Appropriate not to invite some friends and co-workers to cross country wedding
We are planning a medium sized wedding in Ohio (where I was raised), but we live in New Jersey. Any guests from the northeastern area of the United States would likely have to fly, which mainly includes many of my fiance's friends. We'd love to invite them, but we know many of them wouldn't come because of the distance and since they aren't some of my fiance's closest friends, it could be a way to cut cost at the wedding.
Although its not necessarily a destination wedding, it would be cost prohibitivefor many of our friends from New Jersey to attend and honestly, adds to our cost of the wedding in general.
Is it appropriate not to invite some friends and co-workers that aren't as close to us and who live in New Jersey, and then throw an informal reception/party in New Jersey after our big wedding in Ohio?
If so, do we invite the few people in the area who were invited to our Ohio wedding to the informal reception as well? What about people from New Jersey that we invite to our wedding but choose not to attend?
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Re: [wilhelmkm] Cross country wedding... not necessarily a destination wedding
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Dear Wilhelmkm,
You may invite anyone to either events, except all who attended or were invited to your wedding must be invited to the reception.
Don't feel badly about not inviting some to your wedding. Most couples must keep the guest list to a minimum due to cost or space.
Appropriate not to invite some friends and co-workers to cross country wedding
