Ceremony Location: Religious Venue vs. Reception Venue

Reception venue -- Everything is in one place and no gap between ceremony and reception!

We are getting married at our reception venue.

we aren't religious. like, Ashley said, getting married in a church would be like us lying. lol.

plus, it's just super convenient with all of our out of town guests that we get married and have the reception all in one location.

We are getting married in my family church. I grew up going to the church and my parents got married there. It holds sentimental value rather than just a room at our reception venue.

We are having a traditional Christian/Protestsmt ceremony, but at our reception venue. With it being January we wanted to minimize driving for everyone in the event of bad weather and our Pastor was happy to perform the ceremony wherever we wanted.

Reception venue. Outdoor ceremony with amazing view of the mountains.

Apart from the obvious whether you're religious or not, we chose our church because of family history with it, and it's way prettier than the reception hotel.

We are getting married at a non-religious venue but it is still a different location than the reception venue. We avoided religious buildings because we didn't want any limitations on what we wanted included in the ceremony. Also, I am not religious so I felt it would be hypocritical to get married in a church. MY FMIL was really upset about that but eventually she came around.

I would have loved to get married in my church, but we meet in a movie theater right now. So yeah, we needed to find a better venue!!! Lol it's all in one place and was pretty cheap!

Reception venue. I liked that it would all be in one location and that there'd be no time gap. Also, all of FH's family is OOT so it cuts down on them driving in unfamiliar places.

Reception venue. I wanted an outdoor ceremony and only one location.

We are getting married at the reception venue.

Same as others we aren't religious so why would we get married in a religious place or have a religious ceremony.

First time I got hitched it was a full on catholic nuptial mass, that was right for us and right for the time we were at but I when I really thought about it for this one I decided that it wasn't right for me (and FH) to have a religious ceremony. I do have guilt about not doing it in a church

but hey I guess you can take the girl out of Catholicism but can't take Catholicism out of the girl

We're doing everything at a reception venue because we don't want to have to travel between ceremony and reception, and apparently getting shnockered at a reception held in a church hall is "frowned upon", go figure

Reception Venue - no gap time so people can just continue the party

Also I don't have to worry about offending anyone with my non-religious self

Mostly, I wanted to get married outside, which was not possible at a church. But also, FH and I are not the same religion, so it didn't really make sense to try to pick one religion over the other.

We got married at the church I went to as a child..We went there more so when my mom was with us..she passed away when I was 9..getting married there was in a way having a part of her at the ceremony :-) Also they let the pastor who baptized me as a baby do the ceremony even though he had retired from there.

@mallory - you have a real point about not being able to take the Catholic out of the girl. FH and I were both raised Catholic and I still go to Mass each week and teach in a Catholic school. It is my first marriage, but my FH was married before in a Catholic Church. An annulment is not possible for us right now ( very long story) so we cannot get married in the church. We are getting married on the beach and while I love the location and truly feel that God will be there with us, I still feel guilty about not having a church wedding.

We wanted a Jewish wedding. And while a Jewish wedding can be held outside of a synagogue, NotFroofy just felt as though a religious building would give it more solemnity.

Religious so that I can wear heels and because it just felt more official

Reception Venue - Neither DH nor I are religious. Even if we were, it might have presented a problem because he was raised Catholic and I'm Jewish. Doing it at the reception venue allowed us to create our ceremony and blend our traditions for a personalized affair.

The cons of getting married Catholic is that you can't decorate the church like you would be able to in other places. They only allow minimal flowers and decor the pro is that I am marrying in one of the oldest Cathedrals in Tuscany and its gorgeous all on its own.