Small, intimate wedding help

We had 44 people. We had six reception tables and still had a DJ and dancing. Even though there weren’t tons of guests people still had a blast. Everyone had to travel. Our guests live all over the country so there was just no way to keep that from happening.

What about having it at a community center or VFW? similar to a town hall. That would be a good size! We are doing an outside ceremony in a garden 5/16/20 but with 10 people

We are getting married March 13, 2029 at a small lodge venue in the Smoky Mountains. We expect to have 36 guests, our venue only allows 40 total including bride and groom. The ceremony will be outside overlooking the mountains and the short reception is just inside their fireplace room. And then we are doing a pancake breakfast the following morning.

So I am currently planning a small wedding of under 50 guests. My first suggestion would be to do some research on which venues will be appropriate for you. We did not meet the minimum number for most venues so our options were limited. However, reach out to venues that you like anyway because they may own smaller, sister venues/sites. We ended up finding the perfect location and it only holds up to 75 guests so it won’t seem “empty”.
I originally was all over the place with planning...but eventually I decided to treat it as if it were a larger wedding. We have someone playing acoustic guitar during the ceremony, cocktail hour and dinner, and then he will dj later in the night. I should have 6 tables altogether, but we are going to push them together (2 sets of 3 tables) to make them large, long farmhouse style....that was actually the easiest way to figure out the seating arrangement! Talk to your venue about that because the table shape/size will probably play a role in your planning.
You got this!!!!

We’re having a very small wedding with 30 guests. We started with venues and went from there. Many wedding venues will not accommodate small weddings so we got creative. Looked at BNB’s and then AirBNB’s & restaurants. We found an Airbnb that was willing to accommodate and a cafe that’s part of a larger venue that they would cater and host our dinner/reception.