Hi Everyone!
I am from NYC and my fiance and I got engaged in Maui, HI. We have been to Maui 3x for vacation, so it is a special place to us. We are getting married in the Spring of 2011, either in March, April or May. We will have the ceremony in a church and a reception to follow.
We are really having a hard time deciding whether we should have the wedding in NYC or Maui. Maui is a very special place to us and we want to share it with our close friends and family, but as I start to think about planning, I feel that I will end up being the tour guide for the group and this overwhelms me. I am also not so comfortable not seeing anything until a few days before the wedding since I don't plan to make a trip there before the wedding. However, we can probably keep the costs lower than NYC since our guest list will naturally be smaller.
With NYC, I am more comfortable with the planning because I live and work here and can meet with vendors. Also, having it in NYC means more friends and extended family can attend because they are local to the area. However, our costs will be double what they are in NYC and a part of us always envisioned getting married in Maui.
I don't know if many brides struggle with the same decision I am trying to make now but I don't know how to decide and I feel that after I decide on WHERE to having the wedding, I can get started on planning it.
Any thoughts would be helpful, especially if there are any NYC or East Coast brides also getting married in Maui or Hawaii.
Thanks in advance!