Why are you having a destination wedding?

[beachbride2013]

We are having a DW because we love to travel and think it will be the most fun and beautiful way to get married!!

[jello]

So many reasons!

 

1) My fiancé has always wanted a destination wedding

2) I've always wanted a small wedding, and at home we would've had 300+ guests

3) Much more affordable, see reason #2

4) We get to spend a week on vacation with a few close friends and family, as opposed to mere hours saying hello to hundreds of distant relatives

5) Getting married on a beach in Mexico will be gorgeous!

[cinnagirl]

I have always wanted a destination wedding for as long as I can remember. However, once we actually got engaged we decided to do a small local wedding instead. We figure a DW would be too expensive (we would have to pay for my parents because they are broke) so I gave up my dream and tried to do the best I could with a local wedding. Well with our small budget we couldn't do ANYTHING we wanted locally. Even doing a small weekday wedding and dinner with immediate family only and a cocktail reception on a Friday came to $15,000. Which is our entire budget. I have never been more frustrated than trying to cut things to fit our budget and realizing that we wouldn't be having fun at all. My fiance's brother had a DW (which was amazing) and he really talked us up about how inexpensive it was. We started looking into DWs and decided to go for it. After that, everything has fallen into place. It's amazing how easy things are when you're on the right path.

 

Essentially my reason are the same as everyone else's: a week spent with close friends and family, an intimate wedding in a gorgeous setting, getting more for our money, and giving my parents a vacation they never had.