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Small destination wedding

valgal, on January 12, 2018 at 11:53 AM Posted in Planning 0 3

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So as of booking our ceremony and reception venues we were looking at inviting around sixty people to our wedding. With that being said we were looking at about fifty people showing up. Well it is now nine months out until the wedding and we have had numerous amount of people bring up our wedding saying it will not be financilly physical for them to attend our wedding (our wedding will be in Vegas but our families reside in Florida, New York, and Texas). So with the amount of people telling us that they wouldn't be able to make it we are now looking at about 30 people. This is just guessing. We won't have the final count until we send out invitations. I am not sure if I am just panicking at this point. For our reception alone we are renting out an entire floor of a restaurant thinking more people will come. I just now don't think we need that much space for thirty or so people. Would you still have a DJ? How about a photographer? If not, what direction would you take? What are some other fun options to add on if you are not going all out on the reception? Thanks for any advice you can give!

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Latest activity by Julie, on January 19, 2018 at 9:44 AM

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Red Queen · on January 12, 2018 at 12:05 PM
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My first wedding was in Las Vegas. We had only 16 guests. We still got a photographer for our ceremony and to take pics between ceremony and reception. I don't think a gap is a big deal in a place like Vegas!
Ours didn't stay for the reception and no we didn't have a DJ, just the restaurant music. Nothing wrong with having a small group. Just get a private room instead of a whole floor.
We also threw a second reception for the locals when we got home. Just a casual thing- another restaurant rent out but we had 110 guests for this one.
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Beginner April 2018
Katie · on January 12, 2018 at 5:23 PM
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We are doing a small destination wedding in Santa Fe, NM. We are only expecting 25-30 people, and are keeping it very simple. Our ceremony is in the backyard of a rented house, and then we are having dinner in a reserved room in a bar & grill downtown. We aren't planning much, just looking forward to enjoying time with our parents and friends and hanging out the same way we would if it wasn't a wedding! We are getting a photographer, but only for an hour to get photos of the ceremony and some pictures with our guests. No DJ!
My fiance's mom is throwing us a party back in MA where most of his family lives three weeks after, but that is pretty casual too. Don't stress about it!
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Just Said Yes June 2018
Julie · on January 19, 2018 at 9:44 AM
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These comments are helpful as we are still in the pre-planning stages of our June wedding so I am tracking this thread! We are planning a small destination wedding up in the mountains and renting a large cabin for our friends and family who are attending. We are looking at about 20 people or less. Have any of you planned any decorations (flowers, etc.)? I am trying to think of ways to make this event more "wedding-ish" without going overboard and having to drag a bunch of wedding decor up to the cabin.
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