A) our ceremony and reception sites are literally right down the road from each other. Anna and I timed it...Southland is exactly .08 miles down Harrodsburg Road from Keene Run Golf Club. Why hire a limo or bus or other mode of transportation for .08 miles? Not only that, but have you been in a wedding party that has transportation? After the reception, you are scrambling to hitch a ride with someone back to the ceremony site to pick up your car. I think with our situation, opting against group transportation is the best bet. And it will save money.What will we do for transportation? Well...maybe we will ask friends or relatives with a nice ride to let us borrow it for the wedding day...Not sure. These details remain to be discussed in depth. But the bottom line: no need to spend hundreds of dollars on a ride to take us less than a mile down the road.
And two, save the dates, in my opinion, are an unnecessary expense if you are not getting married on a busy holiday weekend or if you have a long engagement. (We are in both camps.) I can certainly see the need for a save the date if your wedding is over Labor Day weekend or Thanksgiving or any other holiday weekend (or any other especially busy time in the year), but September 18? And we have a 17 month engagement? No need for that. Sure, they can be cute and there are MANY ways to make these creative and really set the tone for your wedding, but are they really worth the extra expense?I would rather put a little more into post-wedding thank yous. I have a great idea for these shaping up... Or another thought: what about getting postcards from the city/area your wedding is taking place and writing notes on them for those guests coming from out of town? It would be especially touching to have these postcards at the front desk of the hotel they are staying in for them to receive upon check-in.
What do you think? Are these non-necessities for you?
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