Last night FI and I went to his parents house for dinner. After dinner they told us how much they admired FI and I working hard to pay for the wedding mostly on our own. So far FI's parents are paying for dance lessons and mine are covering hotel for us and some of the other bridal party. They admire it so much that they want to help us out with more of the finances. They discussed paying airfare and extra days at the hotel to make sure we have time to review everything that's going to happen on site. They also potentially will pay for the food at the reception but they told us to get our total budget for them and then the will give us a number that they will cover. We were totally blown away by their generosity especially when they told us they don't need much of a say in how it's spent. They already get to invite all the people they wanted to and they have always been part of the process since we tell them what's going on. They are happy that way. FMIL and I are having lunch today so we will be discussing more of te details. We are just so thankful that this came up because things were going to be very tight while trying to finance this by ourselves.
