But I doubt you flew the whole wedding party to a vacation Isle, and put everyone up for days.
People actually do that now; and while I believe that people are free to do whatever they want with their own money, turning a wedding into a blockbuster sensation makes no sense to me on a number of levels...
-JT
No this was a hometown deal....all the commerce generated went local...and it’s produced a passel of cute grandchildren...;-)
Just to set things straight about destination weddings. They are actually MUCH cheaper than traditional weddings. Lets say you would like to go to the Caribbean for your honeymoon. If you went to an all inclusive resort like Sandals ... the cost including airfair is about $400/day/person, so roughly $5600 all in for the honeymoon ... which is kind of cheap by todays standards, but lets call that average.
Your average wedding is going to cost between $10-25K, not including the honeymoon. The reception alone is going to cost you $100/guest just for food, not including drinks. The average venue is going to charge you $5-10K to rent the hall. Add flowers, booze, dress, cake, you get the picture.
Now, back to Sandals ... if you agree to spend 7 days at Sandals you get your wedding there for free. They are hoping you will invite your friends (they don’t have to spend more than a day there). It is an all inclusive resort so all the food, the wedding cake, the venue, the officiate and all the booze everyone wants to drink ... all included in the same $5,600 price from before.
So, instead of having a wedding with 100 guests, tell those that really want to come to meet you there. Those that don’t, they can just send the wedding gift ... (which probably would not have covered what you would have dropped on them for food at the reception, so you are plus money right there).