merbear

We've had mostly positive reactions, I think everyone super excited we are getting married. However there have been a couple less-than-thrilled responses to the news, mainly because they won't be able to make it. In the long run though, we know it's what we want in our hearts. To included friends and family that cannot travel so far, we're having an engagement party/reception in town and specifying on the invitations that, even though we will be exchanging our vows on a magical beach far away, we would still be honored if they would celebrate with us here and now at an engagement party or reception.... I've read about a lot of destination wedding couples coming back and having an in-town reception a couple weeks after to include in-town friends that couldn't make it. It just happens to work better for us to do it before the wedding for a couple reasons. Getting married is about you and your fiance committing to each other and celebrating your love. It's not about pleasing everyone else. I agree with the previous post to just focus on and highlight the positives of a destination wedding and how much it makes you and your fiance happy