Ceremony and Reception in the same room...?

My venue is transforming our room during cocktail hour. *I* find it tacky when the ceremony and reception are in the same room and the tables are set up during the ceremony. Ours is completely transformed during cocktail hour, which will be downstairs. My venue needs 45 min to flip the room but we give them 60 just in case. If they have experience and can do it smoothly then why not?

My venue is transforming our room after ceremony, will take about 30 min.

Our ceremony and reception are in the same place! Cheaper if you ask me!

My venue will be transforming for the reception!! takes about 30 minutes and we will be taking pictures during that time

Our ceremony and reception will be in the same room. then everyone will go into the 2nd room for cocktail hour and while we do pics and whatnot. during that time the venue will put our room together :-)

My wedding was Super Tacky - We had ceremony and reception in the same room AND the guests were in the room while the staff took down the arch and back drop.

If it rains and our ceremony has to be inside, it's the same room and they transform during cocktail hour.

This is not my favorite thing, but, if the venue can carry it off, it can work.

In my world, doing a change over, like that, would not work, simply due to the decor I tend to prefer. But, it certainly can be done, and done well. I think there will be stress involved, as one hopes that it all turns over the right way on schedule.

If your venue is used to doing this, and you communicate your needs/decor, it should be fine.

I've done this several times, as a DJ. It tends to work very well, if the venue is experienced at doing this. The biggest concern I would have is making sure you have a flexible floor plan for your DJ's setup. Doing both (ceremony and reception) in the same room still requires two different sound systems in most instances.

AMY FOR PRESIDENT! I would also LOVE it if we could find a word other than tacky.

@Jen, I don't think it's a big deal as long as you have somebody to direct the flow and a comfortable place for the guests to be.

I've been to plenty weddings where this was the case, all of them went off without a hitch and guests just moved to a different room during cocktail hour.

I will third the notion for a referendum on tacky; I love this article about it (thanks to 2dbride, I think she was the one who posted this when I first saw it).

http://offbeatbride.com/2008/07/tacky

Mine is in the same room. In between ceremony and reception the guests will be going on a tour of the mansion whistle the staff transform the room for the reception. I was trying to keep it as simple as possible

Our ceremony and reception are both on the roof of a hotel. After the ceremony everyone will go around the side of the building where cocktail hour will be while they take the ceremony chairs away, and that is where our dance floor will be. The reception tables will already be set up on both sides.

#1 -- is your officiant willing to do the ceremony outside of his/her church?

I have officiated many ceremonies in the same room as the reception. Not a big problem -- especially if the venue is used to quickly flipping the room.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I truly hate going to weddings that have the ceremony and reception in the same room. I don't really know the correct word to describe it. I'm on my phone so I can't actually see your date. Is there any way maybe you could do it at the gazebo outside and then move inside? Just a thought. It's your wedding do what makes you happy.