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Originally Posted by Nobama
The great thing about destination weddings is that it eliminates all the free loaders that would have come to your wedding because of free food and free drink. The people that go to a destination wedding actually care about the bride and groom and they are rewarded with a great time in a great place that they will remember for the rest of their lives.
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I still can't get over the assumption that everyone can afford to fly to beach vacations on a whim. My friends and I all got married at 26-30, and none of us had enough money to go to Mexico or the Dominican. Not for a wedding, not for a vacation of our own. Back in the 90s, few twenty-somethings in Calgary had the money to splash around on things like that. And by the time we were into our 30s and had decent jobs, we had kids.
It's your wedding. You (and your parents) pay. If you can't afford a big wedding, have a small one. If you can't afford the Rimrock in Canmore, rent a community hall in Calgary. If you can't afford high-end catering, get cheap catering. If you can't afford catering, do a potluck. Weddings are as cheap or expensive as you want them to be.