Live Stream Wedding

For people that would've been invited but are unable to physically make it due to something like oillness or deployment? Sure.

For people that you wanted to invite but couldn't afford to? No.

Someone from work suggested we live stream our wedding on Facebook to fh yesterday and we were wondering what the point was also. So following.

A person I'm friends with on Facebook live streamed their wedding yesterday and I found it a little distasteful. It was a small ceremony but I just felt it was a little attention grabby on their part. Now I have seen a couple people on here do it for their grandparents or others who would have been invited but due to health issues couldn't be there and I find that sentimental. But to each their own.

We were going to do it for DH aunt who had to have surgery and was unable to fly. Long story and we couldn't do it. But yes we had the plan.

It's also good for people who have families in another country. My FH's grandmother and many of his aunts and uncles are in Taiwan. So they won't be able to make it probably. We won't do the livestream because I didn't want to mess with logistics, but I can see that as a possibility.

I too have thought about this only for ONE reason. Long story short my grandpa has been hospitalized since the beginning of January and we don't think this is something he'll bounce back from. FH has told me we could do the live stream but I still have so many of the "eh" moments of it. If it weren't for my grandpa's situation I wouldn't even think about this at all. But like PP stated, to each their own.

We are doing it for family who can't come due to health issues, a really great family friend whose wife couldn't get off work, and my brother who has had a lot of issues lately (truck stolen and messed up, paycheck wrong due to computer error, etc.) And can't come.

I've thought of live streaming our wedding. I have a lot of friends all over the world who would not be able to make it due to travel. Wanted them to possibly be involved.

I agree with most of you if it's for sick family or people who just can't make it I understand. I'm just hoping ppl don't make it like a Snapchat, ig or Facebook live type of deal in order to be like Kara G said a little attention grabby.

I'm thinking of doing this for some guests who can't make it.

Our cathedral already has a live stream set up on the website, so we're planning on just leaving that up, and then using it for some of our guests who we know won't be able to travel due to age/illness/etc.

We are live streaming our wedding on a public Facebook page via Facebook Live. It's an elopement and our families live all over the country, so this is a way for people to feel involved on the actual wedding day- even though we are celebrating with them before and after the day we recite the vows.

Sooooo...the general consensus is no for people who couldn't fit into your venue? I have family that won't be able to make it so we were planning on doing it for them as well as others. Our venue is small and can only fit a small amount of people, so it's not that we can't afford to invite them we just dot have space. I thought it would be a thoughtful gesture. We would be using Facebook but on a private account set up specifically for this event, not the whole world. It will be there for family regardless.

We live streamed our wedding. It was for people who couldn’t make it and wanted to watch our vows even though we were in the mountains and people lived across the country. It turned out really well for us and everyone felt the sincerity of the day even though it was viewed over the Internet. People felt included. We physically went to visit those who couldn’t participate before and after our wedding day.

I think it's a nice idea if there is a private link that only certain people have access to, like a sick relative or someone out of the country. But I would definitely find it odd to just come across a wedding on Facebook.

So the consensus is that it's considered rude or tacky to post a livestream link to people that you didn't invite to the wedding. My question is similar to the 2nd Kara. It's a small venue, and I would've invited more friends, if we had room for them. Why did we pick a small venue? Because ALL of my friends and family would have to travel long distance to be there, and I assumed that most wouldn't, and rather than try to guess how many of my friends would actually attend if I invited a bunch of them, we decided to just keep it simple by having a small wedding. And at the time, my thought was, "Well, we can always livestream it if other people want to see it." There are definitely some people that I would love to invite, but that would mean overbooking the venue's capacity. Because of the distance, many probably wouldn't come anyway, but there's still a risk that we'd be overbooked and have to play United Airlines with them. Is livestreaming an acceptable alternative in this case, or not? Advice?

View Quoted Comment How did you go about doing this?

COVID-19 is now the reason! lol

View Quoted Comment Absolutely. Now, you kind of have to. Most people I know have been canceling their nuptials all together. I say do whatever is best for you and the people you care about.

We are married for 23 years this year, but back then we didn’t have any money to have a wedding. So we are having our wedding this year, but I don’t want to invite anyone. I always wanted a wedding at the beach, in private. Hawaii it is. However, we decided to include our kids and my son’s gf.


Our whole family and close friends are in Germany, Sydney, US, and Indonesia. So, we will do a live stream, so they can watch. It was originally my family and my besties request.