The wedding guest list debacle: who to invite?
Early in the wedding-planning journey, you are sure to stumble upon the question of whom to invite to your wedding and whom you can leave off your guest list. You and your soon-to-be spouse, and his/her and your family, may get into tiffs over this topic. In fact, in my experience, the issue is all too often ground zero for feuding. This is where destination weddings have an edge: when there is travel involved, often times those questionable guests will fall to the wayside and become an non-issue. But there are some people you will have to deal with. While there are some basic questions you need to ask– what is your budget? people equals money!– there are some landmines you may want to avoid, or handle appropriately. Here, we provide you with some hot-button guests and how to handle the question of whether to invite or not: • Children: This is often times the first group to be left off the seating chart, mainly because, as they can be unpredictable rambunctious monkeys at times, and ho