I just got engaged and my finance absolutely has his heart set on
a destination (beach) wedding with his preferred location being Hawaii. On the
flip side, the most important thing to me is being sure we can invite everyone
we want there. Our list is probably around 100-125 right now so not a huge
traditional wedding but very large for a destination. I have no idea what this
might cost us. Would appreciate any personal stories and advice people might
have to share. Our current budget estimate is around $20,000 but we haven’t settled
on a final number yet and I’m trying to figure out where compromises will need
to happen (ie: if we trimmed the guest list by 20 or so, would we still be
crazy to think we could afford that Hawaiian beach?)