My fiance and I are planning to get married next June. We want the ceremony to be at his church, and the reception to be at my parents' beach house, which is about an hour's drive from his church. Is this too far to ask guests to travel in one day? My father is also worried about taking care of last minute issues with the caterers, etc who will be at the house if he is 60 miles away at the church. Will this be a logistical nightmare??
2007-05-06 16:03:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
I think with the fact you are having it at a private home it makes it difficult in as u said looking after the odds and ends at the beach house i know this sounds weird but maybe have the church service on the saturday and than have the reception the next day at the other venue on the beach.
2007-05-06 16:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by wilo_chick 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You would ideally want the reception site to be no farther than 20-30 minutes from the ceremony site. To expect the guests to travel so far, breaks the flow of the wedding day, and can mean that guests may get lost if they aren't familiar with the area.
Perhaps you may want to consider having the ceremony at your church (which is tradition), or have both the ceremony and the reception at the beach house.
2007-05-06 16:50:55 · answer #2 · answered by Tweety 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You may not want to hear this, but after performing and coordinating weddings and receptions for the past 18 years, I can give you advice based on LOTS of past experiences.
Anytime you have the ceremony and reception more than 20 minutes apart from each other you are asking for problems. Remember "Murphy's Law", anything that can happen, will happen. People will get lost, people will decide not to drive that far, problems with the caterer and no one there to fix it, etc.
Anytime we coordinate a wedding and ceremony that are more than 15 minutes apart we have 2 coordinators, one in charge of the ceremony, and the other in charge of the reception. This way someone is in charge on site and not an hour away.
If you want to use these locations, you could consider charter busses to take the guests back and forth, but this would be costly and many people will not want to feel "stranded" that far away from their vehicles.
I would recommend having the ceremony and reception on different days if you want to have them that far away from each other as it will lessen a lot of undue stress from you and everyone involved.
2007-05-07 18:06:04 · answer #3 · answered by Paradise Weddings & Travel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If U can plan the reception 2-3 hrs later that allows time for travel &potty stops & pictures? unless doing @ bhouse? Can U ask a neihbor near beach house to let caterer in to set up b/4 dad arrives.If not maybe an aunt or uncle can spend the night before at the house if willing to miss actual ceromony. I would think 1 1/2 hrs is plenty of time for ppl to arrive.Maybe have a drink soda bar for arriving guests?Some may want to look around & adore landscape But also be prepared in case of rain??Have fun and best wishes to you both!!! Oh I would try to note beach house is approx 60mi away in ur invitations.
2007-05-06 17:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Dotr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. In big cities, we've had to travel almost an hour to the reception site! If you are going to a photographer's for pics, your half hour isn't enough! Just plan time for a cocktail hour - maybe 5:30, with dinner starting at 6:30, then you and the wedding party get to the reception site just before dinner is due to start.
2016-05-17 07:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we're going to have to drive an hour or more when my cousin gets married in June.
Yes, an hour is too far to drive. Many people either will not go or will get lost.
It WILL be a logistical nightmare. Either have both at the church or both at the beach house.
2007-05-10 03:21:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know that at least 90% of your preffered guests have their own cars , and transportation is not a problem for em' well I see no trouble at all, meanwhile you and your fianze' have decided and agreed to have the recpetion there and you both really like it, well it sounds quite romantic too...
Maybe if you aren't really sure, then you can probably try doing it closer just to avoid any concerns and you can have a nice wedding without anything troubling your mind and you can then enjoy twice your big day!!!
Best wishes by the way!
2007-05-06 16:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by Jyg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds like a real tough one. if your guests are staying near your beach house, then they have to drive an hour to the church or vice versa. i would suggest you move one or the other so everything is closer together. do you really want to sit in a car for an hour in your gown, etc.?
2007-05-06 17:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by wahine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do it. The distance should really not be a problem. If the people really love you guys then they should have no problem. It might be a little harder on you guys though with the wedding planning and decorating. Good luck on your wedding
2007-05-06 16:35:59 · answer #9 · answered by Kerrie R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe you can have the wedding at your beach house and ask the minster / priest to do it up there instead, if you have enough space to set up a nice ceremony..
some ppl may find it to hard to travel
2007-05-06 16:33:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋