Ultraman

原帖由 布小熊 於 2008-5-18 22:16 發表
well.. for destination wedding, I don't think couple will pay for guests' expanses. But it's really an honor to be invited!
I felt so bad missing my friend's destination wedding in NZ. I got a short  ...

Are you kidding?! If I were the couple, what am I going to lose to invite all the people who know me to attend my OVERSEAS WEDDING? Since they all pay for their own expense such as needed air tickets, accommodation, local transports, meals... etc. To me, it's as simple as to invite my local friends la! I don't really see how "honorable" wor. In fact, if the couple arranges all the stuff as above and invite me to go, then I am honored and greatly appreciated lor! Moreover, I would pay more "money gift" as usual tim!

Ultraman

原帖由 katamari 於 2008-5-18 22:47 發表


haha you are just too greedy

Well, can't really say I'm greedy. But on the other hand, shouldn't the couple being considerate, and care for their friends/relatives for they don't even been to the destination location, and can't speak the language (Japanese wor?! I don't think most people can speak lor...) at all? Despite the air tickets (which they can book for themselves easily in their own countries), at least should provide accommodation and local transportation la!

Ultraman

原帖由 布小熊 於 2008-5-18 23:04 發表

it's at a REALLY nice resort. So they had very limited number of people that they can invite to it. (less than 40 including families) They did help arrange accommodation but NOT paying for it.

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Hmm.... my personal pov to katamari's case is, since the location is Japan but not HK or Vancouver, it's quite different to people from HK traveling to Van or the other way round, which many people could be originally from HK, many of them have homes/connections or at least been traveling/living in both places before, and the most important thing is most people might able to speak in Chinese and English, it shouldn't be a problem for them to travel alone (ignoring money issues). However, katamari's case is, people originally from HK/Van need to travel to Japan, which is an "alien" country other than their home/familiar country. And I believe most of them can't communicate in Japanese (knowing that very rare Japanese can speak fluent English). That's why I mentioned air tix is easy and reasonable enough for guests to get their own, but accommodation and transportation is very important to the overseas guests lor. And actually for the benefit of the couple themselves, if they want to secure a certain amount of guests who is willing to go to their destination wedding in Japan, the less panic and concern the more guests would feel more comfortable to go ar mah!