Josh and I got engaged a little over one year ago and this whole “engaged” experience has brought me so much closer to my clients! I feel grateful that I am going through the same excitement, joy and challenges that my CMP brides are feeling. One of the first things Josh and I did was sit down at our kitchen table to discuss our wedding planning priority list. Any other Type A people out there?! Yes? Lists are my THING, guys! Anyways, after many conversations we decided on a destination wedding! AH! We are so excited. I wanted to share some of our reasons why we made this decision:
We are non-traditional and we wanted our wedding to reflect that! My immediate family is small and I didn’t want any of the traditional wedding elements to emphasize the people that are missing from my life. We want our wedding to be happy, fun and memorable!
Spending more than one day with our guests was another priority! Typical wedding days go by super fast and sometimes the bride and groom have limited time to spend with their guests. Not us! Most of our family and friends are staying 4-5 days at our resort – yay! More quality time on the beach with bottomless margaritas? I call that a WIN.
Planning a wedding is STRESSFUL, guys! I work in the wedding industry (obviously) so I had some idea of how much venues typical cost. Yowza. Josh and I couldn’t justify spending a ton of money on just one day. We want to aggressively pay off our student loans and start saving for a house so paying for a wedding in PA just wasn’t an option in our eyes. Every couple is different and so are their priorities! Ya know what? That’s okay! To be honest, we struggled with the idea of letting people down by having a destination wedding but I think our families are excited now!
At the end of the day, if you have a small wedding on the beach or a large wedding in a ballroom … it really doesn’t matter! If it’s what YOU want, then it’s perfect :)