Destination Weddings - Can Your Guests Afford It?
There is a growing numbers opting for “destination” weddings — meaning they fly to some exotic location for their wedding — but the big question is…can your guests afford it?
Not everyone is cash rich and no matter how good friends you are with people, you cannot expect them to shell out thousands of dollars on airfares and accommodation unless you are prepared to foot the bill. Reasonable?
Here is what guests of couples who opted for destination weddings say:
One recent guest, who spoke on the condition that she would not be named, for fear of retaliation from the happy couple, said she was not so happy when she found out how much she and her family would have to pay to attend a Caribbean wedding. The airfares alone cost $1,200.
They picked the most expensive resort on the island at $600 a night,” the woman said. That just flipped me out. I thought it was a huge imposition to put that kind of financial burden on us.”
I have a very close girlfriend who is hosting a wedding this December outside the country. The price for my husband and [me] to attend is roughly $3,000. We just bought a house and do not want to take from our emergency savings to go. Is that wrong? She was at our wedding and is upset that we are not going.”
With the majority of our friends opting for destination weddings, there will be no way we will be able to go to most of them — be it for financial reasons or vacation-time issues,” one woman wrote. She went on to say, “I have felt that these couples were somewhat annoyed and angry with us. As in, `We attended yours, so you must attend ours.’ Some nagged us about attending. Others acted surprised at our declining the invitation and kept asking us why, and some who had openly talked about their plans would refuse to discuss them again with us after receiving our decline. Just because I would miss the event did not mean I wouldn’t enjoy hearing about it.”
For some, going to a neutral location (i.e. overseas) for the wedding venue is a way to trim down a loooonnnngggg guest list. I know of a couple who have recently decided to get married outside their home country to trim down their guest list knowing full well that their closest family and friends are the only ones who could afford (and will spend) to attend their wedding. If this is the reason for choosing to go for a ‘destination’ wedding then the couple should not get hurt or upset when their invitation gets declined.
What do you think?
Via Boston.com
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