Hello,
Sorry in advance if these types of questions have been asked before. My fiance, who is Japanese, and I live in Japan and will be moving to Hawaii next Summer. Our wedding will be in August in Hawaii. We are inviting a few family members from both sides. A few weeks after the wedding, we will fly to my hometown, Denver, which will be a chance for her to meet the rest of my very large family. My plan is to have some type of celebration party, perhaps a BBQ, while we are in Colorado.
Here are my questions:
Do I send wedding invitations to everyone or only the people invited to the wedding in Hawaii? (Basically everyone is welcome, but I know some of my family members won't be able to afford the airfare and hotel.) Would I send a separate invitation to the BBQ?
As for the BBQ and gifts (if people wanted to give us gifts that is), is it possible to register in a store/stores in Hawaii and then have the gifts shipped from that store to our home in Hawaii? I'm just wondering how we would get all of the gifts back to Hawaii from Denver other than shipping them ourselves, and wondering if there wasn't a way around having to ship them home without being presumptious or rude to my family and friends. What do other people do when the wedding is in their hometown but they no longer live there anymore?
Thanks for any advice you may have!