Are destination weddings less expensive and less stressful?

Cuc Gire: Unless you are prepared to meet the full travel cost and hotel accommodation expenses of your guests it is an insult to invite them to a destination wedding. Why should they give up their holiday allocation and spend hundreds of dollars to watch you doing your little princess act. You would certainly get a "will not be attending" reply to your invitation from me and I am sure from most of the other people you ask.

Shamika Schools: For you yes.For your guests, more stressful and much more expensive.

Susan Rambo: I got married in Hawaii, and it was so much less stressful. (I'm MOH in my friend's wedding; the amount of things she has to do and plan is overwhelming.) We picked a company we found online, met the lady when we got there -- she was the "coordinator" and the photographer. She arranged the minister - who was totally awesome and everything I had imagined, arranged the location, and brought her video camera and still camera. We opted to not have! any chairs (only 7 guests and a 15 minute ceremony on the beach), no music, no butterflies, no cake -- these were all options. Instead we bought some absolutely delicious cupcakes for our guests and bought them all dinner that night. So yes, the stress level is just about zero.Less expensive depends on you. Weddings are expensive because you invite a lot of people. It's also expensive if you have a bunch of decorations. A destination wedding will be very expensive for your guests, so you'll have a higher-than-normal decline rate. But for you, combining the wedding and honeymoon into one package, it can be quite inexpensive. (We spent less for our entire 10 day trip that my friend is spending on her reception; she still has to pay for the dress, the wedding venue, musicians, DJ, etc.) But again, it is what you make of it.Ask yourself what's important to you. For us, it was a low-key ceremony and spending time with your closest family and friends. (They're literally all acro! ss the U.S., so somebody was going to have to travel anyway.) ! We got a 10 day beach vacation out of the deal, spent time with those who were close to us, had an awesome wedding and fantastic food at a restaurant that night (we paid for our guests, and it was very reasonable, even with them picking whatever they wanted), and got to honeymoon in one of the best places I've ever been. It was so, so, so worth it, I can't stress that enough. But if you have a lot of elderly family members who want to see you get married, or if you have several guests who wouldn't be able to afford traveling thousands of miles away ... you have to decide what you want..***:D...Show more

Dick Ovdenk: Depends for whom.I think it's better to have a regular wedding that family and friends can easily attend, then the two of you have a honeymoon anywhere you want.

Terresa Tsasie: Destination weddings less expensive, very much doubt it especially if your guests have to pay for a flight and hotel accommodations. Oh yeah and don't forget the wedding pres! ent sounds like a lot to me.