Courthouse Wedding

I would think so, my FH and I considered a courthouse wedding to save money but his grandfather said he'd marry us because he's a minister. Also because our venue includes our ceremony area. So I would think yes.

YES!!! You can invite whoever you want to a reception as long as you can afford to host them properly! A reception is purposeful for this exact reason!

You can absolutely still have a reception for your wedding. I don't think it's an improper wedding at all; it's what you wanted. Etiquette kind of gets sticky when inviting people to the reception that weren't invited to the actual ceremony. I personally wouldn't do it, but it's ultimately your decision!

My sister and husband eloped and did a courthouse wedding in February and have a reception with all the family & friends planned for June. i dont see a problem with it!

Yes, you can invite people to the reception that were not invited to the ceremony.

You cannot do the opposite. It's very rude to invite someone to the ceremony but not the reception.

Yes you are fine. It would only be bad if you invited them to the wedding ceremony and not to the reception.

Absolutely! Have a celebration of your marriage and invite whoever you want to the reception.

That is what FH and I are doing. We wanted to get married on our 10 yr anniversary (a tuesday) we also wanted to do a very secular ceremony which would have caused issues with the family. We thought this was easier but we still wanted to have a party to celebrate with family and friends! We're still doing a blessing from my grandmother to appease some people.

Sure! It is a party to celebrate your recent marriage. Just make sure the invitation wording clear so that people understand they are invited to a reception only and not a wedding.

Yep. My close friend got married in Florida and had the ceremony in town. I was only invited to the ceremony. It was great! She worded the invitation as 'You are NOT invited to the wedding! etc etc etc"

Sure! We do this all the time!