Of course, your own travel needs will vary,
but consider extending or fiddling with your
itinerary to get more bang from your wedding
buck. Rather than treating wedding travel as
an expensive use of cash, miles and vacation
days, you can treat it like the start of your real
summer trip.
SAY `I DON’T’ TO BAGGAGE FEES
What’s the worst part of attending weddings? Not
the half-drunk speech from the maid of honor —
those are kind of fun. It’s the checked-bag fees
you weren’t expecting to pay until you realized
your dress shoes wouldn’t fit in a carry-on.
The simplest way to avoid bag fees is to use a
branded airline credit card. Many of these offer
free checked bags to the cardholder, and some
even extend this benefit to other shoe-laden
passengers on the same itinerary.
Another sneaky way to avoid the hassle and
cost of packing formalwear? Don’t. Rent a suit
or dress from a service like The Black Tux or Rent
the Runway and have it delivered to your hotel.
Believe me, there’s no better feeling than flying
to a wedding with nothing but a backpack.