Destination Wedding Tip: A Stateside Reception or Not?

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I spoke with a couple recently who talked about wanting to do a destination wedding with a small group of family and friends, and then wanted to do a reception with their larger guest list after they got back stateside.  After thinking about it, they’re probably not going to do a destination because they don’t want two parties.

But here’s my question — why have a reception after they get back?  Do they feel obligated to have a party for those guests not invited?  They seemed really excited about having a destination wedding and all the excitement that it could offer, so I say forget the reception stateside and stick with a small destination wedding.  Brides and grooms shouldn’t feel like they have to throw a second reception just for the guests that didn’t make the smaller guest list.

Just Fresh LiME’s two cents…

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2 Responses to “Destination Wedding Tip: A Stateside Reception or Not?”

Melissa Madden says:

I dealt with this same dilemma when I was getting married several years ago. The destination wedding was in St John USVI – we were going to have a follow up party in Newport (we are from NY and Boston)! It became so stressful, in the end we chose only to do the wedding in St John – 65 people came and we had a blast for almost a week! Brides need to remember, make it easy on yourself!

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