Wedding without a Ceremony

Fairly easy. First find out when the courthouse or city office does ceremonies. If you have a connection, maybe find a Councilmember or someone special to do it. (The mayor is doing mine.). Then, find a local restaurant with a private room, a family members back yard and a caterer, etc... Should be easy to plan.

I would recommend finding a minister/officiant....they could marry you in your home if you choose. Personally, I wouldn't want to be in front of judge at all...just not the marriage vibe I would want to remember.

My wedding I had less than 10 people at....very private. Reception was about 100, and immediately follow the actual ceremony (but at a different location).

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Lovely idea; we do this all the time. Find a cool officiant, invite your very closest family and then invite some friends to join you later on for a little party.

before you start planning set a budget and then figure out what is important to you. Is it the dress, hair, and make up or the venue and decor or the people you share your day with and the pic . Once you figure out what is important the rest of the planning will be easy. My vow renewal is very low budget(under $1000 for everything -dress food venue) with no help by family or friends so I focused on the important things and then made a few calls to different venues and shopped with coupons and second hand stores.

I officiate many elopements and small destination weddings. After the ceremony, they usually go to a nice restaurant for dinner.

Yesterday's wedding was B&G, her daughter, his dad & step-mom. Small, sweet, simple ceremony that they loved!

I agree with the restaurant idea. I would just pick a restaurant with a private room and decorate if they allowed it.

Anyone can get officiated on the internet. I would pick a nice place like a park or something and do it there.

If you can't afford a restaurant, have everyone back to your place for pizza!

Many Justices of the Peace do very simple ceremonies that last only a few minutes and get down to the business of I Do. I call mine the "I Do" ceremony and it pretty popular for those who want real simple and fast.