How should you create your guest list? Listen in as I discuss the essential starting point for assembling your guest list and keeping the stress out of the process.

It’s important before you book your venue to know the approximate size of your wedding and the number of guests. It can help you to put a lot of different things in order right from the beginning.

To start, brain dump every single guest you can think of that could be there. Write it all down in a document, using Google Docs or a similar service. Handwriting out everyone’s information is fine too, but using a computer program is going to make editing and copying that list a lot easier and clearer down the road.

Next up create categories for your guests. Groups like friends, family, and co-workers can help you visualize how big both sides of the wedding will be. This isn’t narrowing down the list, this is just so you can see how big both your and your partner’s guest lists are.

The third step is to imagine that you absolutely have to cut your existing list in half. Who would you keep on that list? You can even go further and restrict it to 40 people. This will help you to put into perspective who are the most important people at your wedding.

Now go through the list by category and ask yourself some questions. Have you spoken to this person in the last year? Do you see them outside of the workplace? Ask yourself these questions to get clarity on just how important they are to your wedding.

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