How did you decide on a destination wedding?

We picked our location based on where WE wanted, as long as our core family was able to attend that was all that mattered. I think 3 weddings/ceremonies will be exhausting for you and become more of a performance than an actual wedding after the 2nd.
Do what you feel is best, but I'd say pick a mutually convenient place and have 1 big event!

Hi ! I think that it's often a choice between the location and the people you want to have there... Which is more important ? Italy is good even for like a couple elopement, you can go there yourselves after the wedding in the US, pronounce your vows in Verona with a photographer, have this special moment...

I know I have a different perspective, but... like, really, Europe is not like a perfect place ;-) It's lovely, but then - we would like to get married in the States, too ! ;-)

We had our wedding closest to *us* because then I was able to keep an eye on things as they happened, we didn't have to make special arrangements for tours, tastings, etc., and it just all around made it easier. It meant that 99.5% of our invited guests were from out of town (I did the math) - BUT neither his family nor mine felt slighted because everyone had to travel, rather than half.