My finance and I live overseas and our families will be flying in to attend our wedding. Circumstances means it will be a small wedding and because of this I will have only one attendant, my sister. I know it is proper etiquette for us to pay for two nights lodging for members of the bridal party, but we don't know how to handle this politely.
My sister will fly in with her partner and the rest of the family. We've found an apartment for them all to rent together whilst they attend our wedding. All of them are planning to stay 2+ weeks and make a vaccation out of it. We simply cannot afford to pay for everyones lodging but feel that it will be rude to somehow pay for only one persons share (my sisters) for the two 'required' nights. We had considered paying for a nice hotel experience for my sister and her partner for the two nights, but we worry that this will increase the cost burden on the remaining family members at the apartment and we worry about offending other familiy members who aren't in the birdal party but who may have done 'more' (finincially or otherwise) to help out.
What would you recommend we do?
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Aug 25, 2008, 10:06 AM
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Re: Overseas wedding lodging only for sister
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Dear Iko,
You could discuss this with your sister. Instead of paying for her lodging, which is shared with others, you could pay for her dress or something of similar cost. The idea is to lessen her burden because she is incurring costs due to being a member of your bridal party.
Overseas wedding lodging only for sister
