Long distance wedding party.

Start a wedding whatsapp group or Facebook group to keep everyone involved in all the ideas and decisions, and you would only need you or your mum to travel to a few dress shops.

One of my bridesmaids lives abroad, there has been a lot of skyping and messaging.

I am having 6 bridesmaids, and none of them are coming to my wedding dress fittings - I'm just taking my mum and stepmum. Plus bridal shops will advise that taking too many people is annoying for them, and can be confusing for you. So book a day with your mum and poss future MIL and then book in a few appointments on that day.

One of my bridesmaids is in America, so I'm not expecting her to do much prep - I doubt she'll even be able to come to the hen do - I just know I want her stood there with me on the day.

The WhatsApp group idea is a great idea - being able to share pictures and ideas will really help, but you don't necessarily need them in person. When you do need people in person - set up a Doodle poll to check availability!

Good luck! X

I'm in the same boat! I've already had one dress fitting, where I travelled to my mum's and one bridesmaid came with me, and having another one soon where I'm going to do the same thing, but if I don't find a dress at this next fitting then I'm going to have to find a dress on my own, because none of us can afford all this travelling! I think that'll be alright though, since I've already heard from two people about their opinions and got ideas in mind. I think having more people giving their opinions would be too confusing! I've also been talking to my mum a lot of things on the phone.

My real worry is how to buy bridesmaid's dresses when my bridesmaids are scattered across the country. I'll cross that bridge later, but either we'll all meet up and do it in just one day, to minimise travel costs, or.... well, I don't know!! Order dresses online and hope for the best?!

I'm glad i'm not the only one in this situation and thanks for everyone's tips so far.

I think i'm going to set up a group for my bridesmaids and then I can throw ideas at them. Hopefully I will be able to go wedding dress shopping with my mum - I know she would love it. I'm also concerned about purchasing the bridesmaid dresses, I'm hoping to be able to find a dress in maybe a high street or well known shop and then they can each try them on in their different locations. Or maybe online is the best?! Who knows!

Hi,

Please don't panic, it will all work out perfect in the end. I am in the same postion as you, my mum and two bridesmaids live 3 and a half hours away, two of my other bridesmaids are about an hour in opposite directions.

I was lucky that I found a supplier of an australian designer that I loved and it was based about 30 minute drive from my mum's. Like most people have said, you won't need all your bridesmaids with you when you go dress shopping. I took my mum and my MOH (I value her opinion), none of the others have even seen my dress and I want it to be a surpise. For fittings I'm probably going to go back with my mum only so it won't cause too many problems with travel etc.

For bridesmaid dresses, I was lucky to find some on Asos which were just what I was looking for! I posted them out to all the bridesmaids and when they arrived we had a whatsapp group and video called each other. Meant it was simple for them to try the dresses on at home and they were delivered directly to their houses. Luckily they were perfect and fitted first time! There are so many options now online that I'm sure you will find something no problem!

Good luck