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Originally Posted by squirrely girl
i have a friend who married in jamaica and he sent out tons of real invites to everybody even though he knew most people would not be able to attend... i think it's just the appropriate thing to do
- marissa
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I actually just got back from a jamaica wedding a few weeks ago. Invitations were sent to a lot of people (both have mid-size families and tons of friends) and they were real invitations - done about 6 months ahead of time. But, they also had a reception in their hometown for those that could not make it and that information was on the invite as well. About 40 people attended the Jamaica wedding and around the same went to the reception, with quite a few going to both.
I don't think they ended up saving much money by having a destination wedding, especially with the "second" reception......I would have saved more, but then I wouldn't have gone to Jamaica either.
It does sound a little tacky what the above couple did. It's sort of a "save the date" notice, but not really. They should have left off the part about "let us know if you want to go so we can send a real invite later."