Vow Renewing...is it ok to go all out?

Oh goodness, go all out! I'm sorry you had a bad experience...or a few...at your wedding I know lots of places do big vow renewals, if you are looking to travel for it. If you want to keep it close to home I'd still go all out! Why not?

I feel you should go all out with any big event in your life. You do whatever you want. Have fun planning!!!!!

Wow. I'm really sorry to hear that so many things went wrong for your wedding. Heh. Makes me a little nervous about mine...But I mean, it's Florida in the spring. It's gonna rain. lol.

Honestly I would say that the renewal of your vows is about your love for each other. If you want to make it a big thing, go for it. Just like a wedding, it should be YOUR day. If you want to go all traditional and do something small then by all means. If you'd prefer a sort of second wedding, then that's your choice to do.

Honestly, for me, any excuse to get pretty and dress up is a good excuse. Don't worry about what other people say. Go with what makes ya happy. =0)

Thank you so much! You are all so sweet. I'm glad I didn't get any negative feedback...yet. Good luck to you guys! :-)

Go all out! how awesome would it be if we started to put an emphasis on falling in love again and kkeeping/making our relationships/marriages stronger!!! definitely go all out!!!!!!!!!! people get second marriages and second weddings all the time, and they haven't necessarily put the extra effort it takes to keep so mething together (notice I said necessarily because sometimes it is super hard to serperate as well!)

go you!

I think you should go all out! I plan on having a vow renewal in a few years but it will be in Aus and we will go all out for that as well. Celebrate the love you have. It is so beauitful in my opinion to have a big day that celebrates the fact that you still love eachother as much if not more than you did five years ago.

Sure, Janey, go all out. Five years of a wonderful marriage is a good reason to celebrate. I've noticed at the vow renewal receptions that the couple is so much more relaxed as compared to a new bride/groom. Thus, they usually have a blast at their reception.

Dan

Go all out.! Have fun!

Congratulations on coming up on five of years first of all! I say go alllllll out!!!! Make it your dream wedding and don't think twice about it

@Dan P. I was thinking the exact same thing!

Go all out for sure!!!

with that many screw ups at your wedding, you deserve a do over!!!

Congrats

Im with pp and the second opinion you got. DO IT! if you want a full-out event, and you can afford it then do it. you deserve to have a wedding and if the first one didnt work out too well then a vow renewal is a great excuse to have a good one this time!

Go ahead and make it fabulous. Learn a lesson from the first wedding and hire only professionals and get lots of referrals for DJ's and photographers and florists and videographers. I know it's tough to spend the money, but you get what you pay for. Relatives and inexpensive vendors seem like a great idea until you realize that they are not doing a professional job. Have fun this time!

All of you are making me feel so much better about wanting to go all out. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! MJ Decorations, I learned many lessons from the first wedding. I plan to do with only professionals this time!

Many couples go all out for their Vow Renewal. A lot of couples elope or never had their dream wedding. You sound like every vendor you hired had a problem along with the venue. I suggest you really interview your vendors and ask a lot of questions before you hire them. Make sure they are vendors with wedding experience and are a registered business. I wish you both many happy years together.

I say go all out! If you have the funds to do so without putting yourself in debt or borrow money from other people than you can do what you want to do. I'm sorry you had such a bad experience for your wedding. One of my close friends went all out for their vow renewal a couple months ago. They were both in the military when they got married and most of their families missed the original. Personally we can't wait to be able to do a vow renewal at some point. We might not go all out but we want to do it. Since we already had our dream wedding we want something romantic on a beach somewhere. Have fun with it and don't listen to the people who tell you that you can't do it. You know they are just jealous.

I am already thinking of a vow renewal! lol I say go for it and have the day you always dreamed of. I think we will do one for our 10 or 15 year so our unborn kids can be a big part of it.

Definitely, we are. We also had a bad experience the first time. It was nothing like what we want. We are planning to do EVERYTHING including an engagement party since we never had one before. Everyone deserves to have the wedding experience of their dreams even if they have to wait a few years to get it. Congrats hon and I hope all goes well.

You can go as big as you want, it's your event! Sounds like you really could use for this one to go the way you want it to. Good luck, I hope it is spectacular!

Not all that happened at my wedding and I would still want to go all out! Enjoy and I hope all goes well for you!

I am also having a renewal and guess what I am going BIG! My first wedding was not done by professionals and it was a disaster in my opinion so now I want something spectacular not just for the look but because I have a small daughter and I want to have something she can admire when she is older. I say go for it we have been married for 2yrs our renewal will be in april of 2011 and You and I have lots of work ahead of us. I want Pictures!