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mX2007 posted: 06 Sep at 10:17 am
My husband and I got married in Hawaii, just the two of us. We didn’t invite anyone but had a big party when we returned. I wouldn’t do it any other way. It allowed me to focus on him and on our relationship and the commitment we were making instead of worrying about entertaining others.
I did attend a friend’s wedding in another state a couple of years ago. He gave us almost a year’s notice and he set up a group rate at a nice hotel that was convenient to the reception site and also was in a really fun part of the city. I knew I’d go to his wedding wherever it might be and the year’s notice really helped. It also really helped that he had figured out the accommodations.
Annabella posted: 09 Sep at 2:30 pm
We got married in Hawaii but never expected anyone to make it there. 2 of our friends did come with us but only because they just happened to be planning that exact vacation already. A friend of mine recently got married in Vegas & I couldn’t afford to go. 15 months does give people time to plan, but just remember that saving their money & using their vacation time to go somewhere they may not have otherwise chosen, would not sit well with a lot of people. I would do my best if it was either family or an extremely close friend but I wouldn’t do it for an acquaintance or co-worker of someone that’s not in my immediate everyday life.
mrs posted: 11 Sep at 5:57 am
i’m getting married in march in jamaica. we’ve always wanted a small wedding with just our immediate family. so having one was perfect for us, b/c the only people that were invited were those that wouldn’t miss it for anything. it’s also a good way to rule out those who would only come for the free alcohol.
melouofs posted: 12 Sep at 4:06 pm
When we were seriously considering the idea, I called my siblings and mother to ask if they’d be willing to attend–they were my only “musts”. If they said no, we probably would have gone another route, but my family was excited about the prospect-we travel together anyway, and we’re a close bunch even though we live in 4 different states from Florida to Pennsylvania. We offered right up front to pay the airfare and hotel for those people. My husband’s an only child, so it was only his parents-they also agreed despite not liking to travel. Everyone else who came was gravy. If we’d had a local wedding, it would have been for about 300, but having a destination wedding, we were only 33 total–which I GREATLY preferred. I always wanted a very small wedding, and never wanted anything to do with the ballroom/church extravaganza so many women covet.
We paid for our immediate families, but we still had about 18-20 people attend we did not pay for-they just used the wedding as an excuse to get away to the Virgin Islands in February!
Knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t want anything else in the world. We did have a big party when we got back-that was a ball.