I've always had the same opinion.
That said, my best friend just got engaged. He wants a very small wedding with close friends/family only. I'm older now and much more financially stable and for the first time in my life I thought to myself the other day that I'd be all for a destination wedding. He's the last one from our friends group to get married, so maybe it's like the turning of an era and I want to go all out or something. Don't know. To be honest - I'm hoping someone says lets jump on a plane and go somewhere for the bachelor party too. We've done the bach parties in Toronto and Niagara Falls so much now that I'd like a change. New strippers to fondle I guess
I skipped out on a couple of my friends weddings now (one destination, one out in Alberta) that would require me to pay a lot of money to attend. If I've perfectly honest, conversations arise about their weddings when the boys all get together and I feel super cheap for not going. Just something to be aware of if you're against destination weddings and are invited by good friends.