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A standby guest list is a risky proposition. There is potential for feelings to be hurt and for guests to feel slighted. While we are hesitant to encourage you to go this route, we understand that a standby list does provide a practical solution to controlling the numbers and the budget. When possible, it’s far better to invite your entire guest list. When the guest list is carefully planned, and when you consider the likelihood that typically 10 to 20 percent of invited guests send regrets- this approach is more straightforward and less deceptive than employing a standby list.
If you and your fiancé decide to take the standby list approach, be very discreet. Guests must not have even the slightest idea that you have a standby list. Plan for enough time for responses from the master list guests to be received- no less than four weeks- to invite guests who are no the standby list. Make this choice early in your planning process so that you will be ready to send the second group of wedding invitations.
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