Hi everyone!
I wanted to see if anyone else has had a similar issue with only one side of the family having to travel?
So I am originally from MA and that's where all my family and friends live. My FH is from Pittsburgh, PA and his family is all here or in a few different states. Originally, we were going to have the wedding and then a reception in MA and then one in PA, so not too many people would have to travel. After we postponed, my future in laws decided we're not going to do the one down in PA, so we had to combine. The venue is in MA, relatively close to where 90% of my family and friends live. It is also now going to be a lot more people and more expensive than my parents were originally planning on paying for. They also didn't communicate with me about it, they told my FH then he told me. I told him they need to communicate to my parents that they decided to not do the one down here, which didn't end up happening I had to be the one to tell my parents, which they are fine with it, just the courtesy of having better communication would have been nice. (The communication on my FH's side of the family is HORRIBLE and drives me insane)
For my entire FH family and friends, they have to fly into Boston, then rent cars and drive an hour to the venue. The venue is a hotel and the venue in one, so once they get there they don't have to leave.
I feel bad about them having to pay so much and travel so much, when most of my family is local to the venue.
Has anyone done like gift bags for people who have to travel for the stay at the hotel? I just feel bad now they all have to spend so much to travel to come and want to do something for them to have for when they get to the hotel.