Bride, 23, Slammed for Charging Guests $10 to Attend Utah Wedding and Posting Registry on Social Media

In an anonymous post on Reddit, the woman defended her choice of venue despite the entrance fee, but users still found her at fault

• A Utah-based bride took to a popular Reddit forum to ask users whether she was at fault for charging guests to attend her wedding, which was held in a canyon with a $10 entrance fee.

• The poster defended her choice of venue, claiming she and her fiancé "had [their] hearts set" on the specific canyon, as opposed to another location without a cost of entry.

• Online critics also slammed the couple for asking attendees to bring their own camping chairs, and while they only invited 20 people to the actual event, they shared their registry on social media.

A bride is on the receiving end of online criticism after sharing some of her controversial wedding details.

In an anonymous post on Reddit, the then-23-year-old woman wondered whether she was in the wrong for asking her guests to pay $10 to attend her wedding at a canyon location in southern Utah. The cost, she explained on the forum, matched the fee park rangers charge for entry into the canyon.

The $10 price of attendance was noted on the invitation, and the bride wrote that her sister was quick to voice her displeasure upon receipt. She noted that her sister called her a “cheapskate” because other canyons wouldn’t necessarily charge a fee.

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“But me and my fiance already have our hearts set on this specific canyon and view,” the post’s author wrote in her own defense.

The bride goes on to say her sister then “started to nitpick our whole wedding plan,” criticizing details like how the couple asked guests to bring their own camping chairs and hosted a small dinner instead of a large reception. Her sister also pointed out how the couple shared their registry “all over social media” even though they only invited 20 people to their nuptials.

Overall, Reddit users determined the bride was at fault, and her sister was justified in calling out the inconveniences thrust upon the wedding guests.

The nearly newlywed admitted that she was indeed looking to save money by selecting an outdoor venue, and she didn’t see anything wrong with her limited guest list reserved for an intimate crowd of family and friends.

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She also claimed to have asked rangers about alternative ideas for guests’ entry into the canyon.

“We asked them if we could buy passes or slips or give them a list of names ahead of time in order to pay for our guests, but none of those solutions worked. We decided informing our guests that there would be a $10 fee as a heads up would be the best way to go,” the bride wrote, adding, “I guess we should have been more creative but we already sent out the invites.”

In response, one Reddit user said they were largely sympathetic until the author mentioned sharing her registry online. “I was trying to be open minded but you lost me at posting your registry on social media, soliciting gifts from people who aren’t invited,” the person commented.

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Another agreed, writing, “That's not normal folks, people who don't come to your wedding shouldn't be expected to give you gifts.”

The original poster did defend her choice to upload her registry on social media, claiming she wasn’t aware it was “such a faux pas.”

“Everybody posts everything now a days [sic] online and many people (who already knew they weren't invited) had asked me about the registry so I posted it,” the bride elaborated.

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But her social media blast wasn’t the only error on which Reddit users focused in their replies. One person said they were also married at a park with an entrance fee but employed a more guest-friendly way of covering the charges.

“We included a card with the invitation that our guests could present at the park to be allowed in. We put a deposit at the gate to cover their parking charges, and they calculated the actual amount due based on the cards they collected,” they explained, concluding, “It’s not that difficult. Don’t charge your guests.”

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