Is it bad etiquette to have a bridal shower if you are having a destination wedding?
April 5th, 2010 by admin | Filed under Destination Wedding.
Also, how long after the destination wedding occurrs is it appropriate to have a ceremony(informal party) at home for all the guests that couldn’t make it.
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The bridal shower is for the BRIDE, you choice. It is not bad etiquette at all.
Do the informal party soon, like no more than a month after the wedding.
Otherwise it will be out of place and old hat. Keep it fresh and fast while it is still in everyones minds.
Yes, of course, have a shower!!! No reason not to at all! About 4-6 weeks after the wedding, have a party to meet the new bride and groom.
It is perfectly acceptable to have a bridal shower with a destination wedding! I would recommend having the party/reception within 2 months of the wedding, but the sooner the better.
You can have a shower but the only people you can invite are those coming to the wedding. It is beyond tacky to invite someone to a shower and then not invite them to the wedding. Really, it’s the height of rudeness. Also, you don’t plan your own shower; normally the bridesmaids plan it.
I was wondering the same thing…..my sil is getting married in Mexico and no one from out here is going to her wedding, not even us, my husband is her older brother, we just can’t afford it, well she is having a bridal shower on 7-707 and she is getting married of 10-13-07……….I just thought it was tacky to have a bridal shower, but of course i have to go
I guess she would have gotten a present from us anyways….but for the rest of the people? Its just distasteful…and she is not having any kind of reception or party here after she is married..
It is fine for someone to give the bride a bridal shower with a destination wedding.
I would have an informal party as soon as feasible after the destination wedding. It is nice to show all the photos at the party too. Anytime within a month afterward should be just fine.
No, the bride is still getting married. Why would it be bad etiquette. The bride and groom can still invite all the guests at the shower; however, if they decline the wedding invite it’s their choice.
I would have a reception w/ in 2 weeks of returning.
I had a destination wedding and my friends through me a bridal shower. My husband works offshore, so our reception was almost a month after our wedding.
No, but you don’t plan your own shower. HOWEVER, the only guests who would be invited to the bridal shower would be the ones invited to the wedding, so you MUST keep that in mind.
And, you won’t be having ‘another’ ceremony later, but I suppose you could have a party.
Since the bride and groom do not organize a bridal shower, and is organized by others, there is no problem with having it.
I think if you want to have an informal party for your wedding then you can have it within six months of your wedding.
If you’re planning on having an informal wedding party for guests who could not attend the destination wedding then I think it’s fine to have a bridal shower. However, you should have the party soon enough after the wedding so that your guests dont start questioning the bridal shower. I would say a month after the destination wedding. Just to give you enough time to get back to reality from the wedding and honeymoon. Otherwise within the following couple of weeks.