I’m so excited to introduce you to our new feature called Ask the Destination Wedding Doctor. Here you’ll find answers to the most frequently asked destination wedding questions — and if you don’t find the answer to your question, you can just fill out the form at the end of this post and we will…
Etiquette Q&A Series
Should you still send an invitation to guests who told you they can’t go to your destination wedding?
This post is part of my Destination Wedding Etiquette Q&A series, where I answer reader submitted questions. Destination Wedding Etiquette Question submitted by Karen If you already know that someone is not able to make it to the destination wedding, do you still send them a formal invitation and do you invite them to the…
Sending Destination Wedding Invitations to Guests Who Can’t Afford to Attend
This post is part of my Destination Wedding Etiquette Q&A series, where I answer my reader’s questions. “Is it proper to invite people that are close to me but that I KNOW full well, cannot afford to come?” Cynthia @ Destination Wedding Details Says:
Inviting Guests to the Shower but not the Destination Wedding
This post is part of my Destination Wedding Etiquette Q&A series, where I answer reader’s questions. Submitted by Andrea: I know it is not proper etiquette to invite anyone to the shower who isn’t invited to the wedding, however, when I mentioned the wedding to a few coworkers, they said they wanted to come. When I told them to would be in Jamaica they said they wouldn’t be able to come to the wedding but wanted to know if I would still invite them to my bridal shower.
How to Set Your Destination Wedding RSVP Deadline
This post is part of the DWD Etiquette Q&A series, where I answer reader’s questions. Destination Wedding Etiquette Question by Henrietta (Houston, Texas) What is the best way to get an accurate headcount for a destination wedding? What is the best deadline timeline to ask for a RSVP for a destination wedding? The DW is…
Destination Wedding and Honeymoon Etiquette
This is part of my DWD Etiquette Q&A series where I answer reader submitted questions. Question Submitted by Tara: My fiance and I are planning to spend 3-4 days with our guests prior to the ceremony but would like guests to leave the morning after our wedding. We are encouraging guests to go down as soon as they would like, but would like to have ample honeymoon time away from family and friends. We’ve already started sharing this thought with our family and friends, but would also like it on the invitation or noted in the itinerary we will provide to all guests. Is this considered impolite? If not, what is your recommendation on sharing this with guests?
Destination Wedding Etiquette Questions
What’s YOUR destination wedding etiquette question? The idea of destination weddings is a pretty novel concept so it can be hard to find one place with answers to all those questions that keep you up at night! When do you mail invitations? How do you tell your guests kids aren’t allowed? Who do you invite…
Destination Wedding Engagement Party
Here’s a question submitted by one of my readers as part of my Destination Wedding Etiquette Q&A series: We are having a Destination Wedding and would like to invite everyone to a pre-celebration. What could that be? An engagement party? A couples shower? I would think it would be more informal because the Destination Wedding will be costly. And should we invite all those people to the wedding even though they won’t come?
At home reception invitation etiquette
This question was asked by one of my readers as part of the DWD etiquette Q&A series. Question asked by Rachel (U.S.) I am creating a friend’s Save-the-Date and invitations for their destination wedding. They are only inviting close friends and family to their destination wedding in Jamaica but are also having a wedding back…