My husband and I eloped last year in Las Vegas and had a tiny BBQ after, but on our year anniversary I wanted to have a big wedding with a vow renewal cereamony and reception. The thing is I cant find a hall or reception location everything is booked thats in my budget range I dont know what to do should I just give up, or just have another party( with no where to have it)??
2007-02-15 12:36:01 · 15 answers · asked by *BellasMommy* 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My husband and I eloped 3 years ago and my father was upset b/c he didnt get to walk me down the aisle. So I planned a wedding and had everything but a dress and he said not to do it but I want to. So I have decided that we are going to do a big wedding/renewal on our 5th anniversary. That gives me plenty of time to plan and make sure everything we want I can get.. After one year youre still in the honeymoon stage, wait another year to do a renewal ceremony. Give yourself plenty of time so you can have your dream wedding. Good luck.
2007-02-15 13:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by PenguinsWife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are already married, so you can't have a wedding reception now. It will look like nothing more than a gift-grab (not that I think that's what you're after-but that is how it will look). People will feel like they are attending a sham, and won't appreciate it.
What you can do, however, is have a big anniversary party, and call it that. Skip the vow renewal; everyone already knows your married, so it will be seen as self-indulgent.
Since I'm not in your area, I have no idea what options are available for a place to have your party. However, I wanted to reply to your question so that hopefully you can save yourself from being embarrassed by calling it a wedding.
2007-02-22 04:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by Daisy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean. I am also doing the second wedding. We did not have time to plan for the first we had two weeks and we said before we got married that we would ave the big church wedding and reception. We didn't have any kind of reception for the first one. We found a cute little church with an ajoining hall and a preacher willing to do the ceremony since there was no paper signing involved of course. Just check around you find a perfect church with a hall ajoined as we did. It has taken us two years to get it all together, but it will be well worth it in the end. Good luck and congrats!
2007-02-17 05:20:36 · answer #3 · answered by snjmcgowan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have friends or family with a big back yard? Or you could see if you could have it in the park. I know it's not the same, but it's not the location that counts, it's the person you're celebrating with. Will you be any less married if you don't have the big wedding? No, of course not! Save your money and try again next year. But book the location now!
2007-02-15 12:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you already had your wedding -- whatever the circumstances were at the time, it WAS your wedding. So you do not have "another" one. A vow renewal would be done on your 25th anniversary usually, but I've heard of people getting it done on their 10th. For that, it would be a simple ceremony for family and close friends, with them just over to your home for a simple dinner.
2007-02-16 01:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you try another date? Rather than the exact weekend of you anniversary maybe the weekend before or after? Than perhaps one of the venues in your price range will be available. Or maybe try a Sunday brunch reception. It can be just as lovely and elegant, open up a lot more places and DRASTICALLY reduce the price.
2007-02-21 11:53:20 · answer #6 · answered by Sara K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not plan it for your 2nd anniversary? You could start booking everything now and that way you know it is reserved for next year. Then it would also give you more time to find a nice place within your budget.
2007-02-16 03:33:38 · answer #7 · answered by amcs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know what your budget is or how many people but, Rather then a hall I would try a restaurant with a private room or you can even do a brunch wedding were it would be less expensive then an evening wedding
2007-02-23 07:29:10 · answer #8 · answered by Kat G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I would see if someone has a spacious back yard, you could have a beautiful outdoor wedding. If your planning on doing favors for the reception here is a cute saying you could put on them. "Loving you is oh so nice, I'll marry you not once but twice!" Hope this helps.
2007-02-21 05:26:32 · answer #9 · answered by mrschevgmt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you checked with the local fire halls? Or at the park is really a nice setting. If you can wait a little while longer, you could have it in the off season and get the place you want a little cheaper.
2007-02-15 14:40:43 · answer #10 · answered by pchiz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋