Hello.
We're having a destination wedding in Las Vegas next April. We have budgeted for 20 people and have met our limit. We each selected two friends for our wedding party and the rest of the guests are family members. We sent out STDs and are set with our plan of 20 people.
The problem is the hundred other people that keep asking about our wedding. How do we tell them that they're not invited? We wish we could have a lot more people at our wedding but there is a reason we are not. We like the idea of an intimate wedding and a smaller budget. I just don't know how to deal with our friends and family that ask about it because they want to go.
Please help me with a respectable way of letting them know our plans do not include them.
We are having 2 at home receptions, one in my hometown and one in fiance's hometown, so there will be a chance for everyone to celebrate.
I hate having to tell people that I love and care about that they will not be invited to the actual wedding.
What do I say? What do I do?