Interesting how different perspectives are on such topics. When we got married, our goal was to have a great party for everyone we invited. Which included thi

Interesting how different perspectives are on such topics. When we got married, our goal was to have a great party for everyone we invited. Which included thinking about were our wedding is, making sure our Guests have a great time and that the photographer would make sure to also take pictures of and for them as you normally dress for the event. I would personally not care about a wedding without guests and i wouldn't care about random guests. Therefore my mental conclusion is, that its the guests who are a critical part of our wedding and therefore they do serve being accounted for. Of course if i would marry somewhere totally different, i would make it much smaller to put less pressure on my guests but i was really happy to have nearly my whole family taking part in our wedding. But it probably depends on your expectation. If you don't mind your guests not coming due to costs and effort, its probably valid as well.