Wedding! (not mine). Long journey. Elderly MIL and other complications. Magic Flying Carpet!

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Close relative announced at Xmas that they are getting married (2nd time) in the Autumn to partner who comes from Eastern European country and it will be in that country. Invitations to follow.

85 yr old MIL immediately said that she couldn't wait to go. The problem is she has not travelled anywhere for the past year when she told us how difficult and long a 2 hour train journey was. The journey to this wedding will entail getting to airport, possibly 2 hour+ train to airport, change in another Eurpean country

I suppose the real question is do you want to bend over backwards to facilitate her or not. Most things are achievable - maybe drive there over several days, combining it with a holiday? But from what you're saying, it doesn't sound as if your MIL would be positive company, in which case I can see that you would be disinclined to help her.

We are travelling to Scotland in July with my elderly DM, who is not in the best of health. We will take it steadily - stop overnight somewhere - and stay for a week. But she's lovely and appreciates what we're doing, so we all want to help her achieve her aim of visiting the Open Golf for one last time.

From experience, I doubt that you would get travel insurance.