Hi everyone! Wanted to get some feedback/ideas - my husband and I decided to elope based on the pandemic messing up our wedding and pushed the wedding celebration out to April 2022. My bridal party is 9 girls who live literally all over the country (most of us including myself are up and down the east coast); several of them have very young children, one is expecting in Nov and I have a feeling one will be pregnant by next spring. I would love to have a fun girls weekend but I also recognize that its a lot to ask people from the west coast especially to travel east twice. Given that timing wise it would probably be Feb/March, wanted to do somewhere warm (likely Florida) but it just seems extremely complicated with the distance, family obligations, money, travel time, time off from work, etc. My MOH and I had started planning before the first time we rescheduled (I think we're on our 3rd date at this point) and there was a ton of hesitation from the girls to commit but I think part of that was because the vaccine rollout was just starting.
I am kind of at a loss. Part of me really wants the full bachelorette experience but part of me feels like bagging it as no one has seemed into it and I dont want anyone to feel obligated. Maybe doing a couples/coed bach/bachelorette and making it more open to anyone who wants to come? Or having just a brunch with the bridal party the day of the rehearsal dinner?
Any advice or input?
