Living away from family and friends

You may have more people unable to make it If most of them have to travel. If,you are ok with that have it where you want. Check with the people,you can't imagine your day without to see if it's something they are able to do. While,it won't be a DW for you it will be for most of your guests.

We travel to Atlanta once a year for football games (Rise Up!!!) And tickets aren't bad. We usually fly from LAX or Burbank for about $230 per person. I think those closest to you would definitely come. If people are willing to travel out of country for a wedding, flying across country is not crazy

I'm in the same boat. My wedding is in Texas any my whole family is in SoCal. I actually got about 50% of yes RSVPs which I think is pretty good, even a couples cousins

We're having our wedding in Charleston, SC and the majority of our guests are coming from either Washington state or Massachusetts. We're sending out save the dates further in advance than is suggested due to the far traveling and kind of considered a destination wedding to guests. Just from word of mouth, we have a lot of people wanting to come

I think if you give them enough time to plan, then those who really want to be there will come. You have a higher chance of more guests RSVPing no but I think there could still be a good turnout if they are aware and have time to plan and save

I live in Atlanta as well and my family is in Florida. Not a huge difference, but Im having my wedding in Florida to accomodate them. I wish I wasnt. You are right, its so much cheaper here, so many venues to choose from, and so many professionals, bridal shows, and options. Keep with your idea and have it in Atlanta, they will come

We have the same situation, we live in AZ while our friends and family live in the Midwest. We debated between having it here or back home, and settled on having it back home. It's less convenient for us, but cheaper and more convenient for our guests. I'd rather have the extra work and stress for me, rather than have my guests need to fly to attend.

Thank you everyone! This is a tough choice for sure. Your help is very appreciated

Hi similar experience!! FH and I are in Savannah but he's from southern CA and I'm from NJ. We're doing the wedding here in GA. His family has to travel more but is totally open to it! Mine will also all be coming too. We kind of just asked our family guests if they thought they could make it (unofficially) to get an idea. We are also going to have celebration parties when we visit our hometowns during the holidays for any friends or family that couldn't make it. GA is so much easier on us and cheaper than CA or Nj

If ALL your friends and family are in ca then you should do it there.

However that being said My fiancés family lives in Maryland as do we but I'm from ca.... we opted for Maryland and all 40 people from ca opted to travel out for us

I am also in texas with about 60% of guests in so cal so far all but a couple have rsvpd to come to our wedding in texas .

Hello. I'm in a similar situation. FH and I are in the Bay Area but are having our wedding in South Carolina. All of my family, his mother, and his siblings are in South Carolina. I originally wanted to have the wedding in California because it's our home now and where we've build a life. However, it was extremely important for all of our loved ones to attend our wedding and we knew that would be impossible if we were to have our wedding in California. We felt it was more realistic for us to plan an out of state. Plus our close friends and family in CA are travelling to attend the wedding. I think it comes down to whether or not you'd be ok with some of your nearest and dearest not attending.