2 hours away?

Two hours doesn't seem too far to me.

What's the incentive for having a wedding that far away? We're having our wedding two hours away from a large percentage of our guests, but the reason for that is that we're having it at my parents' country club. If my parents didn't have a house and a gorgeous club that will save us a considerable amount of money, we'd plan something much smaller that was closer to home.

Edit: Two hours isn't that far away. So far everyone from Miami (where we're from) has RSVP'd that they're planning on making the drive over to SWFL for our wedding.

Is it 2 hours away from where they live or two hours away from where they will be staying? I'm going to a wedding this summer that there are only two hotels w/in a 90 minute drive from and both were fully booked when the bride chose the location. I will still go, but a)won't stay as late knowing I have a 2-hr drive ahead of me and b)won't drink but a glass of wine because of the drive.

We just really like the idea of having it on the lake and there are a couple of beautiful Inn's that would be great venue's.

We would also like to make it a fun weekend for our families, who would stay. But I am afraid that it will be too inconvenient for those who maybe can't afford to stay.

Both options offer lodging and there are other hotel options very close but. It is a very popular vacation spot.

As long as there is lodging at the location, I'd be fine with it. Some people won't...and will choose not to attend...but that's their decision.

Not at all you said there was places to stay. And a weekend get away is always nice! All that matters if you love the place and that is where you and your FH want to get married. some will chose and other won't. But two hours is not that far of a drive congrats!

My wedding will be an hour and a half from most of our guests. We chose this location because it was a "happy medium" between our two sides of our families. I am originally from South Jersey. My FH is originally from Maryland. We live in Boston. We chose north-eastern maryland as a nice place in between so no family would have to travel a really long time.In addition we are having a daytime wedding which provides people plenty of time to drive home and no need to spend the night.

With that said, we sent out invitations last week. My mom has already talked to my uncle who said that him and probably all of my cousins won't be able to make it "because of the economy." I understand where they are coming from since gas is expensive and tolls, but people can carpool to save on that. But it comes down to that I'm not close to that side of the family. To the people who I'm close to, that hour and a half drive is nothing.

So for people who truly want to be there,2 hours won't stop them

My venue is about two hours away for most of my friends, but it's close to my family. I'm more concerned about having my family and ones I love there. If my friends think it's too far to come then so be it. Just means less mouths to feed! Like FutureMrsO said, if the want to be there, they will.

I don;t think it is too far.

Our venue was 2 hours away from home, and from where most of our guests live. We let people know as far in advance as possible. About a third of the guests ended up booking hotels, and the rest drove home.

We had an afternoon wedding, though, and there was very little alcohol, so that may have made a difference.

My FH's cousin got married about 2.5 hours away from where his family was coming from because it was pretty much a medium point for his family and her family. We were able to book several different hotels in the area so it wasn't a big deal. Just make sure you can accommodate the guests that are going to want to stay, IE if you have 200 guests make sure you can provide lodging for 200 just in case.

I don't think its too far, unless none of your guests have vehicles. If you can, think of the guests when choosing a venue, such as finding a hotel a reasonable distance away so they can stay if they choose too. I know I ended up passing on an area known as the Berkshires in MA b/c the hotels required two nigh minimums which I felt was inconvenient for guests.