Ceremony and reception in two different locations?

Two locations is totally fine. The general limit is 30 minutes between venues.

View Quoted Comment Oh well im just at the limit with one lol.

I agree 30 minutes is fine.

My wedding is in 2 different places but they are only 10 mins apart.

2 locations are fine.

My venues are 50 minutes apart so I think any of those would be fine. But I also know mine is a little far

I think if the church is special to you then you go for it. I just went to a wedding in a church and drive 1/2 hr to the reception. I didn’t think anything of it. If we weren’t having our reception so far from my home church I would have done it to. We’ve always wanted our reception in a barn and there’s not to many of those in the city..😂. Do your day the way you want, Guests will be fine.

Separate venues is fine, as long as you don't have a long waiting time (like hours) in between the ceremony & reception.

We are doing separate venues and they are only 10 minutes apart. I think you should be fine!

We’re invited to a wedding that the reception will be 30+ minutes (depending on traffic) from the ceremony location, no big deal! We’re planning to carpool with some other friends since the ceremony site has limited parking and we can all leave our cars at the reception site.

Its fine. I've been to weddings where the reception was legit 1-2 hours away from the ceremony.

Our reception is 30 minutes away from our ceremony. That's totally fine and normal!

You're definitely good to pick a separate reception location as long as it's not incredibly far from the ceremony site!

I think it depends on the person, how far the reception will be from the church, how easy it will be to find, how much it will cost, what your budget looks like, who will decorate and clean up the church, how long you have to plan and what’s available, etc. My FH wanted to get married in an old church, but there are a lot of logistical issues, we don’t have much time, most of our guests are from out of state, the reception is in the mountains and we don’t want people getting lost, we won’t have any connection to the church building, we don’t have enough time to plan or decorate or clean up afterwards, we won’t be able to have our pastor marry us, and “where two or more are gathered together in My name, there I am with them.”, etc. we’re just doing everything in one place because it’s less to plan, less to pay for, less to figure out, and it’ll be easier for everyone who attends.

Having two venues is totally fine!

Two locations are fine and most people tend to do this. There are positives and negatives for doing 2 places or just 1. It's all what you think would be the best option for your wedding.

We personally have all of our family coming from out of town and though having 1 location was the best option so people don't have to drive all around an area they don't know.