Inviting Guests To A Destination Wedding

Weddings are expensive -- but if you're planning on spending a certain dollar amount anyway, why not treat your family and friends to a little vacation as well?
Destination weddings are becoming popular ways to keep the big day more affordable and this allows many brides and grooms to extend the offer to pay for airfare and hotel for at least some of the wedding party. Destination wedding etiquette encourages the happy couple to pay for any close family member who can't otherwise afford to be there, and it's a kind gesture to pay for members of your wedding party as well, especially if they're already shelling out for clothes to wear on your big day.

Look for discount package deals and find out which resorts offer the best bang for the buck. If you do decide to pay for your guests' airfare and hotel, you'll need detailed information from them for when you book their flights and rooms. Find out their legal names and airport and travel date preferences.

If you are footing the bill, you'll need to make these reservations long before you send out invitations. Destination wedding invitations, because they often involve travel arrangements and time off from work for your guests, should be sent out earlier than normal, at least six to eight weeks before the big day.

Of course, you can have a destination wedding without any invitations at all! Eloping to get married all by yourselves in a faraway place is a time-honored tradition which can often save you money and bother.