Summer Camp Wedding - Charge Guests?

Hi there.. we are also having a summer camp wedding. I think at this point it is too late to mention that to them.. especially if it is such a small amount, I may just choose to eat the cost. Did you only invite specific people to stay with you or did you open it up for anyone?

No, you should not ask. You invited them and it would be very rude to go back after the fact and ask for cash.

I feel like it's too late to ask them? Some may have not planned on staying there if they knew they had to pay?

Yes, it's too late. And, for such a small cost, I think that it would be a little weird to ask guests to pay.

As long as you can manage to cover the costs, I wouldn't go back and ask for money. I agree with everyone else - I unfortunately think it's too late.

Yea I'd eat the cost. I think it's kinda late to ask

It feels late....did you already specify meals would be included ? Depending on your specifics, I think here is where you could have some wiggle room, depending exactly on the wording of what’s already been said. (If you said “meals” for example, you could provide the basic main meals but say people could bring apps/snacks/desserts/etc or something along that vein) , but again everything depends on how it has already been structured in the invite stages


....on the flip side, if a couple was providing for me for the whole weekend, I would likely be more generous with my card/gift at the wedding !

Definitely not appropriate this late in the game to charge people for that.

I agree with PPs. Pay for the guests!

Thank you all for your responses! I agree, it's too late and rude to ask at this point. You've all just confirmed my suspicions!

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We only invited friends from out of state, who would be traveling more than an hour to the venue! And yeah - we'll just eat the cost. Oh well! Thanks for your advice!