Nope, nope, nope.

Re: Nope, nope, nope.

• CharmedPam member

  

  September 2017

  20 children.  So, wait, no "child's price" discount either?  

  
  

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• charlotte989875 member

  

  September 2017

  CharmedPam said:

  20 children.  So, wait, no "child's price" discount either?  

  I think children are 50 Euros. Big savings there. 

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• short+sassy member

  

  September 2017

  SO.MUCH.WRONG.

  I like how he justifies the cost with "what people usually spend" for 1-2 nights at a hotel for a wedding.

  Of course, he is ignoring and glossing over the part where guests also often spend NOTHING on lodging, because they just go home after the wedding.

  All they did was take away that option for their guests.  At least the cost part.

  

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• lyndausvi mod

  

  September 2017

  So much wrong.
  
  Also they didn't have to go to their friends wedding in Greece.  It was their CHOICE to spend as much as they did.  Savings - 1200+ pounds to use towards their own wedding.
  
  And not much push back from guests? Well I doubt it was said to their faces.  With only 60 guests I bet most of them are "must invites" and are kind-of "obligated" to keep their mouth's shut and attend.   I'm talking about immediate family, etc.  Family dynamics come into play.  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
  

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• MairePoppy mod

  

  September 2017

  Why do some couples think that guests should think of their weddings as holidays? If you don't get to choose where, when and cost, then it's not a vacation. 
  

                     

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• ei34 member

  

  September 2017

  Isn't there a "gross entitlement" post on one of the other boards right now? That's what this story screams.  I hate their "we can't afford to get married" mindset.  They don't know the difference between their dream wedding and getting married 

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• lovesclimbing member

  

  September 2017

  MairePoppy said:

  Why do some couples think that guests should think of their weddings as holidays? If you don't get to choose where, when and cost, then it's not a vacation. 
  

  Yes! I have never been to a destination wedding. But going to weddings we had to (yes, I realize I'm not being literally forced to go, but come on, you don't just not go to your siblings' weddings without an exceptionally good reason up there with being nine-months-pregnant, deployed or estranged) really took up vacation time. So yea, we do consider it vacation, and we got to have fun and spend time with family, but it still wasn't the same having to use up time and money instead of being able to save it up for a nice vacation to the Caribbean or Hawaii that we STILL haven't gone on after being marrie for nearly five years. 
  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  September 2017

  MairePoppy said:

  Why do some couples think that guests should think of their weddings as holidays? If you don't get to choose where, when and cost, then it's not a vacation. 
  

  Agreed. I mean I'm going to an OOT wedding next week and we've chosen that to go a few days early so this could be our vacation.
  

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