We are having a destination wedding in mexico next june, but we are only allowed 50 people. My fiance is from a large family. If we were to invite all of his aunts, uncles, and cousins we would be way over our limit of 50 people. We would really like to invite his aunts and uncles, but not all the cousins. I am sending out save the dates in a few weeks along with an informational brochure. Is there any way to specify in the brochure that teenage children are not invited to the wedding without sounding rude? I understand that younger children cannot be left behind (and there are not as many of these). Please advise!!
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Re: [carlyneric] Not inviting teens to destination wedding
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Dear Carly,
While it is true that you can invite anyone you wish and only invite the children within a certain age, parents tend to become upset when they see some children and theirs weren't invited. So, please be aware of this.
There is no way to politely state this. You would just invite those you wish to invite. It would be best to verbally tell family members of your tight guest list. It may be even better not to invite so many with children.
It isn't a law that you have to invite so many family members to a destination wedding. Just the fact that it is a destination wedding implies that the guest list will be or should be small.
Not inviting teens to destination wedding
