My fiance and I have always wanted a fall wedding and a destination wedding. We have found a place in Maine where we would love to get married at with only close family with us and then have a celebration with family and friends back home. The problems are that not everyone might be able to afford traveling to Maine and my 5 year old niece is starting kindergarten and cannot be away from school for the time that I would like her to be. My family wants me to change the location and season that my fiance want to get married at. What should I do? Anyone have any suggestions?
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Who's paying? Can you do it during one of the fall holidays or when kids off at school? I know my nieces and nephews have random days off for reasons I can't understand.
Otherwise, who's paying gets a big say. And you have to decide what's more important to you. We did schedule our wedding during summer break knowing that we have a lot of OOT and they wouldn't want to leave their kids at home (school) but it costs more in the summer.
How long is the distance for your guests? Are they in NE or would it require a plane ticket. But if it's early fall, I would love to make it a long weekend camping trip :-)
You really need to decide what is most important to you. We also wanted a small DW, but where wasn't as important to us. But, several family member work for schools and we really wanted nieces & nephews to come, so that is what decided our date... it had to be summer. We decided on a cruise wedding and would have preferred a different time of year because ship will be more crowded in summer, particularly with young kids, and prices go up drastically. But it was more important that everyone could come. Then, from there we narrowed down a few options we could live with, ran those past our families, and went with the one that was most convenient for our guests. If you are hoping for the fall tree color, you could probably find some gorgeous areas without travelling that far away, if distance is an issue. One of the other realities of a DW though, is that you won't get everyone there, and you need to be okay with that. We decided that our parents & siblings were critical, so we made sure to choose something that worked for them, but it wouldn't ruin our day if others couldn't be there. We only have about 1/2 our invited guests coming... and we are okay with that. So, you need to decide what is critical to you, what you can live without, what you can't live without, and probably make some compromises to get one you that has what you really want.
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