Court house wedding

Why not? They are more intimate for sure..and no venue fees etc..but they can be a little..non personal? since you are in a government building, usually a metal detector to go through, sitting with a bunch of people waiting for various things at the courthouse etc....though you would need at least 2 guests in attendance to that for them to sign as your witnesses

View Quoted Comment That's the one thing that I am not really sure about . See I want the kinda personal aspect of a big wedding with out the big cost . My FH keeps reminding me that it doesn't matter where we get married ,the only thing he says that matters is that we are married and that we love each other.

View Quoted Comment Could always do it in the backyard at your house or a park or something and just not tell everyone you know and pay an officiant to come to you

The ceremony is not the expensive part. You can have a nice ceremony in a park or a church for little to no money and then still have the big reception. Anyone can get ordained online to be your officiant

I think it varies about the witness think. I keep hearing you need them when getting married at court house but when I got married the first time we didn't. The judge just signed ours. We did it at the same time as a few other couples and the judge filed it in the same court house

Go for it! I'm hearing a lot of people going that way lately. (At least in my area) but do whatever you want, it's your wedding. (:

Originally we wanted to have a big wedding and all ,but now sitting down and looking at everything we have just come to the realization that we just don't have the money that we need to have a big wedding . I guess what I am afraid of is family Bing upset .

View Quoted Comment That was my biggest thing my family being upset but people just done to wedding to be nosey most of the time we was gonna do court house but we decided to just go to Vegas to a chapel then have a big reception party we seem to be saving a lot of money wedding only cost $180.and I made a budget for reception at 2500$ we will see how it comes together.

I would preferably do a court wedding. I wish we were doing that to save money, but we also have 3 kids. I would say go for it, as long as you have a reception, family being upset shouldn't be too much of an issue.

View Quoted Comment There was never any dough that we are having a reception. I hear you on the kids thing we have a daughter. It's just hard these days everything is so expansive .

We were going to do a courthouse wedding but decided against it because I found an officiant that was only $85 for a quick simple wedding and we got married in a park that was free. We only had 4 guests. We all went out to a restaurant after. For everything except for the rings we spent less than $500.

My ceremony is costing 1000 my reception is costing about 26k with about 80 guests . I added alot of decore and a guitarist to my ceremony too could be cheaper .. i say have a small cake and punch reception mid day

Why not just get married where you hold the reception? If you're planning a big reception I don't see how you will save much money

The ceremony is usually the cheapest thing. The reception is what really cost. All this money we are putting into it.. I wish we’ve would have done a destination wedding. But I only am doing it this way because of my daddy. He has Alzheimer’s & his health is declining I at least wanted him to be part of my lifetime memories. But the cost is ridiculous on a lot of things just because the title wedding is behind it.

View Quoted Comment Actually lot of states you don't need the two witnesses anymore.

If it’s just to save money it’s not going to be worth it. The reception is the expensive part of it all.

Do what makes you happy. It's a bonus to have the funds to throw a large wedding. However the road you choose to take to getting married is your choice.
I personally like the smaller more intimate option.

And where I live you don’t need guests to sign as witnesses, there are people at the courthouse to do that.

There is nothing wrong with having a courthouse wedding but it won't save you any money if you still plan to have a big reception. The reception is the expensive part of a wedding.

I think this is a great idea. I did it and haven’t regretted it at all. Courthouse weddings can be special too.