So here is my dilemma - I would love to do a Vegas destination wedding this fall, with either just my mom and my FI's mom. However my friends are excited to see me wed, so I am thinking of still doing a small Vegas wedding sometime in the winter/spring so they can attend also (the fall may be too short notice for them). My FI is Australian and unlike me, has a large family who would like to see him get married. I really can't expect my friends and mom to travel to Australia, or his family to come to the States. So I am thinking of having a small wedding here and then another one in Australia (just the thought of planning two is stressing me out! LOL).
I understand that once you're married, you really can't get married again and the second ceremony would be more like a vow renewal type of thing I suppose. Would this be an acceptable thing to do? And if so, how far apart should they be planned, or does that matter?