Who Do We Invite for Destination Wedding?
My fiance and I want a destination wedding in Mexico, but in our cultures comes huge families and traditions. Basically, that means our invite list tops 100 people. To scale down that list is nearly impossible. Do we send out invites to all and just know that a majority won’t make it to the wedding? But then how many do we budget for? Plus, our coordinator from Mexico charges more for larger guestlists. Help? I’m kinda stuck on what to do. Do we just try to find a new venue or what. Please, what would you do?
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Well, most destination wedding are kept intimate only inviting really close family and friends. Concentrate on immediate family first. Then branch out from there. It’s kind of like you have to make a list and rank people. You want to make sure that you have the people that mean the most to you there with you.
Try prioritizing that list, then cut it down to about 75. Then go through the list again and cut it down to 50. Once down to 50 send out invites. Always remember the 20% of the people that you invite will not come.
I also like to see it like this. If your family is willing to spend all that money to travel to Mexico and see you get married then I would consider changing the venue. Before you send out any invites, send out an announcement and see what kind of response you get back. Save the dates are great ways to limit your guest list. Good Luck!
I think you should just have the wedding locally. Possibly do a theme that would represent your destination wedding (beach theme). Or if you can do a semi-destination wedding to a location that is close enough for your guests to take a day trip. And then you can go to Mexico for your honeymoon.