“When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
This iconic quote from When Harry Met Sally perfectly captures the excitement of wedding planning. However, wedding planning can’t start in earnest until you make a few key decisions, one of which is your guest count.
An initial wedding guest list is one of the first major challenges newly engaged couples face when planning their big day. Your guest count impacts everything from venue selection to budget planning. Whether you’re envisioning an intimate gathering or a grand celebration, understanding the impact of your guest count will help you get on the road to success in your wedding planning journey.
This comprehensive guide breaks down how your guest count influences every aspect of wedding planning.
Wedding seating chart at The Treasury on the Plaza | Photo: NS Photobook Weddings
Guest Count Categories: Intimate, Medium, and Large Weddings
Modern weddings typically fall into three main categories, based on the number of guests. Each size presents distinct planning opportunities and challenges that can significantly impact your overall wedding experience.
Intimate (or Micro) Weddings: 50 Guests or Fewer
Intimate weddings have gained tremendous popularity, especially among couples seeking meaningful celebrations with their closest family and friends.
These smaller gatherings allow for deeper personal connections and often provide more flexibility in venue and vendor selection.
Many couples find that intimate weddings create a more relaxed atmosphere, allowing them to spend quality time with each guest. The smaller scale often translates into higher per-guest spending power, enabling elevated experiences in catering, decor, and entertainment.
Medium-sized Weddings: 51-150 Guests
Medium-sized weddings offer the perfect balance between intimacy and grandeur. This guest count allows couples to include extended family, close friends, and important colleagues while keeping the scale manageable.
These weddings typically offer the most flexibility in venue options, as most of the spaces that specialize in weddings can comfortably accommodate parties of this size. Medium-sized weddings also allow for traditional wedding elements, such as multiple-course meals, elaborate décor, and a full dance floor without overwhelming logistics.
Large Weddings: 150+ Guests
Large weddings create grand celebrations that can accommodate extended families, multiple friend groups, and professional networks.
These events require careful coordination, but offer opportunities for spectacular entertainment and impressive venues.
Planning larger weddings requires more advanced planning and detailed logistics coordination. However, the scale often provides unique opportunities to create truly memorable experiences for guests.
Christy and P.J.’s large wedding at The Treasury on the Plaza meant that the dance floor was full all night.
Pros and Cons of Each Wedding Size
Each wedding size category offers distinct advantages and presents unique challenges. Understanding these trade-offs helps couples choose the celebration style that best fits their vision and circumstances.
Intimate Weddings (50 Guests or Fewer)
Pros:
- More budget per guest for premium experiences
- Greater venue flexibility, including unique, non-traditional, or destination locations
- More meaningful time with each guest
- Simplified planning process with fewer moving parts
- Often, more affordable overall
Cons:
- Difficult guest list decisions and potential hurt feelings
- Some traditional wedding elements may not make sense for smaller guest counts
- Fewer opportunities for group discounts on things like hotel room blocks
- If you’re looking for an energetic party atmosphere, it can be harder to achieve with a small group
- Less likely to offset costs through gift contributions
Medium-sized Weddings (51-150 Guests)
Pros:
- Strikes a nice balance between intimacy and a big celebration
- Most traditional wedding venue options accommodate this size easily
- Reasonable per-guest costs while maintaining quality
- Enough guests for lively dance floor and reception energy
- Manageable planning process without overwhelming details
- Ability to include the most important people without going overboard
Cons:
- May still require difficult guest list decisions
- May push some couples over their ideal budget
- Requires more coordination than intimate weddings
- Lower per-guest budget than smaller weddings
- Moderate complexity in seating arrangements and logistics
Large Weddings (150+ Guests)
Pros:
- Ability to include everyone important in your life (plus a few more!)
- Grand celebration atmosphere with high energy
- More impressive venue, decor, and entertainment options
- Traditional wedding elements work beautifully at this scale
- Potential for higher gift contributions to offset costs
- Creates memorable experiences for large extended families
- Easy to reach vendor minimums for food, bar, and decor
Cons:
- Higher overall costs and budget requirements
- Limited venue availability, especially for certain locations
- Complex logistics and coordination requirements
- Less personal time with individual guests
- Greater potential for planning stress and overwhelm, especially when trying to confirm your final guest list and track down RSVPs
- Longer planning timeline requirements
Audira and Ryan’s intimate wedding at The Treasury on the Plaza | Photo: Angelita Esparar Photography
Cost-Per-Guest Guide & Calculator
Understanding per-guest costs helps couples make informed budget decisions, regardless of the size of their wedding. While total wedding costs vary significantly, calculating per-guest expenses provides a valuable starting point.
Basic Calculation Formula: Total Wedding Budget ÷ Number of Guests = Cost Per Guest
A few things to keep in mind with this formula:
- Fixed vs. Variable Costs: Keep in mind that some wedding costs are fixed, rather than variable. Variable costs include items such as catering, beverages, desserts, and rentals, which increase as your guest count rises. Things like photography, venue rental, and wedding coordination cost the same whether you invite 50 or 150 people. Due to fixed costs, the per-guest cost tends to naturally decrease as the guest count increases (to a point).
- Location and service level matter: A wedding in a major metropolitan area or a high-demand luxury venue may have a significantly different per-person cost than a more modest wedding in a rural area.
The Knot estimates the average cost per guest at $284, based on nationwide data. While that provides a useful benchmark, many Florida weddings—particularly in high-demand or premium markets—tend to exceed that per-person average, depending on the level of service, venue, and design priorities.
Average Per-Guest Costs by Category:
Intimate Weddings (50 or fewer): $300-$800+ per guest
- Higher per-guest spending, mainly due to higher fixed costs like venue rental, photography and videography, planner and coordinator fees, hair and makeup, and attire.
- Smaller weddings often spend more per guest to provide a premium experience for those closest to them.
Medium-sized Weddings (51-150): $225-$450+ per guest
- Fixed costs have a lower impact on the price per person than an intimate wedding.
- Per-person pricing is more significantly affected by variable costs, such as catering, bar service/alcohol, cake/desserts, rentals, stationery, staffing, and decor.
Large Weddings (150+): $175-$400+ per guest
- Fixed costs can have a much lower impact on the per-person cost.
- Variable costs have the largest impact on the price per person for large weddings.
How Guest Count Affects Specific Parts of Your Wedding Budget
Guest counts impact nearly every part of your wedding budget. Understanding how each vendor category is impacted by guest counts helps couples prioritize spending and make strategic choices about their celebration.
Photography and Videography
While photographer and videographer base rates are normally fixed costs that don’t typically change with guest count, larger weddings often require more coverage time and potentially additional shooters. More guests mean more family photos, reception shots, and candid moments to capture.
Consider the time required for family photos and reception coverage when choosing a photography package. Choosing your wedding photography package becomes more complex with larger guest counts, as increased coverage requirements may require a custom option or additional time add-ons.
Catering and Bar Service
Food and beverage costs typically represent the largest portion of per-guest expenses, usually accounting for 40-50% of the total wedding budget. These costs scale directly with guest count, making it crucial to understand pricing structures.
Most caterers charge per person, with costs varying by service style, menu complexity, and bar packages. Buffets and stations can have higher food costs but lower staffing expenses, while plated meals may cost less per guest but require more service staff.
Your wedding guest count size impacts the quantity and cost of your wedding catering. | Photo: Stout Studios
Invitations and Stationery
Wedding invitations, save-the-dates, and day-of stationery costs multiply directly with guest count. However, printers often provide reduced per-piece pricing for larger quantities. Don’t forget those pesky postage fees, which also increase when you’re sending a large number of invitations.
Digital invitation options can significantly reduce costs for larger guest counts while maintaining elegance and functionality. Many couples combine printed formal invitations with digital RSVP options to save on printing and postage.
Wedding Favors and Gifts
Guest favors and welcome bags represent direct per-person expenses that scale with wedding size. Couples planning intimate weddings can often afford more luxurious individual gifts, while larger weddings may require budget-conscious favor options.
Some couples choose to skip traditional favors entirely, directing that budget toward enhanced guest experiences, like premium bar service, upgraded catering options, or unique experiential activities.
Transportation and Accommodations
Larger guest lists often mean more out-of-town visitors requiring accommodations and potentially group transportation. Couples may need to arrange hotel blocks, shuttle services, or welcome events for traveling guests.
Smart Savings Strategies Across All Sizes
Certain money-saving strategies work effectively regardless of guest count, helping couples allocate budget toward their highest priorities. These approaches maintain quality while controlling costs.
Hosting the ceremony and reception in the same location eliminates transportation costs, allows décor repurposing, and often reduces vendor relocation fees. This strategy can save hundreds or thousands of dollars while simplifying guest logistics.
Hiring a wedding coordinator provides access to vendor discounts and helps prevent costly planning mistakes. Professional coordinators often save couples more money than their fees cost, thanks to their vendor relationships and experience.
Choosing flexible catering options allows couples to select service styles that fit their budget and guest preferences. Understanding different meal service options helps optimize food and labor costs.
Seasonal and Timing Considerations
Your wedding date significantly affects costs across all guest counts, with peak seasons commanding premium pricing from venues and vendors. Strategic date selection provides substantial savings opportunities.
Off-Peak Season Benefits:
Off-season wedding dates often offer 10-20% savings on venue and vendor costs from peak seasons.
Weekday Wedding Advantages:
Monday through Thursday and Sunday celebrations often receive lower venue rates and better vendor availability. These savings allow budget reallocation toward enhanced guest experiences.
All-Inclusive Packages:
All-inclusive packages not only help you get a better understanding of the overall wedding cost at the very beginning of the planning process, but they may also include special vendor pricing, making luxury celebrations more accessible across all guest count ranges.
Wedding guest book at The Treasury on the Plaza | Photo: Bow Tie Photo & Video
Venue Selection by Guest Count
Choosing the right venue depends heavily on guest count, as capacity, layout, and pricing structures vary significantly across different venue types. Understanding these relationships helps couples identify the best options for their celebration size.
Intimate Wedding Venues (50 or Fewer)
Intimate weddings open up unique venue possibilities unavailable to larger celebrations. Private dining rooms, boutique hotels, and historic spaces provide exclusive settings that create memorable experiences.
Some venues offer special intimate wedding packages tailored for smaller guest counts. These venues often offer a more streamlined planning process for those who want to avoid the complex logistics of a larger wedding.
Things to Look For When Searching For an Intimate Wedding Venue:
- Smaller, more intimate spaces
- Flexible layout options for a small ceremony and reception
- Premium service with high staff-to-guest ratios
- Unique spaces like historic buildings, restaurants, clubs, or specialty locations
- All-inclusive packages that maximize value for smaller groups
- Order minimums that are easily reached with a smaller guest count
Medium-sized Wedding Venues (51-150)
Medium-sized weddings often have the most venue options, as this guest count fits comfortably at most locations that specialize in weddings. This flexibility enables couples to prioritize other factors, such as location, style, and budget.
Things to Look For When Searching For a Medium-sized Wedding Venue:
- Enough space for dinner tables, without overcrowding
- Comfortable room for dancing and entertainment
- Separate space options for the cocktail hour and reception
- Order minimums that are easily reached with your ideal guest count
Large Wedding Venues (150+)
Large weddings require venues with substantial capacity, adequate facilities, and a support team with extensive wedding experience. These venues typically specialize in large-scale events and often have a network of vendor partners that also specialize in executing large weddings.
Venue selection becomes more limited but often includes the most impressive options, such as grand ballrooms, resort properties, and historic estates.
Things to Look For When Searching For a Large Wedding Venue:
- Adequate capacity for dinner, dancing, and cocktails
- Ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception locations within walking distance to ensure easy transitions for a large group of guests
- A venue that provides in-house event coordination and planning services, or partners with reputable event coordinators
- Large enough catering facilities and bar areas to service a large number of people
- Large weather backup options for any outdoor event areas
The Treasury on the Plaza in St. Augustine accommodates up to 175 guests for a seated reception. | Photo: Angelita Esparar Photography
Guest Count Options at The Treasury on the Plaza
The Treasury on the Plaza‘s historic Art Deco architecture and flexible event spaces provide an elegant backdrop for a variety of wedding sizes and styles. While the venue can accommodate celebrations ranging from 40 to 175 guests, it truly shines for gatherings of 75–150 guests, offering the perfect balance of intimacy and grandeur.
Accommodating Different Guest Counts
Our Grand Ballroom comfortably hosts ceremonies and receptions for up to 175 guests. The layout adapts beautifully to suit different guest counts, ensuring the space always feels full, inviting, and perfectly scaled to your celebration.
Because the venue’s design and lighting are so visually striking, couples often find that minimal décor is needed to make the space feel wedding-ready. This allows more of the budget to be devoted to guest experiences, such as food, entertainment, and personal touches. Our state-of-the-art lighting system, which would cost $5,000–$10,000 to replicate at another venue, is included in every rental — adding a “wow” factor without extra expense.
Package Options
The Treasury on the Plaza offers flexible wedding packages to suit different planning preferences and celebration sizes.
Inclusive Wedding Package
Our Inclusive Wedding Package bundles venue rental, coordination, catering, bar service, desserts, DJ, specialty lighting, and table décor into one complete package. Perfect for couples seeking a streamlined planning experience with trusted vendors already selected. Available for select dates and guest counts.
“Eat, Drink, and Be Married” Package
The Eat, Drink, & Be Married Package combines venue access, catering, bar service, and wedding coordination while giving you freedom to customize photography, florals, and entertainment. Available seven days a week for 100 to 175 guests.
Custom Package
Start building your celebration from the ground up with the freedom to choose your ideal vendors. The Custom Wedding Package covers venue rental and essential amenities, while you select your caterer and coordinator from our curated preferred vendor list. You also have the freedom to pick all other vendors at your own discretion to craft your unique vision.
Katherine and Jonathan’s Intimate Wedding at The Treasury on the Plaza | Photo: Angelita Esparar Photography
Ready to Plan Your Dream Treasury Wedding?
Whether you’re planning an intimate celebration or a grand affair, The Treasury on the Plaza provides the perfect historic setting for your special day. Our flexible spaces and comprehensive packages accommodate any guest count while maintaining our signature elegance.
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Professional Planning Support
Our experienced event management team guides you through all venue-related decisions, from understanding how guest count impacts your floor plan to optimizing your celebration timeline. These venue experts ensure every detail of your Treasury experience receives proper attention on your wedding day.
For comprehensive wedding planning and coordination, we partner with several expert planning companies who know our venue inside and out. These trusted professionals offer different package options, from month-of coordination to full planning, helping couples navigate the full scope of wedding planning, including vendor selection, design, and day-of execution. They ensure your celebration runs smoothly from start to finish. Visit our Preferred Vendors page to explore our recommended planning partners.
Maximizing Your Budget Across Different Wedding Sizes
Guest List Planning and Etiquette
Creating a guest list involves balancing desires, expectations, and practical limitations. Understanding proper etiquette helps couples navigate this challenging aspect of wedding planning.
Creating Your Initial Guest List
Start by identifying your “must-have” guests —typically immediate family and closest friends — who you cannot imagine celebrating without. If you’re planning an intimate or micro-wedding, this group of your nearest and dearest might be your entire guest list. For medium to large guest counts, this core group can account for 20-30% of your final guest count.
When expanding beyond those core guests, consider the depth of each relationship. Wedding planning experts suggest the “one-year rule”; if you haven’t spoken to someone in over a year, they may not belong on your wedding guest list.
Managing Family Expectations
Family dynamics significantly influence guest list decisions, often creating tension between the couple’s preferences and their family’s expectations. Open communication about limitations helps manage expectations early in the planning process.
Consider diplomatic approaches, such as limiting each family to a specific number of invitations or creating separate celebrations for different social groups. Some couples host intimate weddings followed by larger casual receptions.
Plus-One Etiquette Guidelines
Plus-one policies should be consistent and clearly communicated to avoid confusion or hurt feelings. Generally, married couples, long-term partners, and wedding party members should receive plus-ones, regardless of guest count limitations.
For single friends, consider the length of your relationship and their social comfort at your wedding. Guest count limitations may require difficult decisions about plus-ones for all of your guests.
Children at Weddings
Deciding whether to include children affects both the guest count and the atmosphere of your celebration.
Many couples choose to make their wedding child-free out of preference or necessity to control the guest count. If including children, consider their needs when selecting the venue, planning the menu, and choosing entertainment options. Some couples create children’s areas or offer child-care services for the convenience of their guests.
Hayley and Brittany’s wedding at The Treasury on the Plaza | Photo: Felicia April Photography
Planning Timeline Based on Guest Count
Wedding planning timelines vary based on guest count, with larger celebrations requiring more advance preparation and coordination. Understanding these timeline differences helps couples plan appropriately for their chosen celebration size.
Planning Timeline for Intimate Weddings: Averages 6 to 12 Months
Intimate weddings often follow a shorter planning timeline, due to reduced coordination requirements. Many intimate venues accommodate shorter booking windows, providing flexibility for couples with condensed engagement periods.
Planning Timeline for Medium-sized Weddings: Averages 12 to 18 Months
Medium-sized weddings benefit from moderate planning timelines that allow careful vendor selection without excessive advance booking requirements. A 12 to 18-month planning timeline usually ensures good vendor availability while avoiding rushed decisions.
Wedding Planning Timeline For Large Weddings: Averages 12 to 18+ Months
Large weddings often require extra advance planning due to venue availability, vendor coordination, and guest logistics.
Short Engagement Considerations
Planning a wedding with a shorter engagement period requires focused priorities and flexible expectations. Your guest count significantly affects the feasibility of short engagements, with intimate celebrations offering more flexibility than large events.
Strategies for Short Engagement Success: Focus on venue and vendor availability rather than specific preferences. Weekday celebrations and off-season dates provide better last-minute availability across all guest count ranges.
Consider all-inclusive packages that bundle essential services, reducing coordination time. Professional planning support becomes even more valuable when timelines are compressed.
Start Planning Your Wedding at The Treasury on the Plaza Today
From intimate gatherings to grand celebrations, The Treasury on the Plaza provides the perfect historic setting for weddings of every size. Our experienced team helps couples navigate guest count decisions while planning celebrations within any timeframe.
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Wedding bar at The Treasury on the Plaza | Photo: Once Like a Spark
Catering, Menu, and Bar Planning Based on Guest Count
Menu planning and catering service styles vary significantly by guest count, affecting both cost and the guest experience. Understanding these relationships helps couples select appropriate dining options for their celebration size.
Service Style Considerations
Catering for Intimate Weddings (50 or fewer):
Intimate weddings offer premium dining experiences, such as multi-course plated meals, family-style service, or interactive chef stations.
Consider unique dining experiences, such as wine pairings, chef interactions, or specialty cuisine. Intimate settings can also accommodate dietary needs and allow menu customization.
Catering for Medium-sized Weddings (51-150):
This guest count allows some flexibility in menu complexity and service style, though this may be limited by your caterer. Plated meals with pre-selected menus, elegant buffets, and stations often work well for medium-sized events.
Catering for Large Weddings (150+):
Large weddings often require efficient service styles, such as buffets, stations, or pre-selected plated meals, to manage costs and ensure timely service. Focus on crowd-pleasing menu options rather than highly specialized cuisine.
Consider service logistics carefully, ensuring adequate serving lines, comfortable seating, and an efficient flow of guests during meal service.
Bar Service and Beverage Planning
Beverage and alcohol services scale differently from catering. The age group of your guests, region, and even the season can change drinking patterns. Experts recommend planning for about 1.25 drinks per person per hour. If it’s a younger crowd, consider increasing it to 2 per hour.
If most of your guests aren’t big drinkers, don’t feel the need for a full open bar. Beer, wine, and elevated mocktails may be a better fit.
Bar professionals should be able to guide you on the quantity and types of alcohol needed for your celebration. Make sure to have a backup supply to avoid the stress and frustration of running out of options.
Large Wedding Bar Efficiency: Focus on efficient service with crowd-pleasing options rather than extensive specialty drink menus. Multiple bar locations can help prevent long lines and improve guest flow.
Intimate Wedding Bar Service: Efficiency isn’t as high a priority with intimate weddings. With smaller guest counts, consider adding a few extra signature cocktail options or specialty beverage experiences, such as cocktail smokers or fun garnishes. Intimate celebrations also lend themselves to more personalized beverage service, such as tableside wine or champagne.
Entertainment and Music for Different Wedding Sizes
Deciding on the right entertainment options for the event’s size requires careful consideration. Music and entertainment can have the largest impact on the overall mood and vibe of your event.
Entertainment for Intimate Weddings
Smaller celebrations offer unique options for music, such as acoustic instruments, small ensembles, or specialized performers that create a sense of intimacy.
Consider interactive entertainment, such as live painters, specialized musicians, or unique performers, that create memorable experiences for smaller groups.
Entertainment for Large Weddings
Large celebrations typically require professional DJs or bands capable of engaging big crowds and filling substantial dance floors. Focus on experienced entertainers who understand the dynamics of large events. The DJ or band needs to not only be entertaining but also communicate information to guests and control the flow of the evening.
Professional lighting and sound equipment becomes essential for larger venues and guest counts, ensuring all guests enjoy entertainment regardless of their location.
Wedding seating chart at the Lightner Museum | Photo: Tiffany Delk Photography
Wedding Planning and Coordination For Different Wedding Sizes
Professional wedding planning and coordination provides value across all wedding sizes but offers different benefits based on the celebration’s scale and complexity.
Why Wedding Planners Matter: Wedding coordinators save couples money through vendor relationships and prevent costly planning mistakes. Professional planners often provide vendor discounts and access to preferred pricing. Some wedding planners even offer décor inventory, rental items, and coordination services that eliminate the need for additional vendors.
Planning Support Across Wedding Sizes:
- Intimate weddings can benefit from personalized vendor coordination and luxury experience curation
- Medium-sized weddings can benefit from comprehensive planning support with balanced vendor management
- Large weddings require professional coordination and logistical expertise for successful execution
Photography, Videography, and Content Creation
Photography, videography, and content creation requirements may need to scale with guest count, if the size of the event requires longer coverage. Every business handles this differently, but here are a few general guidelines.
Coverage Requirements by Guest Count
Intimate Weddings:
For intimate celebrations, photographers, videographers, and content creators often focus on capturing details and personal moments. Smaller groups typically enable comprehensive coverage without requiring extensive shooting time.
Consider approaches that capture natural, candid moments throughout intimate celebrations. Documentary and editorial-style coverage works exceptionally well for smaller weddings.
Large Weddings:
Large weddings require experienced photographers, videographers, and content creators who can manage complex photo logistics and timelines. Multiple shooters may be necessary to adequately document the event.
Choosing your wedding photographer, videographer, and content creator becomes more complex with larger guest counts due to increased coverage requirements and coordination needs.
Photo and Video Timelines and Logistics Planning
Photo and video timelines directly correlate with guest count, particularly for family photos and reception coverage. Larger weddings require more structured schedules and coordination.
Photography and Videography Timeline Considerations:
- Family photos require 2-3 minutes per combination
- Reception coverage may need to scale with guest count and event duration
- Excellent coordination and communication between multiple shooters becomes essential for large wedding coverage
Your wedding guest count impacts your flowers and decor. | Photo: Angelita Esparar Photography
Scaling Floral Design, Rentals, and Décor for Different Guest Counts
Floral arrangements, rentals, and decoration requirements scale differently from other wedding elements. While some elements increase linearly with the number of guests, other decor depends on the number of tables or locations that need to be decorated.
Floral Allocation
Intimate Wedding Florals:
Smaller weddings provide unique opportunities for unique floral statements. For the wedding ceremony, shorter aisles require fewer floral arrangements, so consider making your ceremony backdrop the main focal point.
Many intimate weddings opt for unique table arrangements during the wedding reception, such as long rectangular or serpentine tables. The amount and style of floral arrangements will rely heavily on how these tables are arranged.
Large Wedding Florals:
Wedding ceremonies for large weddings often require additional floral arrangements along a longer aisle, as well as a more elaborate ceremony backdrop that makes an impact in a larger space.
For the reception, again, the number and type of table arrangements will heavily influence floral arrangements. If you have a large bridal party, this will also increase the number of personal arrangements needed for bridesmaids.
The Treasury on the Plaza’s inherent beauty means there are minimal décor requirements across all wedding sizes, allowing couples to allocate floral budgets toward customizing their personal style, rather than transforming the space.
Décor and Rental Considerations
Venue décor requirements vary based on guest count, venue selection, and stylistic preferences. Understanding these relationships helps couples choose the best options to suit their needs..
Décor Scaling Strategies:
- Intimate weddings: Focus on details and personalized elements
- Medium-sized weddings: Balance statement pieces with smaller personalized design elements
- Large weddings: Emphasize impact pieces that create atmosphere for substantial guest counts
Discover Your Perfect Historic Wedding Venue
Whether you’re planning an intimate celebration for 40 or a grand affair for 175, The Treasury on the Plaza offers the perfect combination of historic elegance and modern amenities. Our flexible spaces and comprehensive packages accommodate any vision while maintaining the sophisticated atmosphere that makes weddings unforgettable.
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Making Your Final Guest Count Decision
Determining your ideal guest count requires balancing multiple factors, including budget, venue preferences, family expectations, and personal style. This decision affects every other planning choice and sets the foundation for your entire wedding.
What to Consider When Deciding on Your Guest Count:
- Budget limitations and per-guest cost comfort levels
- Family expectations and relationship obligations
- Venue preferences and availability requirements
- Celebration atmosphere and entertainment goals
- Planning timeline and coordination capacity
Does Your Guest Count Feel Right?
Once you’ve landed on a target guest count range, run through a few practical questions to make sure it aligns with your vision and reality.
Ask Yourself:
- Does this guest count fit comfortably within your total budget?
- Are your preferred venues available for this celebration size?
- Can you manage planning requirements within your timeline?
- Will this guest count create the celebration atmosphere you envision?
- Do you feel excited rather than stressed about the size of your wedding?
Planning Tips for Any Wedding Size
No matter how many guests you invite, the best weddings focus on creating meaningful experiences that reflect your relationship and values. Keep these principles in mind as you plan:
- Choose venues that enhance rather than complicate your vision
- Prioritize vendor quality over cost when you can
- Allocate budgets toward elements that create lasting memories
- Give yourself enough planning time to reduce stress and allow enjoyment
- Focus on the goals of celebration (like getting to marry your best friend!) rather than perfect execution
Your Perfect Wedding Awaits at The Treasury on the Plaza
Every couple deserves a wedding celebration that reflects their unique love story, regardless of their guest count. The Treasury on the Plaza provides an elegant foundation for unforgettable celebrations, from intimate gatherings to grand affairs.
Our historic Art Deco venue offers the perfect combination of architectural beauty, flexible event spaces, and professional service that adapts to any wedding size. With comprehensive packages and experienced coordination, we help couples focus on what matters most: celebrating their love with the people who matter most.
Ready to begin planning your dream wedding at The Treasury?
Ready to see The Treasury on the Plaza in person? Schedule a tour with our team and explore how our historic venue can be customized to fit your guest count and vision.
Whether you’re hosting an intimate gathering of 40 or a grand celebration for 175, our team will guide you every step of the way—making the planning process seamless and your wedding day truly unforgettable.
Celebrate the beginning of your forever in a setting as timeless and beautiful as your love story.
