I’ve been searching all over of what the ideal number of people should be coming to our wedding. My fiance has 100+ from his family, and I’m clueless about how many of my family members should come, (but it should be a lot as well because I come from a large italian family). What’s the ideal number? We want our wedding to be very special and have everyone in our families to be there. Another question is: Where should our wedding be if we are going to have a large number of people coming to our wedding? I do not want to get married in any enclosed places (i.e. church), and neither does my fiance. Any suggestions? Thank You. 
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invite only the closest. how about an outdoor country club. i dont know where you are located
You might have 300+ guests that you can invite but it won’t really matter unless that’s something you can afford. Figure out your budget, talk with vendors and from there you can get a good idea of how much each person you invite is going to cost you. After that figuring out how many to invite should be no problem.
Maybe try to do an outdoor wedding? That’s the only thing I can think of that won’t be enclosed, unless you find a HUGE church / building to get married in.
damn, I have no way to top that first answer! Good job!!!
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Your budget and your tastes should dictate what makes an ideal number. Some people can afford and are happy with 500 guests. Some people could afford that but want to keep things small and intimate. Think about what works for you personally.
But if you’re looking to cut the guest list, make your cuts based on kinship not friendship among family members so no one’s feelings get hurt: That is, invite only first cousins instead of only the cousins you like.
For me an ideal number was around 80. I only wanted my immediate family (parents and siblings) and my closest friends. I wanted smaller and intimate. We did invite aunts and uncles but no cousins but we fully expected none of the extended family to come in and they didn’t. We’re simply not that close to our aunts and uncles or cousins.
For your situation I would just recommend that you establish for both families what level of relatives you are inviting. If your fiance wants to invite everyone including 1st cousins you should take your guest list to the same level of relative. Both agree if you’re going to invite co-workers, etc.
We used the rule, “Have I talked to the person in the last 6 months? Do I expect to still be talking to them 6 months from now.” That helped us narrow down our guest list. We didn’t want best friends from high school we haven’t talked to in 10 years.
Our goal was to have a smaller guest list so we could talk to everyone at the wedding and have them feel like they were a special part of our celebration instead of merely spectators at a huge event.
But there is nothing wrong with having a 300 person wedding.