Planning a Reception after an Elopement!

Would love to know because me and my fiance are doing that same thing. We're gonna get married at the courthouse but we still want to have a reception a month after to celebrate.

I think if thats what you and your fiance agree on, do it. Do what makes you happy when its all said and done. I kinda wanted to go that route at first & leave the invite open to whoever wanted to come but nothing mandator. My fiance and I agreed on doing a cruise everyone is welcome but the ceremony is limited to to a certain amount of ppl and we'll celebrate with everybody after.

Best of luck with everything!

We're having a DW with immediate family only and then a reception at home (total guest list 200) 6 weeks later. We booked a restaurant that will hold up to 300 and planned it basically like a laid back regular reception. It's a Friday night and we're having a taco bar for dinner and hosting beer and wine. I'll wear my dress and FH will wear his suit, we'll still do a first dance but no parent dances or cake cutting. We haven't decided if we'll have any toasts since we don't have a wedding party. This way we kind of get the best of both worlds.
Good luck!

We are doing a celebration dinner but we aren’t wearing our dress/suit or doing any dances. So it won’t be anything like an actual wedding reception. Basically just a get together that FH and I will be paying for to celebrate with everyone. We don’t have huge families so it’ll be around 40ish people including friends.

We had a private ceremony and a big reception that evening. For us, it was just like a "classic" wedding reception. We obviously wore our wedding clothes, took part in a few traditions such as the first dance, cake cutting, etc. It was all perfect for us!

We’re doing this. We are skipping traditional reception elements because they just aren’t for us. We’re having the music, food, drinks, and fun without the cake cutting and dances. We rented a venue. He will wear his suit minus the jacket and I got a reception dress but will wear my shoes and accessories.

My sister did this! They had a small ceremony with a judge and their 2 witnesses and then about a month later they had a reception party. The reception was super casual (and super cheap!) because thats what my sister wanted, but it was lots fun! They rented the lodge at a local campground and had it catered, but brought their own coolers for the bar and my dad "DJ"ed with his iPod/guitar. And most people camped there that night as well. All the fun and gifts of a normal reception but they did it in jeans!

My sister is doing it. She just got married. Then will have a big party. It was more of a runaway wedding. If my fiancé and I did not have help for the wedding we talked of doing this.

The reception can be however you want. My coworker eloped in Florida, had the ceremony in Aruba (they had to legally marry in FL since gay marriage is still not legal in Aruba) and then they had a very formal reception here in Ohio. My cousin eloped somewhere beachy and had a big casual reception full of their wedding pictures.

That is what we did... got married in Vegas and are having a party with family and friends tomorrow..it is at a restaurant and they are doing buffet for us. Then having a few ppl come back to our place to hang out more. It is casual and a great way to see ppl after we are married.