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re: Groomsman in Destination Wedding - WWTOTD
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:29 am to Shenanigans
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:29 am to Shenanigans
Not really a destination wedding if she is from there
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Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:30 am to yellowfin
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also where are there $100 rooms in vegas?
Are you saying that's cheap?
Last time I was there I stayed last minute at the MGM for $79/nt.
Mid-week they are cheap.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:30 am to BayouBandit24
He should understand if you have to back out. He's asking a lot from you.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:30 am to yellowfin
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also where are there $100 rooms in vegas?
All over the place, especially the old hotels like Luxor. They have jacuzzi suites for under $100 during the week.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 9:31 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:31 am to Shenanigans
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TL;DR: $2000+ to be a groomsman in a destination wedding.
I had a destination wedding in the Dominican REpublic and my groomsmen likely spent that much with their wives and everything.
But I gave them a year and half notice, set them up on payment plans, etc.
They treated it like an amazing vacation and we all had a spectacular time.
They also weren't little bitches about it.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:31 am to Golfer
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Are you saying that's cheap?
yes that's cheap from my experience
cheapest I've ever stayed was The Trump for about 150
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:31 am to Shenanigans
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joint bachelor/ette party in Vegas
Never. Ever. Period. No good will come from this.
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What would the OT do in my situation? Tell him the cost is ridiculous and I'm out of the whole thing? Skip Vegas and just do the wedding-specific stuff (Thursday and Friday)?
If you're doing a destination wedding, you should at least be prepared to take into consideration the costs. A very close family friend had his daughter get married in Puerto Vallarta. My parents went. He rented a couple of cabins for family and friends. All my parents had to pay for was the plane ticket and a little food.
Expecting your friends to shell out thousands of dollars for your wedding is beyond classless. I'd skip the bachelor party and just go to the wedding. Even then, I'd look for hotels that weren't so insanely expensive. Don't be ashamed to tell your buddy its too damn expensive.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:31 am to Shenanigans
If he is a really good friend and you can afford it, then it sounds like a good time. If not, then just go for the wedding.
If you can't afford it and/or take off work then that's one thing.... after that it just boils down to how close you are with him. Going to Vegas and Santa Barbara with my friends for a week sounds like a great time. Just sounds like a week long party.
Edit: all that said - I do think a week long destination wedding should be discussed before asking friends to be in the wedding.
If you can't afford it and/or take off work then that's one thing.... after that it just boils down to how close you are with him. Going to Vegas and Santa Barbara with my friends for a week sounds like a great time. Just sounds like a week long party.
Edit: all that said - I do think a week long destination wedding should be discussed before asking friends to be in the wedding.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 9:34 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:31 am to Shenanigans
What a dick move. I would just go for the weekend. Are there cheaper places you can stay near the wedding hotel? If you did leave the wife at home could you split a room with another groomsman going alone?
During the week that's about average for a Caesar's Palace type place.
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also where are there $100 rooms in vegas?
During the week that's about average for a Caesar's Palace type place.
This post was edited on 2/3/14 at 9:33 am
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:32 am to Shenanigans
frick that. i'd tell him that I will be there for the wedding. that's it.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:32 am to Teddy Ruxpin
Is the bride to be from the SB area? If so it's not a destination wedding, some may have to fly there but its a destination wedding when everyone attending and the bride and groom fly someplace. My most recent destination wedding was Jamaica.
Now when I got married in Jersey it was tough for a lot of my friends to fly up. All my groomsmen came up from New Orleans and one from California. Some of the guys shared rooms as some aren't married and most stayed up here for a few extra days to go into NYC for the St Patrick's day parade.
I also was 41 when I got married so most of my friends are in a decent financial place
Now when I got married in Jersey it was tough for a lot of my friends to fly up. All my groomsmen came up from New Orleans and one from California. Some of the guys shared rooms as some aren't married and most stayed up here for a few extra days to go into NYC for the St Patrick's day parade.
I also was 41 when I got married so most of my friends are in a decent financial place
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:33 am to Oxford Town
I'm not an OT baller, but I could afford it. I just don't want to spend $2k+ on something that isn't going to be memorable for me and my family.
As far as rooms in Vegas - they are renting out some suites at the Signature at MGM Grand and we are bunking up as there won't be much sleeping. I am just estimating $100 there.
As far as rooms in Vegas - they are renting out some suites at the Signature at MGM Grand and we are bunking up as there won't be much sleeping. I am just estimating $100 there.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:34 am to yellowfin
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yes that's cheap from my experience
cheapest I've ever stayed was The Trump for about 150
Well if you only check the newer hotels you won't find the really inexpensive prices. Old crap like Excaliber, Luxor, MGM can be dirt cheap during the week.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:34 am to GaryMyMan
guess I've never been during the week
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:34 am to Shenanigans
I would never ask that of anyone. and if I did, I'd let EVERYONE know ahead of time that if they couldn't make it, it was no problem at all
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:34 am to Fun Bunch
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I had a destination wedding in the Dominican REpublic and my groomsmen likely spent that much with their wives and everything.
But I gave them a year and half notice, set them up on payment plans, etc.
They treated it like an amazing vacation and we all had a spectacular time.
They also weren't little bitches about it.
I can guarantee you several of them bashed you and your bride behind your back.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:35 am to Fun Bunch
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I had a destination wedding in the Dominican REpublic and my groomsmen likely spent that much with their wives and everything.
But I gave them a year and half notice, set them up on payment plans, etc.
They treated it like an amazing vacation and we all had a spectacular time.
They also weren't little bitches about it.
Giving your family/friends a year and half to plan and prepare with you doing the leg work by doing payment plans, etc =/= Giving them 6 months to shell out a couple grand. It also seems like the OP didn't know this was going to be a destination wedding when he agreed to be in the wedding.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:36 am to Shenanigans
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I'm not an OT baller, but I could afford it. I just don't want to spend $2k+ on something that isn't going to be memorable for me and my family.
I don't see how partying and hanging out with your "best friend" for a week couldn't be memorable, but ok
don't go
like others have said, just don't to the Vegas part
but I think it would be a dick move to not go to your best friends wedding if you could afford it
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:36 am to Shenanigans
If you and him are that good of friends that he asked u to be a groomsmen then just suck it up and go enjoy your time there with them.
Posted on 2/3/14 at 9:36 am to Shenanigans
Party with Shawn Spencer and Gurton Buster.
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