How to have a destination wedding party?
Im thinking about having a destination wedding in colorado. I want it to be an intimate ceremony with only close family and friends, but then again I would like a bigger reception. Im not planning on paying for the guests but I do plan on attaching with the invite the nearest and cheapest hotel options….(I dont want them at the same hotel as my fiance and I) But anyway, my question is how do we work the bachelor party and everything. Should we plan on the bridesmaids, groomsmen, and the bride and grooom to fly up a day or two early?
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right don’t worry about paying for anyone’s accommodations, even the wedding party and relatives. the thing with a destination wedding is it’s smaller because not everyone that you want to be there can afford it sadly. but that’s how it goes. so invite the people you want there and let them decide on their own if they can find cheap flights & hotel.
as with all wedding invitations, you should include a small card w/ local hotel info. 1-2 hotels is adequate. you can even call those hotels and ask for a ‘block’ discount. then when guests call to book their rooms, if they ask for the ’smith block’ they will get that discount.
you don’t really have any control over what hotel they stay in- there’s no way to keep them out of the hotel where you’ll be spending your wedding night. it’s a free country after all. and I think you’ll find it very very hard to keep your hotel info a secret from your parents, bridesmaids etc. if guests randomly book hotel rooms at the same place you’re staying, not knowing you’re gonna be there, you can’t really do anything about that.
the bachelor and bachelorette parties can be held up to a month before the wedding. I wouldn’t recommend doing it 1-2 days beforehand. this requires your wedding party and any other guests you want at the bachelor and bachelorette parties to take more time off work and spend more $$$ on nights in the hotel. it’s easier to just have the bachelor and bachelorette parties near your home prior to the week of the wedding when you’ll be traveling.
My friend did a destination wedding and they did the bachelor party in vegas 3 weeks before and the girls according to them went to a local spa that same weekend. Who says the bachelor(ette) parties have to be that same weekend… Less you want it to be
Just let it go.
Give him enough space.keep distance ,you may find your love is better.^_^