[SuperMatt18]

Determine what you like best and go with it but make sure you get what you are looking for. If having all your family and friends there is important, then keep it local. If you are comfortable with some people not being able to come then go destination.

Had my own wedding here in Calgary this year, and traveled to two other destination weddings. They all have their own merits.

Personally for me with a big family with lots of young nephews and nieces right now, it made much more sense for a local wedding. Was it a pain in the ass at times? Sure, but in the end we had a blast, the party went all night, and I wouldn't change anything about it. If you are concerned about the day of coordination just hire a good day of wedding planner and they will take care of everything for you.

For my one friend he wanted a really low key wedding, with only immediate family and the bridal party (about 18 ppl total) so a destination wedding made total sense. It was a bit expensive to go, especially in a year where we had our own wedding, but in the end we made a mini-honeymoon out of it and had a good time.

In the end it's your day so do it how you want, but if you decide to do a destination wedding just don't be offended if some people can't attend because it can be a fairly large chunk of change for people to dish out.