Ceremony in a different City than the Reception. (Need Advice)

Sure. Our church was about 15 minutes north of where we had our reception. I've driven longer. People do it all the time.

Ok good

Or have your ceremony at your reception venue -- it's done all the time!

My ceremony is a 30 minute drive from my reception. I'm sure everyone will survive :-)

Otherwise have your pastor marry you in a park or the venue you already have.

A 20 minute drive to the reception is fine.

I think it is ok... Not ideal, but ok. I think if you could do your ceremony at the reception location, look into that!

The issue is the time/distance between the venues, not whether they are in the same city. Where we got married (outside of Boston), it seems like you cross a city line every 3 feet!

And 20 minutes really isn't bad, unless you are in such a small town that people are used to walking across the street to get anywhere they need to go.

Its not small kind of i live in the suburbs so 20 mins just isnt bad.but my issue with doing the reception and ceremony in the same place is my reception is invitation only and no kids so i will have only 160 invited to reception.But i will have over 250 at the ceremony.So i definately need a seperate location.I didnt know the catholic churches were so strict about non members using there church for weddings.Im apostolic and the churches in my area are not big enough to fit my guest.So idk what ima do..

A town 20 minutes away? No problem. I live in Houston, where people are travel 30-40 minutes just to get to the other part of the city!

We've had huge issues finding a church, but we've finally nailed it down. I'm Episcopalian, and we're getting married in an Episcopal Church. They will let you marry there if you aren't a member, but you have to pay a lot more. We're becoming members of the parish.

Oh - and ours will be about 20 minutes away in traffic also.

My ceremony will be in Fort Worth and my reception is in Dallas. Most people reside in the Dallas city limits so they'll only really have to drive out to the ceremony while the reception is "on the way".

Yea 20 minutes is not bad at all. I am having my guests drive close to 30 minutes away for the ceremony and reception.

I don't think that's a problem at all. Our ceremony is at a church and the reception hall is about 15-20 minutes away in another city.

20 minutes is good. I'd get a little pissy over anything more than 30 though.

You invited people to the ceremony and not the reception?

20 minutes is not a long drive between the ceremony and reception. Especially if you are having a gap. My friends had a 45 minute drive between. Mind you the ceremony was at like 12 and reception at 6.

@trica..Yes im.having a invitation only reception so only 160 ppl will be coming.