Wedding Destination Dilemms
I am having a destination wedding with 2 attendees. I am having a formal sit down reception with my elaborate dress and him in a tux. I do not have a wedding party but have best friends that were suppose to be a part of it before we decided to go away. My problem is how do i go about doing the reception. Are we supposed to be announced and just have a normal reception as if we just left the ceremony, with out a wedding party....please help. I don`t know how to have a real reception after a destination wedding when noone attened it, won`t they be mad. We didn`t even invite anyone, it that wrong. We wanted our vows to be private and romantic. Not to mention we are different religions and this was less complicated than dealing with the drama. That is not the reason though that we are going away, it is something we haved talked about for years and are very excited.
Posted by Laurie Ann Lesto; updated 08/12/06
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No one should be offended that they were not invited, you have every right to make it a private affair. We did the same thing and didn`t have anyone tell us they were offended and we did have a reception a few months later. We had a DJ and they can simply annouce the couple, no need to have you walk in with a bridal party, perhaps write you own words, such as "We`d like to announce the recently wed couple who were married...., Congratulations!"
If you need any assistance with the wording on your invitations, please email me at info@terredesign.com, we just completed a reception invitation that included a keepsake wedding picture so it shared a little of the wedding with everyone. Good luck and Congratulations!
Posted by Megan Hall; updated 09/15/06
