I have 2 uncles on my Dad's side who live in Bangkok; both are married and one has 3 late pre-school/early elementary age children with his wife. I haven't seen either in the past 5-6 years but growing up they were around pretty often so I had a good relationship with them both.
Dad doesn't think we should send them invitations to our wedding in Oct. 2011 and instead just send announcements. Seeing as it costs a lot to fly a family from Thailand, he thinks it's asking too much and would possibly just make them feel pressured to spend money they don't necessarily have, etc.
Do you think it'd be nicer to send invitations and let them know we don't expect them to make the journey but that of course they're invited, or should we send announcements and explain it's because we don't want them to worry about trying to make the trip work but that of course we're thinking about them?