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Destination Reception & Small Ceremony

Kathryn, on February 13, 2023 at 1:42 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 4

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My FH and I want a destination elopement in the mountains. After months of deciding what we wanted to do, we found a ceremony venue we love but it has a limit on the amount of people that can attend. We are set on having this venue for our elopement ceremony. We are keeping it small to begin with but we have more people on our guest list than the ceremony space allows. All guest will be invited to attend the reception just not the ceremony. We plan to keep the ceremony small with just immediate family, bridal party and the bridal parties plus ones. Looking for advise on if it is rude to have a destination wedding where not all guest will be invited to the ceremony?

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Latest activity by Michelle, on February 14, 2023 at 8:41 AM

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Cece · on February 13, 2023 at 1:59 PM
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First of all, this is not an elopement. An elopement is just the couple. What you are describing is a destination wedding. And yes, it would be incredibly rude to invite people to a destination wedding, then exclude them from the ceremony. If your ceremony space has a limited capacity, only invite the number of people the venue can accommodate. If you want to include more people, you will need to either find a different venue, or host a larger reception for everyone when you return home.
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Erin · on February 13, 2023 at 2:05 PM
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If you’re looking to have a closed ceremony with some invited to only the reception, it’s best to hold your wedding in a domestic location. Asking others to travel a long way for your wedding, but not be invited to the ceremony would not be taken kindly.
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Jacks · on February 13, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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You're asking people to travel to your location, and then "tiering" your wedding based on importance. I'm not sure how everyone would feel about that, particularly the folks excluded from the ceremony.
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Michelle · on February 14, 2023 at 8:41 AM
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I would not go to a destination wedding where I was not invited to the ceremony. What is the purpose of a wedding party in a micro-wedding?
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