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Rikki
Beginner June 2022

Split Wedding

Rikki, on July 19, 2021 at 12:02 AM Posted in Planning 1 7
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Hello. So my FH and I started dating in December. It was super important to us that we got married on our anniversary. Nothing really big about that particular date other than it's our anniversary but we were really admit on getting married on that date.
Well we have decided to do a split wedding. We will get officially married on our anniversary but have the giant wedding with people the year after in the summer. The official wedding were not making a big deal out of it at all and are just going to have a nice dinner with family afterwards, no fancy outfits or anything. The party wedding will be where we dress up.
Even though we're going to be married already were still going to do the walk down the isle and all that jazz. The reason why we are splitting is because it's way cheaper to do it this way. Most places where we live are closed during December or charge an extra fee on top of base. We both love cheap price tags.I was lucky enough to get a venue for $200 and my grandparents said that they would pay as their wedding gift to us. I should point out that were only looking at about 30 people at the wedding.I was wondering if anyone else has done a split wedding before? Or people's thoughts on it

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Latest activity by Rikki, on July 19, 2021 at 3:43 PM
  • Jm Sunshine
    Jm Sunshine ·
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    Is there a reason you are having a "split" ceremony rather than doing it all in December? It will be more expensive in the long run to have two receptions (even of one is much smaller). Your ceremony next year will be a vow renewal (and it's important your guests are not deceived and already know you are married) as there is no such thing as getting married twice as you will be legally married in December.
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  • Yasmine
    Master October 2020
    Yasmine ·
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    My husband and I did exactly this! We got legally married and had a minimony with 35 guests on our original anniversary day in October 2020 (So our dating date, engagement date, and marriage date are all the same date). We will have our bigger celebration this October. I disagree, that it will be more expensive because it definitely depends on what you do exactly.

    For our minimony, my parents & sister cooked dinner for everyone so we didn't have to worry about catering costs. My dad purchased the alcohol. And my mom and stepmom decorated the venue. We only had to pay $500 for the venue space and or photographer didn't charge that much either.

    For our celebration this year we are getting it catered, hired a bartender, a DOC, a photographer/videographer, baker, and someone to decorate and its MUCH cheaper than what we were originally paying before we had to cancel our March 2021 celebration.

    All of our guests knows that we are married and no one has a problem with us re-doing it all over, they are actually excited for it since they couldn't celebrate with us due to restrictions.

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  • KYLIE
    Super May 2019
    KYLIE ·
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    When you say 30 people at the wedding, do you mean when you exchange vows or the celebration the following year?
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  • Rikki
    Beginner June 2022
    Rikki ·
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    The first wedding is just courthouse wedding. No guests no fancy anything just the paperwork. It's actually cheaper to do it split because of the venues here adding on extra money because it's in the cold months
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  • Rikki
    Beginner June 2022
    Rikki ·
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    At the wedding in the summer. For the legal one in December it's just going to be our parents. Most of our guests are coming from out of state so we're not having them fly twice.
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  • Vicky
    VIP January 2020
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    Why would they be charging more because it's cold? Did someone tell you that?

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  • Rikki
    Beginner June 2022
    Rikki ·
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    No. I've looked at and been in contact with about 15+ venues in the area. I should point out that I have a very small budget because that's all I can afford and I like saving money. And all of them gave me a quote over the phone of the average price at their place. But when I started talking to them about how it would be in December they would up the price. I was getting quotes for $1000-$2000 and sometimes it would double or triple after I told them the month. I asked one of them why it went up and they said "It's because it costs so much to heat in the winter". I'm not sure why they go up. You would think they would be cheaper because of it being off-season
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