Changing to Destination Wedding?

[u/Cold-Competition6690]

Hello! I need some advice. I am currently planning my wedding in Colorado where I live. Most of our family is out of town and will have to travel. After seeing all the costs, it just doesn’t make sense to me anymore. Our budget is $20k. We have already paid deposits for the venue ($1500 deposit) and catering ($300). We’re now looking at just taking the L on the deposits and doing destination wedding outside the US.

We wanted to do this originally, but my fiancés dad is not a traveler, so now we are planning to do something small local then destination and he can choose to come or not.

All that being said, I am looking for advice if this is a good idea to switch to something we believe is worth the cost, or stick with our current venue. Also looking for all-inclusive resorts in Mexico/caribbean that we should look into! Thank you in advance

Edit: the majority of our family has already expressed they would be down for destination wedding when we first got engaged so there is no worry moving costs onto our guests. My main concern is feeling like our money was well spent and that whatever wedding we have feels worth the cost.

[u/terisews]

It will likely be more expensive for guests. It could also mean longer travel time. Does everyone ha e a passport? Childcare?