[bewitched]

Sure, ask her but I think the offer of travel expenses and the stay is a great idea. I have a friend who is a wedding photographer and every family member just assumes she'll take their pictures for nothing (not at all saying that's what you're doing). Some offer 1/2 her expenses and her hotel stay the night of the wedding, some offer nothing, some offer to pay her way...she always appreciates the ones who understand that doing the photos for free is the same as asking someone who owns a restaurant to do the catering for free or the like.