Same Place?

We are doing an outside ceremony with an inside reception at the same place. Our hotel is even connected through a skyway!

Everything is in one places it’s so much easier less chaotic. Guest stay at one location.

Mine are the same location. The wedding is outside under the beautiful pergola overlooking the vineyards, and the reception is inside the winery!

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Same location, same room.
We are having about 80 guests so the room is large enough to have an area for the ceremony and the other half will be for cocktail, reception

My ceremony is outside one a covered patio with a garden. And the reception is like 5 steps away from the ceremony inside.

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Hey Loida!

Thanks for asking! There are really a lot of reasons why we wanted to do the reception first and then the ceremony a couple hours in. It's a bit long-winded but…

Both my husband and I are designers (primarily on screens) but it indefinitely translates to all aspects of our lives and at the top of all design is user experience.

We have both been in so many weddings and have had a lot of pain points as a guest or as a bridesmaid/groomsman. So we essentially treated our wedding as another project to collaborate on.

A few years back, his favorite was a wedding as a guest was of one of his best friend's that was meant to be an outdoor wedding under a tent. That day, the sky opened up and it down poured and there was a tornado watch. Everyone rushed to the garage in the house. Tables were tumbling around and it was completely wrecked. After waiting for some time, it kept getting delayed and the couple simply went with it. Instead of unnecessary drama, the couple stood in front of shelves of storage, a half inflated basketball, people were toasty with drinks in hand, cheering, everyone was getting along, and there was so much love. We certainly modeled our wedding with this experience he had in mind.

We agreed that we disliked typical weddings because of the waiting; when you arrive you have to sit silently, acknowledge people from afar, give 'em a head tilt, but bite your tongue until you're able to socialize. You hope the ceremony is short and sweet, you're not too cold or sweating profusely, there's water if you want it. Even though everyone knows the general wedding timeline, it never fails that as a guest (and as a participant) you're hungry. Then you strategically stand where the servers come from so you can track down food to accompany the drinks at cocktail hour. You have a shortlived time with your friends or stand there awkwardly waiting for the time to pass so you can say hi to the couple. You might have to travel from one destination to the other, find your seat, leave your stuff somewhere but make sure out of the corner of your eye that it's safe. Then the couple shows up, still want to say hi but you have to wait for the entrance, then it's time for the food. The couple will come around while you're eating and you sneak in a hug, say you're happy for them, and that's basically the time you spend with them. Then you wait for your food to come or to get it in the stationed line. You might have to sit next to people you don't particularly love but just wait in anticipation for the dancing. The dancing finally comes, but not after the awaited toasts. The dancing finally starts, then ends so so fast. You might get to dance with the couple, you might not. Then it's time to leave.

We decided to take everything we simply love about weddings, cut out the fat, and have an ideal experience— from our eyes. We looked at the "traditions" and cut everything we didn't like or find suitable and we made our own "traditions".

Our take was an intimate, loose, inviting, effortless vibe. You eat when you get there, you drink as soon as you like. No assigned seats, my husband and I had done our photos all beforehand so we could spend time with our guests. We had our first look, spent time doing portraits, and we never feel like we need to be attached at the hip. I literally made my rounds, ate at the bar, people came up and chatted with me, it felt really easy, and we had all the time in the world to celebrate. The ceremony was more of a pop-up, and brief intermission after everyone's fed. The bar is closed but you can get beers from a bucket. Everyone's cheering, clapping, it's loose, it's filled with love, and it's truly a reflection of us as a couple. We had our toasts embedded into the 30 minute ceremony. We started the dancing immediately after, no cake cutting, no garter toss, no bouquet toss. We created a dance that started with our parent dances, our dance, then slowly built up the dance floor calling out different groups, and my husband curated an entire playlist. We danced so much— for 4 hours and then the entire thing ended at 6:30pm.

If you're going to throw the party of your lives, do it your way, make sure it can't be anybody else's wedding. Enjoy your day cause it's the only one you're going to have like it.

Same location! They have three different areas on the grounds and inside where we could do the ceremony, cocktail hour will be inside and outside, and reception will be inside.

Ceremony in a garden about 5 minutes drive from the restaurant reception. But if it rains we will get married at the restaurant instead and have everything in one place, but with a “room flip” during cocktail hour. I would have loved for that to be the plan from the start, but my fiancé really wanted to get married under the open sky. Now that we are 9 days out... it looks like it might rain

Mine is at the same place

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Sounds awesome!! Would have loved to have been able to come up with something like this! We went with a more “cocktail style” reception which is a similar idea, even though we definitely have the ceremony and then move venues for cocktail hour.

Different places. Ceremony is on a mountain and the reception is about 20 minutes away. Plus it's a destination wedding. Not making it convenient for anyone. Oh well. It's my day.

Ceremony will take place 3-6 months before reception lol.

We are doing both in the same place. We figured it would be less stress for us and easier for our guests.

Different locations and dates actually lol. Ceremony is outside at a beautiful stage park with treehouses, small ceremony. Then that weekend we are having a reception that'll be bigger at a garden/greenhouse place.

Were doing our ceremony and reception in the same place. It’s basically one big room that can be separated with a drape. Saves us money, and our guests don’t have to travel and more than they already need to! 😊

Same place for us. Ceremony is outside and reception is inside

Ours are at separate locations. Only about a 5-10 minute drive though.

Same place! Ceremony outside, cocktail hour on second floor, reception in first floor. In case of bad weather our ceremony will be in the same room as recotion but it will be changed around during cocktail hour to make it look like a different venue

Our festivities are all located in the same facility. The ceremony is on the rooftop. The cocktail hour is one floor below and the reception is on the ground floor. Decorating 3 different event spaces is tough.