I recently got engaged and my fiance and I are being super cautious about COVID. The center of our wedding planning has been COVID safety. To that end, we're planning to have a minimony/micro-wedding in May 2021 with immediate family plus best 4 best friends (2 of his, 2 of mine), 2 of whom will be the co-officiants. In total, there will only be 10 people plus us and a photographer. Everyone involved has already received the COVID vaccine so we feel this is safe. The plan is basically to just show up guerilla-style at this magical redwood forest that we love and do the ceremony, then head back to a big group AirBnB after, where we'll have dinner/ take-out. There will be a cake and some decorations. Other than that, there are no plans for this first event.
Then, whenever COVID is over, we'll have a casual sequel wedding/reception with 80-100 people, perhaps renting out a restaurant. There will likely not be a ceremony at this sequel thing, mostly just a celebration of marriage type deal.
My question is-- does it make any sense to have a wedding party, and if so, what would appropriate roles be for them throughout these 2 events? We are against having any additional people at the micro-wedding for safety reasons unless perhaps they're vaccinated and can drive there, which won't be too many people. We don't need people in bridesmaid dresses or groomsmen suits. I mainly want my friends' input with planning (e.g., I would love help picking out accessories for my dress), I would love to get ready for the sequel reception with "my girls" and he with his guys, we both would like speeches at the sequel reception, and we both want bachelor/bachelorette-type parties for the mere sake of doing getaway trips w/friends, when that becomes safe post-COVID.
Thoughts?
