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Would you travel 9 hours for a cousin's wedding? What about 11 hours?

  • My fiance and I really want to get married 2 hours away from our hometown. All of our family and friends that live near us will probably still go to the wedding if it is this far away, but my fiance has family that is 9 hours away in the other direction, making their drive longer. Would you travel 9 hours for a family wedding? What about 11 hours? There are no major airports near the desired wedding location so if they flew to our hometown they would still have to travel the additional two hours. MIL thinks the 2 additional hours will influence her family not to come. What would you do if you had to travel that far? I asked a different version of this question yesterday and I don't think it was interpreted correctly, so I am trying again.

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    Most of my family and my husband family lived more than 5 hours way My brother lived more than 11 hours away, most of the family came There the thing, look for a hotel that will give discounts to your guest for a large group People that are 2 hours away, could decided to get a room, his family will My family have wedding receptions at hotels for that reason, it's easy

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I would have to really love that cousin. I did 7 hours recently and that felt like a lot...so a 14 hour round trip in the course of about 30 hours. An 18-22 hour round trip sounds a bit like hell. Worth it for a nice vacation that will span 1-2 weeks maybe, not worth it for a few hours at a cousin's wedding if you're not close....especially when we were treated very poorly at the wedding. If guests drive that far, they should really be hosted for an evening and their journey acknowledged.

My cousin lives 5 to 6 hours from me. Her daughter is getting married later this month. I won't be attending. Just too far and too expensive to travel. You have to understand that these guests will have to get a hotel for at least 1 night, pay for gas round trip and buy a wedding gift. In this economy, it's more that a lot of people's budgets can bear.

go ahead with your plans. they will have to travel 9-11 hours anyway. send them an invitation and be pleased if they come. 2 hours is basically a local wedding.

I'm closer with some cousins than with others. If it was my closest cousins, then yes, I would fly and then drive the 2 hours. Otherwise I probably wouldn't.

No, I would not travel 9 hours unless I was really close to them. Heck, I'm worried about making my family and friends drive 40 minutes lol. My Fiance is from British Columbia, Canada so guests from my MIL's side will have to fly from the west coast to Ohio. We're only anticipating about 6 people will make the trip. Personally I would try to make it closer to his hometown. I'd be annoyed as a guest if I had to fly in then make an additional 2 hour drive for the wedding. Good luck!!

Personally, no. I wouldn't travel that far for a cousin. That's essentially a day to get out there, a day for the wedding and a day to get back.

i would not

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