So here's the situation:
We're planning a small destination wedding for May 2013. It's actually going to save us a lot of money (when compared to having a large wedding, with all the family, where we live) but we still have a fairly tight budget.
I've run into a bit of a dilemma when looking for wedding photographers. I know, from these boards and other sites, the importance of meeting your photographer before the wedding, doing an engagement shoot, etc. First problem is that I have yet to find a local photographer that I like or is in my budget (travel costs come into play here), but have found several (that I /love/) closer to our destination location. Second problem is that there would be absolutely no time or money available to meet those photographers closer to our destination, much less have them do engagement photos for us.
So, what's a girl to do?