For those who eloped or had a smaller wedding, are you still having a larger one later?

I'm not I'm actually happy to have a smaller wedding, that's what we wanted originally but being that we are part fillipino it wasn't gonna happen but I'm glad it will. And the next time I spend alot of money we are going to buy a house so this is it

We got married on June 19, and as of right now, we have the big celebration rescheduled for next summer. None of our vendors would refund any deposits and we had several thousand dollars already invested-they did let us postpone to next summer, however.


If we still can’t have the big wedding next summer, we’ll probably cut our losses (and I’ll be devastated that I never got the true bridal experience) and not deal with rescheduling again.

Mine is December so still too early to tell what will happen. I think it will depend on how many people can come. If it’s just my parents and his then I might want something later on with everyone else.
If we can still have 50-100 people (our list right now is 150) then I don’t think another party will be necessary. Too early to tell how I’ll feel haha

My wedding is this October, 10/10, and I'm not having a larger event next year. We originally wanted to have a micro wedding, even before COVID. Our guest list is about 40 people all close family and friends, so we're trying to hold on to that original plan, and hope most of our guests can make it. If we have to, our plan b is to just elope on our date in our backyard. I honestly just want to get it over with and not have to worry about planning another larger wedding for next year. It's also just not in our budget to do that. Planning this one with COVID restrictions has been mentally draining, and thinking about trying to plan again for a larger event just a year from now is a no from me. Maybe in a few years (like 5 or so) we can think about a vow renewal, with more family and friends, when COVID is completely gone and things are back to normal.

Our wedding date was 8/16/20 and we had a guest list of only 50. It had to be postponed due to the current wedding restrictions in SoCal. We are considering still getting married with just us, an officiant and a photographer on our original date. And we plan to postpone our big celebration for next year. We still want the full wedding/bridal experience. I'm worried a small civil ceremony will take away from the big day, so we're still trying to decide. But if we do get married this year, we will definitely still keep the same exact plans just for a later date.

We eloped with 7 people on May 16 and arent doing a larger reception at all. #HouseFund

We opted to have a mini wedding this year because we didn't want to wait another year to get married, but we are planning to still have a big wedding/reception next year with all our originally planned guests. We are also setting up a private video feed for our smaller wedding this year for any of our originally planned guests who want to participate.

We had already paid the bulk of our vendors nearly in full since we've been making payments since last summer, and we would have lost thousands of dollars if we just cancelled. So this was our alternative to not waste our money, even it did end up costing a little extra (about $1200 added for photography this year, the elopement venue that included decor and food for a small reception).

Last month we cut our 75-person wedding down to 9 people and went ahead with our church ceremony (which we live-streamed to our guests) and a small reception at our house right after. Leading up to it we thought we’d want a big celebration next year but the day ended up being perfect (we got to spend time with our immediate family, our ceremony was intimate and meaningful, and we had a great dance party in our living room) and now we feel really content and we’re leaning toward not doing anything else. We’ve mentioned this to friends and family and I’m not sure if they believe that we don’t feel like we missed out on anything, but we really don’t! I think more than anything we feel pressured by our relatives to do something, but we’ve told everyone we’re not planning anything until Corona is long gone and there are no travel restrictions or distancing rules in place (and who knows when that will be). The way we look at it is we had a gorgeous day with our closest relatives, we’re married, and we’re ready to move on with our lives. An anniversary party might be fun down the line but right now we’re really happy with the way things turned out.

No, I dont plan on having a larger wedding later. Would be nice

We got married May 16th and had 7 people in attendance. We won't be doing anything larger later. Too expensive and we rather save up to buy a house