Enter how many people you invited and get a realistic range of how many will come. Use it to decide how many portions to commit to with the venue, and how much money to set aside.
150–180
About 165 people, of 300 invited
A minimum of up to 150 portions should not leave you paying for empty seats. Once RSVPs come in, update the number with the venue.
In weddings that worked with Baeem, 65%–75% of those invited said yes. For you that is 195–225 people, but not all of them will come, so the range above is lower. When the first reminder went out, 45%–60% of invitations were still unanswered. After reminders and calls, 5%–15% stayed unanswered.
The estimate also rests on real answers from weddings that worked with Baeem, as of October 2026. Those are RSVPs, not a count of who actually came, so to estimate who will come we multiply them by Grace Events' share of those who say yes and come. The adjustments for the day, the season and the list's size rest on industry sources and our own assumptions, as the table shows.
Each circle has its own attendance range: how many of its invitees said yes in weddings that worked with Baeem, times Grace Events' share of those who say yes and actually come. Multiply the people in each circle by its range, add or subtract for the day and the season, and add it up. An unsplit list gets the general range, and a very large one a little less, since it usually holds more distant acquaintances.
| Circle or factor | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Family: attendance | 65%–80% | 80%–85% said yes in weddings that worked with Baeem, times Grace Events' share of those who say yes and come |
| Friends: attendance | 55%–65% | No figure of its own yet, so the whole-list one: 65%–75% said yes in weddings that worked with Baeem, times Grace Events' share of those who say yes and come |
| Parents' guests: attendance | 70%–80% | 75%–95% said yes in weddings that worked with Baeem, times Grace Events' share of those who say yes and come |
| Work: attendance | 40%–50% | 45%–60% said yes in weddings that worked with Baeem, times Grace Events' share of those who say yes and come |
| Other / unsorted: attendance | 55%–65% | No figure of its own yet, so the whole-list one: 65%–75% said yes in weddings that worked with Baeem, times Grace Events' share of those who say yes and come |
| Day: Sunday–Wednesday | Baseline | The starting point: most weddings that worked with Baeem were Sunday to Wednesday |
| Day: Thursday | -5 percentage points | Quoted from Grace Events |
| Day: Friday midday | -10 percentage points | Our assumption, informed by Grace Events |
| Day: Saturday night | -5 percentage points | Our assumption |
| Season: April–October | Baseline | Our assumption, informed by Grace Events |
| Season: November–March | +2 percentage points | Our assumption, informed by Grace Events |
| An unsplit list of up to 150 | +3 percentage points | Our assumption, informed by Grace Events |
| An unsplit list of more than 450 | -5 percentage points | Our assumption, informed by Grace Events |
| Of those invited, said yes | 65%–75% | Real answers from weddings that worked with Baeem, as of October 2026. Those who said yes, not who came |
| Of those who said yes, attend | 80%–95% | Quoted from Grace Events |
Last read and checked on 24 October 2026.
General figures from real guests' answers in weddings that worked with Baeem, from August 2026 to October 2026. Each is a range across weddings (rounded to the nearest 5%), not the numbers of any one wedding. We see who said yes, not who came.
According to ulam.co.il (August 2026), a Thursday-evening wedding usually sees 75% to 85% of those invited. In weddings that worked with Baeem we saw fewer: 65%–75% of those invited said yes and 20%–25% said no, and not everyone who says yes comes. So the estimate here is more cautious. It also depends on who is on the list: according to ulam.co.il close family nearly always comes, and in our data too, work acquaintances said yes the least.
A minimum above the low end of the estimate is a risk: if fewer come, you pay for the portions anyway. Where you can, agree a low number and raise it as RSVPs come in.
Not always. According to Grace Events, of 100 who said yes, usually 80 to 95 come, depending on the size of the event and who the guests are. So leave some room with the venue even after RSVPs.
According to Grace Events, attendance at a Thursday wedding is about 5% lower, since that evening is crowded with other events. The sources give no number for Friday midday or Saturday night, so those adjustments are our assumption, and the table says so.
The calculation runs in your browser, and you are not asked for a name or a phone number. We count use of the calculator in broad ranges, such as 300–399 invited.
Collect RSVPs. Before them you have a range; once most guests have answered, you have a number. Baeem sends each guest an invitation on WhatsApp, the guest answers with a tap, and you see who said yes, who said no and who has not answered yet.