engagement party is beyond me.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
17 May 19
@lovebuglena Very true. Even when it comes to weddings I think people tend to overspend. When my wife and I got married we got it all done for about $3000. It was no less special a day and no less special a venue. A friend of ours had a $10,000 engagement ring and spent $50,000+ on their wedding. It was a real gala event...they were divorced two years later.
@a_jerobon (2304)
• Eldoret, Kenya
16 May 19
I will invite just a few people to my engagement party. The few friends I have, family and some neighbours.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
21 May 19
@lovebuglena I had the small intimate wedding that I wanted, my parents agreed with what I wanted.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
21 May 19
@LadyDuck That's great! Wish hubby would've agreed with me....
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
20 May 19
I wanted a small intimate wedding but that never happened. 
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@GooglePlus (3807)
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16 May 19
You know it varies to person to person and family to family. Some society follow the rules of calling everyone at engagement party. Some do it with 10 guests in their engagement.
You can expect just double of what you see in engagement.
Its been the trend which is talking - Like
1 I never heard about pre wedding photo shot or post wedding photography. But its now trending in my country.
2 Then Honestly Engagement and marriages were celebrated on same day here...Not now...
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
20 May 19
I never did an engagement photo shoot. Wanted to do that but was hard to coordinate with hubby's work schedule. I did have pics on my wedding day. Didn't get to do all the wedding pics I wanted to take though.
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@GooglePlus (3807)
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22 May 19
@lovebuglena Hmm I know... Most of people has opinion as "This is an event which take place once in life and We will try to make it as memorable as possible."
Its always a tough thing to manage when you don't get holidays... And the event is so big that one has to plan the holidays accordingly.
