A second reception/wedding celebration after destination wedding
My fiance and I are getting married in spain where we are only inviting our family and relatvies. No friends or non-relatives will be attending this event. This is because we have a limit on the amount of people we can host at our venue, and we have relatively large families.
However, we would like to have a 'wedding celebration' back home in New York. Our intention is to invite the people who were not invited to the wedding - our friends, co-workers, as well as people that our parents want to invite.
I don't necessarily consider this a reception, since these people are not invited to the wedding. I won't be wearing my dress. We will rent out a nice lounge or bar, have a buffet dinner and host an open bar. I also plan on sending invites to this 'celebration' and writing thank you cards for joining us.
Will people think this is a reception and think this is tacky? Is it appropriate to call this a 'wedding celebration'?
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Re: A second reception/wedding celebration after destination wedding
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Dear Ariataaz,
This is a wedding reception and is proper. To call it a wedding celebration is confusing, as there is no such thing, and that is what a reception is--a celebration after the wedding. It is quite common for a couple to host more than one reception when the couple hosts a wedding not many can attend.
It is polite, though, to also invite all wedding guests. They have the option of attending and most won't. But, it is most polite to do so.
If you host this very soon after your wedding, you can include most traditional wedding elements. You decide which ones seem appropriate.
It isn't necessary to write thank you notes to those who attend unless they also give you a gift.
A second reception/wedding celebration after destination wedding
