Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas!

Vegas2012

Hi everyone, I am new to the board but have lurked around here many times before. My Fiance proposed to me Dec 28, and we are thinking sometime in May 2012 in Vegas. We like the idea of the in-suite reception, if we can keep the guest list down. 

I have my first question for you ladies, do we have to include a +1 for everyone we invite since it is a destination wedding? I planned on including a +1 for those who are in a relationship, but do we need to keep the option open for people who may be in a relationship when the wedding rolls around?

Thank you

bcschuman

Welcome and congratulations! 

As we have planned our wedding, we assume that everyone is a +1 to keep our numbers realistic through the planning process but count on RSVPs to give us the final count!

direy25

First off, congratulations and welcome to the board! 

We are providing +1's to all of our guests because everyone will be traveling to attend the wedding, but you're not required to do so.  If some of your single friends do end up in a relationship by the time the wedding rolls around, It shouldn't be too difficult to add a few extra people to your guest list. 

kara811

Congrats on your engagement and welcome to the boards! Same as the ladies above me, we provided plus 1's even for the single guests. Actually we made it up to them if they wanted to bring a guest or not. But +1s are not necessary for everyone. 

cduong

We allowed everyone who was invited a plus one despite their marital status. We just couldn't think of asking everyone to fly all the way out to Vegas and not allowing them to bring a date in case they didn't know anyone.

Natrasha

We are not inviting a plus one for our single guests, but our guest list is pretty big, and about 99% of our single guests know other people who are invited. We just sent out Save-the-dates, and if any guests get into serious relationships before October, we'll just have to evaluate on a case-by-case basis.

smokeybailey

Everyone on our list gets a plus one.  I can't imagine flying to Vegas by myself, footing the hotel bill alone, and paying every cab solo.  Even if I know people at your wedding, I would prefer to have a travel companion.

That is just my two cents and how we did it.  I think we have a total of maybe 10 "plus ones" on the list.

Vegas2012

Thanks for your replies!

We originally roughed out a guest list which included +1 for everyone.. then single friends and family started planning to attend with each other, share rooms, fly together etc. making us think it maybe wasn't necessary to include the +1 for all of them.. but I guess we will anyways, I would hate for anyone to think that they have to travel alone. 

My worry was some of the guests may think that +1 means they can just go to Vegas with their buddies and bring them along to the wedding.. 

Ah well. It is probably way too early for me to be stressing about such little details!

ricekim

Congrats on your engagement!

darkling_glory

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_recently-engaged-getting-married-vegas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:a083f53b-b267-4a81-85b7-182fa015a440Post:6d6af78d-fdaf-42b7-86a6-073353f23c85">Re: Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas!</a>:
[QUOTE]We allowed everyone who was invited a plus one despite their marital status. We just couldn't think of asking everyone to fly all the way out to Vegas and not allowing them to bring a date in case they didn't know anyone.
Posted by cduong[/QUOTE]

Word! This is what we did. I'd never attend a wedding if I had to travel all by mysel (especially fly!). I'd just send my regrets.

vegasgroom

We gave all our guests a +1 whether they're in a relationship or not; we're not the keepers of their relatiionship status and not giving someone who's in a relationship a +1 for a wedding they'd have to travel to felt rude.  Plus all the +1's for invited guests made it easy to cut out distant relatives I haven't talked to in 15 years since we have a fixed capacity venue lol.

wallacje

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_recently-engaged-getting-married-vegas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:91Discussion:a083f53b-b267-4a81-85b7-182fa015a440Post:91992e23-5b20-4a77-9aa7-bc34c7dc156b">Re: Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas!</a>:
[QUOTE]We are not inviting a plus one for our single guests, but our guest list is pretty big, and about 99% of our single guests know other people who are invited. We just sent out Save-the-dates, and if any guests get into serious relationships before October, we'll just have to evaluate on a case-by-case basis.
Posted by Natrasha[/QUOTE]

This. 

Congratulations and welcome to the board!!

direy25

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas! : Word! This is what we did.<strong>I'd never attend a wedding if I had to travel all by mysel (especially fly!)</strong>. I'd just send my regrets.
Posted by darkling_glory[/QUOTE]
Meh, I went to a friend's wedding in Tahoe by myself because FI couldn't get the time off.  I flew by myself, rented a car by myself but was able to split a hotel with some other friends.  Plenty of people WOULD do it, but we still wanted to give everyone the option to bring a guest.  I actually asked one of my friends if he had any ideas of who he might bring to the wedding and his reply was "Do I have to bring someone?"

darkling_glory

I'm not a great flyer under the best of circumstances, so to do it by myself, it would have to be an emergency type situation.

But, to each their own! Some people love to fly and wouldn't be phased by it at all.

Just my two cents to the OP! Hopefully, I didn't offend!

smokeybailey

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_recently-engaged-getting-married-vegas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:91Discussion:a083f53b-b267-4a81-85b7-182fa015a440Post:d5f8ff25-585f-431f-add3-d8154954ef38">Re: Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas!</a>:
[QUOTE]We gave all our guests a +1 whether they're in a relationship or not; we're not the keepers of their relatiionship status and not giving someone who's in a relationship a +1 for a wedding they'd have to travel to felt rude.  Plus all the +1's for invited guests made it easy to cut out distant relatives I haven't talked to in 15 years since we have a fixed capacity venue lol.
Posted by vegasgroom[/QUOTE]

This.  Well, except the lol.

;)

direy25

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_recently-engaged-getting-married-vegas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:91Discussion:a083f53b-b267-4a81-85b7-182fa015a440Post:49af9ff0-38a6-4060-9a7c-58454b598c70">Re: Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas!</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm not a great flyer under the best of circumstances, so to do it by myself, it would have to be an emergency type situation. But, to each their own! Some people love to fly and wouldn't be phased by it at all. Just my two cents to the OP! Hopefully, I didn't offend!
Posted by darkling_glory[/QUOTE]

Gotcha.  I'm sorry if my previous post came off as rude, I was just trying to say that there are some people who would be ok traveling by themselves.  I of course would prefer to have someone with me, which is why everyone gets to bring a guest if they want.  :) 

aerinpegadrak

Since you're in the rough planning stages, it would be best to keep the plus-ones in for now.  As others have said, a lot of people don't like traveling alone, and it's always better to overestimate than underestimate.  Plus, if these people are in serious relationships by the time of the wedding, you'll have already accounted for that.

wallacje

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_nevada-las-vegas_recently-engaged-getting-married-vegas?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:91Discussion:a083f53b-b267-4a81-85b7-182fa015a440Post:f6931263-e248-4db5-8131-ae0090653337">Re: Recently engaged, getting married in Vegas!</a>:
[QUOTE]Since you're in the rough planning stages, it would be best to keep the plus-ones in for now.  As others have said, a lot of people don't like traveling alone, and it's always better to overestimate than underestimate.  Plus, if these people are in serious relationships by the time of the wedding, you'll have already accounted for that.
Posted by aerinpegadrak[/QUOTE]

I also totally agree with this.  Easier to plan for sure.

wiwicaty

Hi, welcome to the board!