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Do I count as an encore even though I've never been married? My family and everyone are teasing and calling me the run away bride lol... but err I am getting married about an hour a way at a quaint and romantic bed and breakfast, but it's a full 6 hours away from my entire family.
If you count getting married in the next town over and 99% of our guests coming in from out of town, then yes, we are having a destination wedding. Our venue is a B & B, so we will be staying over for a couple of nights and hope to do some touristy things while we are there.
@noritake: ours is the same! i am thinking perhaps i should arrange some tours or something for guests to take advantage of and perhaps even an excursion to new orleans (about two hours away) so that everyone can explore the French Quarter. I suppose it depends on what time everyone will arive the Wednesday before the wedding or if they are thinking of arriving that evening and how long they are staying afterwards.
I am going to get some brochures and maps to put in a guest bag to be given at the reception. I am hoping we won't have to entertain too much when they are here. I am being quite selfish, but even though we will be together for almost 11 years when we get married, I want to spend time as a newlywed for the first couple of days.
I am not going to arrange anything because if I do and they don't take advantage of it, I don't want us to be liable for any costs involved. I do think pointing them in the right direction though would be helpful. Seattle is about an hour away from us and their is lots to do there and then there is always Mt. Rainier and the hiking for the younger crowd.
@nori: what a great idea! i'm not sure if they are going to plan to stay the weekend or not, we're getting married on a thursday, i was thinking of doing oot guest bags for them and maybe have some local delicacies in there for them (pecan candies) so they can sample the local flavor. i totally agree with you on the costs etc. I think perhaps I'll get some brochures from the tourist center here and that should be decent enough?
lol, we are getting married on a Thursday too!!!
I think that is the best thing to do; re: brochures. We are also going to be putting in some Seattle delights in our bags. Like Seattle's Best coffee and some other stuff I haven't decided on yet. I think brochures and maps would be decent enough, and it would give them an opportunity to pick what they feel comfortable doing; rather than having something forced on them.
@bellenga; nice to see you back
@noritake: how crazy is that?! lol!! i am actually going to ask M's cousin to make the pecan candies for them and I am sure they will devour them lol! let's hope I don't since I have a very form fitting dress to fit in lmao!!! I have no idea if my guests will want to stay the entire weekend because the next day is nye. the coffee is a wonderful idea as well, everyone here loves community coffee so maybe i'll go that route...
Ooooh pee-cans! I love some divinity and other nawlins goodness. Pralines too!
I do consider it a destination if it has another zip code! lol.
Getting married on the beach in Maui in 25 days. It's just the two of us. THis time it's about us not the ceremony, the reception, the flowers or the family. I think it's going to be very special and memorable.
We're having a semi-destination wedding. No flying required but it's about 1 and a half hours away at the beach. And we're doing OOT beach bag favors for everyone w/ brochures, maps, fliers and snacks.
We were planning a Sedona wedding - which would have been destination for everyone. Now we are planning an elopement, but haven't decided where yet. FI has vetoed Las Vegas, but we are considering Cozumel (our original honeymoon plan), Hawaii, or ???
We had sort of an involuntary destination wedding. Because we are a same-sex couple, we couldn't get married in our local area, and had to travel to Massachusetts.
@AZ: cozumel or hawaii sound lovely!!
@2d: that bites that y'all had to travel just to get married it really irks me but that's another subject for another board i suppose, i am glad y'all are happily married now!
We're going to Puerto Rico for ours. On the beach, then reception in our home town of Bayamon.
We are having a destination wedding in Florida in just 38 days! I really didn't enjoy my first wedding which was super traditional. Df and I decided we'd rather have something small and intimate in a place we love!
@crebre80: Yeah, at the very least, we should be provided with some nice tropical place in which to get married! ;-)
I agree 2d!
Our wedding will be an either drive or fly to destination. From my house it's about 5 hours. Same for pretty much everybody.
Just got back from our DW in Jamaica, it was divine... I'd HIGHLY recommend it, it was just right for us... I posted on the Jan 2010 Month twin board if anyone is interested.
We had 35 including us, some guests stayed for as little as two nights, some for as long as 7 but most were 4 or 5 nights. Adults only, all-inclusive all amazing!
We really wanted to elope also, but we felt bad about leaving our kiddos out. So, we're going to get married in the GA mountains, where FI is from (we live in NC now), and my family is from NY, so they'll be coming to GA with us. It'll be a small (20 - 25 people) outdoor ceremony, with a nice dinner at a winery down the road afterwards. We're going to have our kids stand with us as we take our vows, and I'm going to have a few of the traditional elements (flowers, cake, photographer, dress/hair/make-up), but it'll be fairly casual, as FI & his son are wearing khaki linen pants, a white button-down shirt w/no tie & cuffs rolled up, and boat shoes. And, the little girls will wear matching sundresses.
I can't wait!!!
We will get married locally, as a destination wedding would be too expensive and wouldn't easily include his folks who are in their 80s and don't travel well.
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@soontobeS: That sounds great! Which winery are you having dinner at? We love Wolf Mountain Vineyards for special occasion dinners or brunches :)
We did think about a destination wedding, but Mr. Neva's brother just had one last year, and we didn't think his family would be up for another one again so soon. We heard some grumbling from family members last year about the cost, taking time off work (not all of them ended up going), so we knew we'd have problems from them if we did another one a year later.
We also thought about just the two of us eloping, but we both have children and they would be hurt if they weren't there.
So...that leaves us with a small, immediate-family only ceremony here in town, which will be in the church where Mr. Neva was baptized and confirmed...which I really love.
We also talked about a destination wedding, but since FI is a newbie, his HUGE family would have been upset. I think the logistics of getting everyone out of town and the cost (we would pay for them) would be over the top. So, in the end, we opted for the traditional big wedding. That was something we decided really early on and I think it will be awesome to have everyone that is important to us there for our big day .
@bellenga We are planning on having our dinner at Monteluce Winery's restaurant, La Vigne. We also looked into Wolf Mountain Vineyard's restaurant, as they are right down the road from the R-Ranch where we are having our ceremony, but they said they were not open at the time of day that we were planning to host the dinner, and we did not want to pay to have them open just for our small party.
@soontobeS: That sounds great. I've always wondered about Monteluce. Wanted to try dinner there also. Did you see the really intimate event facility at Wolf Mountain?
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Just curious! We're doing one! Getting married Aug 7 in Pensacola (church) and then reception a few miles away bayside! (getting ready to confirm that..cross fingers!)