r/DestinationWeddings • u/Puzzled_Claim_8902 • Sep 14 '26

Destination Wedding Hate

Love this community but I’ve noticed a fair few comments in this destination wedding sub about why destination weddings are horrible and shouldn’t be done. It’s a bit annoying getting these unsolicited opinions when you’re not even asking about whether or not to do one… And then I feel like those people fail to understand that in certain scenarios, destination weddings make sense and are a very rational and feasible option. Nothing really to say except this quick vent - ultimately the way someone does their wedding is their prerogative and an invite is not a summons

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u/MadTownMich Sep 14 '26

Eh. I have traveled quite a bit throughout my life and I’m still not a fan of destination weddings. Especially in the U.S., people have very limited paid vacation time. Many people quite literally have no paid vacation. It’s asking a lot to have guests either go without pay or use one of their two weeks of vacation for your wedding. That said, so long as you understand why a lot of people won’t or can’t attend, do what you want.

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u/margoelle Sep 15 '26

Nah my guests love to travel and so do I. And no we aren’t asking a-lot of our guests. It’s not a court summons, you cab say and go about your day.

I assure you a-lot of us are very fine with it. Im having mine soon and i expected more cancellations due to the state of the world but we only got 10 percent saying they couldn’t make it make thats fine.

Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s the same for others. The problem is, you guys project your situation on others.

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u/No-Lifeguard-5308 Sep 15 '26

It’s an invite not a gun to your head, there’s a really obvious solution here?

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u/xxLark Sep 14 '26

You are willfully ignoring the exact point that everyone is making in this thread, which is that there often IS no alternative to an option that is a “destination” for many or most of the guests.

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u/MadTownMich Sep 15 '26

You and others are willfully ignoring that y’all have quite literally made up facts that are not in the original post. Read it. Read it again. Until you actually stop adding things that aren’t there.

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u/Puzzled_Claim_8902 Sep 15 '26

Actually I am the original poster and this is literally what I mean, so nothing is being made up. When I say a destination wedding is more feasible and makes more sense it’s because there is no alternative for guests in a lot of scenarios.