Wedding Invitations

Here we are in June, prime wedding season, and many peoples’ weekends are full with weddings or wedding-related events like showers or luncheons or bachelor parties. For some guests and members of the wedding party, multiple wedding events might get on the pricey side. Of course they would love to attend each and every one of your parties, but it’s thoughtful (not to mention good wedding etiquette) to keep others’ finances in mind when scheduling or planning such events.

For instance, some brides might all but mandate that the members of their bridal party attend multiple bridal showers and an elaborate bachelorette party (it’s not uncommon these days for some bachelorette and bachelor parties to last an entire weekend in addition to happening out of town in an exciting location, like Las Vegas) on top of the rehearsal dinner, wedding, and reception. But if any of those bridesmaids live out of town, attendance at these parties means paying for plane tickets, hotel rooms, and rental cars over and over – and this might mean, for some girls, that the “fun” line item on their budget was blown long before the actual wedding.

Of course, your results may vary – your wedding party members might be in a completely different financial situation from that described in the above example. But it certainly doesn’t hurt anything for the bride and groom to mention – when asking people to be a bridesmaid or groomsman – that being in the wedding party could mean a significant financial commitment on their part. That’s not just good wedding etiquette, that’s also common sense and good manners.