Hello All
My fiance and are I are getting married in Las Vegas next june, a handful of friends and family will be there. This is because they want to go on holiday to the states and have incorporated our wedding into their plans.
Parents/Inlaws are not coming. There's been no resentment about it and the vibe is that everyone is very happy for us to do it this way.
As a compromise, my partner and I decided to hold a party a few weeks after we return. It's in a lovely village hall with a big meadow, we're hiring a stretch tent and will be having a relaxed informal ceremony (vow renewal) conducted by a friend of ours before drinks, a laid back "chilli and potatoes" style dinner, speeches and dancing.
We've sent out Save The Date's and we'r enow in the process of wording our invitations to send out.
The main bulk of it I have got sorted but a lot of people have asked about gifts. It's a strange concept to me, I've never been one to feel excited about being showered with gifts, despite it being the done thing at a wedding, I also think where we're getting married away, should we even put anything about gifts on the invitation?
Whilst in America we will be doing a hike at a national park (and conquer my fear of heights) and I'm going to be collecting sponsorship to do this to raise money for the Alzheimers Research UK Charity in honour of my grandmother. So I would like to give our guests the option to donate to this as well as or instead of.
How do I word all of this? Do I word it at all? With elopments I understand it's poor etiquette to even ask for a gift but as we're holding a wedding reception and ceremony at home, does this change things?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
