Has anyone combined their wedding and bachelor/bachelorette events when it was destination? My fiancé and I have mostly the same friend group as we went to college together so I thought it could be a good way to save on costs, people don't feel inclined to travel to multiple events, and just make a long weekend out of it. (Note - many of our friends don't live in the area we do and would be required to travel if we held it in our city regardless).
For example, if the wedding was on Saturday, we could have the bachelor/bachelorette party on Thursday at the resort. It would be optional of course. Would that be too hectic as a bride who is preparing for the destination wedding event? I'm in early stages of planning so I'm not sure how much is involved in the days leading up to the wedding or if that would be stressful for me?
Also for clarification we are in our late 30s so it's not like we are getting completely wild at the bach parties although my friend group is still quite fun at our age 😂
If anyone has done something like this or scheduled events prior to the wedding, would love to hear feedback.
ETA: apparently Welcome Parties are a thing so that's a great alternative. I haven't been to a destination wedding that had one so didn't know this was a thing. Thanks for the suggestions!