Small, intimate wedding

If anyone is in the Maryland area where do you recommend having a small outside wedding!?

We do small (under 30 guests) people all the time. And we love them. and yes, you have a reception.

I'm doing 22 people, a small ceremony in a garden behind a mansion (mansion is rain back up), then a meal/reception at our home. I'm in tri-state Virginia/Maryland/West VA area, and May is a good month for temperature around here.

Probably around 30 or so people. Shouldn't be no more than that. I'd still like to keep some traditions the same such as a flower girl, not seeing your fh the day off and things like that.

Many of my small-wedding couples treat their guests to dinner at nice restaurants after their ceremonies.

You still need to treat your guests to dinner or lunch. It doesn't have to be a huge ordeal. The problem I ran into was finding a formal restaurant that is open between lunch and dinner hours. Most of the nice restaurants in my area close between 2pm and 5 pm. We are planning dinner for 2:45/3:00. Luckily I finally found a place!

Did you all still have bridesmaids and groomsmen or did you not really have a wedding party!? Sorry if these are dumb questions I'm very new to this.

That was my original plan. Have a small ceremony wih like 30 guests, then take everyone out for dinner after. Like in a private room at a nice restaurant. Not a typical reception with dancing and whatnot.

Restaurants and even traditional wedding venues often have small private rooms that are perfect for receptions of that size.

We chose not to do a wedding party; just didn't interest us.

Do you have a favorite or meaningful spot? Same for favorite restaurant for the reception. In DMV you can take a look at pop wed for some cool spots and ideas - they do small pop up weddings. We were going to do that but then decided to do a DW. We're about 30 guests, no bridesmaids or groomsmen. Since it's small, everyone invited is pretty much people we'd pick to stand up with us so it didn't make sense for us to single anyone out.

I don't think you need to have a wedding party with a wedding that small - though you absolutely could if you wanted to. Generally, with a smaller wedding, your reception is just dinner somewhere. One of the main pros about a small wedding is the cost effectiveness factor, and the intimacy. If you rent out a big space and have a DJ and all that jazz then it sort of takes away from the original idea, in my opinion. Plus, you better know that those 30 people are gonna dance their butts off if you're gonna pay for all the extras.

Small and intimate is awesome good luck!

I'm having a small 50 people wedding in Florida. The reception is going to be brunch I'm not really sure if people will dance but whatever I'm not going to worry about it!!

We had a DW with around 40 ppl and still had a reception. Best decision I ever made! We had a blast and were able to spend quality time with each of our guests. Do it! Lol

Edit: Oh, and we skipped the wedding party. Second best decision ever!

We're having a small-ish wedding with 60 guests. Our wedding party will consist of a maid of honor and best man.

We were initially just going to have a dinner reception, but opted against it and are going for a more traditional one.

We had 7 guests. No formal reception, just a ceremony and we went to dinner and drinks after. Reserved the top floor bar and dining area just for us.

My oldest daughter had a total of 9 guests - 11 people with the bride and groom. She had 2 BM's and we had the reception in a private room at a nice restaurant. The ceremony was at an executive apartment in a Chicago hi-rise. We decorated, my DH walked her down an aisle to music, had the usual flowers, cocktails before the ceremony, and a wedding cake. The size doesn't dictate tradition - do all the things you would like and enjoy!! PS - don't skimp on a photographer, that is my biggest regret!

We're doing a small beach wedding of 15 guests. We are renting an oceanfront house and hiring a company that does wedding packages. They are doing a ceremony on the beach in front of our rental property then we are hiring a catering company to do a dinner reception following the ceremony in the backyard of our rental property. We felt that was more intimate and romantic than doing a hotel reception. We wouldn't dream of having a restaurant reception. Going to a restaurant does not have that wedding feel and we wouldn't want our special day to be remembered as going to a restaurant. We go to restaurants all the time so that's just not special enough. I am having a maid of honor and a couple of bridesmaids and he has a best man. We don't have anything special planned in terms of a bridal party other than the fact that we just want our best friends with us.

We are doing a 20 person ceremony, then taking everyone out and having a reception at a restaurant event room after that.

We are getting married at quit waters in Annapolis MD. I think it up to 35 people, but I'll have less people there. I'm having am intimate ceromony, which includes my FH 2 kids and my 2 kids. The people to witness it will only be our parents and sibling. We are having a reception/celebration with all of my 75 family members afterwards, which will be held at my brothers firehall.