Announcement and AHR invite in one?

[briannettu]

We only invited family and very close friends to the destination.  I feel like it's asking a lot for people to spend that kind of money just for my wedding.  Even so, neither of his brothers is coming because of work and my sister probably cannot afford to.   But we are sending out over 100 invites to the party afterward.  I have decided, however, that I will not send out seperate announcements.  If I'm not close enough to someone to invite them to the party, then I'm not going to send them an announcement.  That seems like just asking for a gift.  I don't care if the people coming to the party give me a gift, I just want to have a good time and celebrate.

[stefkva]

Yeah, I'm thinking of just doing the AHR a month after the wedding and doing an informal invite.