I fell in love with this beautiful white churc but the only reception site large enough to hold my 250 guests in about 30 minutes away. However most of my guests would be coming from one town to another for the church and the reception would be back in the town that they came from. When I say most, I mean about 180 of the 250. Is this okay? Can I have my ceremony at this beautiful white church and then have people drive back in town to the country club for the reception or will too many people jsut decide not to show up to the reception once they get back to town? I love both of these sites and don't want to change them but I don't want people not come to the reception because of the time. (Important point of info - when they leave the church we will do all of the photos while they are driving back. Then when we are driving back, they will be at the reception site, there will be many different hors dourves stations with the appetiser foods before we arrive, allowing the guests to mingle for about half an hour so they will have something to do. We will have a slide slow presentation of our lives (me growing up... him growing up.. then us together dating) and that will last about 10-15min. With all of these things going on would it be okay for the drive distance?
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Jan 21, 2007, 5:58 PM
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Re: [jamiec_87] distance between ceremony site and reception??
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Dear Jamiec,
This is probably too much driving for your guests--driving out and driving back. But, you could invite only those very close to you for the wedding and invite everyone else to the reception. You could include a slide show of your wedding at the reception. This would probably be the best choice for the comfort of your guests.
Re: [Et.byRebecca] distance between ceremony site and reception??
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I don't personally like the idea of people coming to the reception to party with us when they were not at the church to actually see us join together. so.. I think I might either find a diff. church..or make people drive..
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Jan 22, 2007, 10:07 AM
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Re: [jamiec_87] distance between ceremony site and reception??
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It is your choice, but it is very common to invite guests to only the reception. It is considered very impolite to only invite them to only the wedding. So, it would be perfectly appropriate to do as I suggested. But again, it is your choice. Rebecca Black, Etiquette Now
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