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Originally Posted by Ruttiger
Wow - anyone who can't afford to go to a destination wedding is a freeloader? If you can't go you obviously don't care about the couple getting married?
You sound like a former friend of mine - he had a wedding planned for Italy to which we were invited, told him we couldn't swing it. They eventually scaled plans back and did it in Vancouver instead. This time we weren't invited. Later told me after the fact he would have asked me to be the best man for the Italian version of the wedding. Seemed like an odd leap to go from potential best man to not on the invite list whatsoever.
Sometimes weddings reveal true colours, though I suspect he'd say the same about me.
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Your friend sounds like a real d bag.
If you have a destination wedding you need to be prepared to understand that a small percentage of who would normally come to a local wedding are not able to travel. Its just a fact. Anyone that you want to come and can't afford to go (example grandma) you need to be prepared to pay for. I had a destination wedding and even though most people think they are cheap, when you need to pay for family, special booze etc, it can get expensive. Also we looked for deals, I think our guests paid less than $800 for flight and all inclusive each. A lot of friends came because it was a good deal and they couldn't do a beach vacation for less. No one regretted it and we still talk about it years later. I don't have any hard feelings for people that didn't want to or couldn't afford to go.