two wedding ceremonies

Have you all thought about changing the date that way the majority of your loved ones can be there?

I wouldn't do two ceremonies, but if you have family in two locations I think it's fine to have a ceremony/reception in one location, and then have a second reception at the other location where you wear your dress, possibly project the video on the wall or display photos of the day, etc.

I've had friends do one ceremony/two receptions, and I've had friends do two ceremonies. I personally think the two ceremonies choice is odd, b/c during the second one you're kind of re-enacting the first. But that's just IMO.

We're having 2 also because of the same problem except Minnesota/California. So we having wedding in minnesota and vow renewal in Cali so his friends and fam (mainly his gramma) who cannot physically or financially come who want to witness some type of ceremony can.

Thanks ya'll. and Tasha that is the problem, financially they can't drive ten hours for one day.

We are having two but our situation is a bit different. I'm American, DH is German...we live in Germany. Here your required to have a civil ceremony before you can have a spiritual wedding. We did this in Dec, I didn't wear a wedding dress, we didn't say vows, nothing religious was allowed and it was all in German. Now we are planning our Wedding for April where all of our family and friends will be with us and we will exchange our vows then. For us we had to have two and we also wanted to have the ceremony that was traditional to each culture and since we didn't say vows the first time were still very much looking forward to doing that at our wedding. Our April wedding will be our celebrated Anniversary and our Dec one is looked at as a step towards our wedding. If I were in your position I think I would have 1 ceremony/2 receptions. Can you not plan it far enough in advance to where people can plan to attend? In the end you need to do whats best for you and if you plan around when...

(cont) it's best for everyone else to be there you may be disappointed in the end by people not coming regardless of what you did to make it easier. Do what is best for the two of you and give as much notice as possible. If a 2nd reception is necessary then do that.

All my FH family and friends live in Ohio. So, some of his close family are coming up for the wedding, but later on we are going to have another reception in Ohio so that we can celebrate with everyone there. Luckily, FMIL and FSIL are handling all the planning for that