Elopement ceremony and wedding ceremony next year?

We are doing the same thing except I am saving my "big dress" for the wedding next year. For the elopement I will wear something simple but not my actual wedding dress. That's just my preference because I want my fiance to have that "see me walking down the aisle in it for the first time" moment.

We are eloping with just our parents...

Wearing an elopement dress and then the big dress for the bigger event (still only 25-30 people). We are renewing our vows, but I would like my parents to walk me out. FH & I are keeping our attire a surprise and will see each other for the first time at the alter. It’s not going to be a repeat of our wedding ceremony by any means. He doesn’t want to exchange rings again at the vow renewal but maybe incorporate a hand fasting.

Not an elopement but having a minimony this year and big ceremony/reception next year. I'm planning on wearing my dress to both, because I paid all that money to wear it, might as maximize my value! Right now the plan is to do the same ceremony twice, not necessarily a vow renewal or anything. We just want to do it again so we can have the tradition of bringing the two families together. Even if some relatives take pictures, I am not going to keep the dress a secret necessarily but I probably won't actively share on social media either. I'll show people if they ask.

So, we're having a sort of "elopement", our family won't be there, just my MOH as a witness. We would both love for our families to be there, but his live 6+ hours away, and mine are in town, but we don't want to bring a group of people together and risk anyone being sick. I will not be wearing "the dress", we will not be saying our vows, and no one will be giving me away. Those are the things we will save for our postponed ceremony. We won't be skipping the ceremony, because the most important thing to me is my grandpa walking me down the aisle. We just have to wait for it to be safe in order to have our family there! I don't think anything's wrong with wearing your same dress for both ceremonies. I debated, but ultimately decided on simpler one because where we're getting married, my dress would get filthy, and then would have to pay for dry cleaning twice, etc.

Hi Rachel! A lot of couples are doing something similar because of how covid-19 has affected their plans! Here are a few other discussions you should check out where couples have shared their new plans: 2 Ceremonies??, Ceremony #1 and #2????, and Wear the dress twice?

We canceled our wedding too. We were supposed to get married 1/16/21 in Fort Lauderdale. This would have been a destination wedding for us. Instead, we've decided to get married this October with just the two of us here in the Baltimore area. I plan to wear the dress and veil that I would have worn in January. We'll have a photographer on site for a photo shoot during and after the exchange of vows. Our plan is to send a wedding announcement to our friends and family who would have been invited to the wedding. We'll include a link to our wedding website in the announcement. The website has been revised to share our story, vows and photos from our engagement and wedding. We hope this will allow those closest to us to share in our joy, albeit virtually. Next year, God willing, we'll have a big reception. We'll get dress up in different attire but will not renew our vows.

I hope this is helpful.