Live-streaming the ceremony?

You could look into a YouTube live stream and making it unlisted. An unlisted video can only be accessed by a link I believe.


My wedding is in July and we having changed anything yet, waiting a few more weeks before making any big decisions.

I made a private Facebook group and added everyone who I invited. If they do not have facebook we would give them a dvd copy or an email copy. If you are planning on having a reception later play the ceremony at the reception before you come in.

View Quoted Comment

Ooh! That's a cool idea to play the video at the reception / celebration! We may have to do that

View Quoted Comment

Hadn't heard about the unlisted YouTube live! I'll have to check into that!

Best wishes for your wedding! Hopefully everything will be calmed down by July

How about Zoom? You can do meetings etc so I would think there’s someway everyone could watch privately.

Hi Lauren,

Your wedding is less than a month away! So exciting!

Here's a couple of other discussions with couples who are planning/postponing May weddings:

May brides and your plan of action?

May 16 brides---what Next Due to Coronavirus?

Also, as you can imagine, we're getting more questions than ever before about planning/hosting a virtual wedding. This article offers some suggestions: 5 Wedding Events to Host Virtually When You Can't Celebrate in Person - ceremony and wedding are toward the bottom. Here's another discussion that may be helpful to you: Zoom Wedding Ceremony Tips.

I'm wishing you the best of luck as you adjust your plans!

Hey Lauren, I was able to use Lovecast for my wedding. Have you checked them out or throught about that option to simplify the process? I honesty felt so relieved to have an easy way to have all the old folks tune in(and trust me, we have some people who barely know how to use a computer in our family).

Anyways, I really recommend livestreaming your wedding whichever way you can find! Everyone who joined said they felt it was really nice to be part of. So I'm happy that we did it. And best wishes for your upcoming wedding!

My brother in law has agreed to be our camera man and after they streamed theirs, gave us a few tips. He had his friend use an iPhone, and they used eventlive, which cost about $50 USD. Apparently you can try it free first. The version I watched of their wedding wasn't super high resolution but it was clear what was going on and the sound was fine. I gather the owner gets a much higher resolution version than the streamed one to keep.

They also got a proper microphone that could be plugged into the celebrant's sound system, or you can just get lapel mics instead.