Hello Ladies!
I have been planning my beach wedding in the Daytona area for about eight months. My FH and I are both full time students completing our bachelors studies and are paying for most of the wedding with the help of my single mother of four, so we are on a BUDGET! We had tried to find several different options to include all of our HUGE families, however we realized that we aren't going to be able to have the wedding we really want if we do this due to others' expectations and pressure to pull out all the stops. That being said we thought it would be a good idea to have a very small intimate ceremony and a small dinner, around 20 people, including only those we are closest to, and then after returning from the honey moon, have our extended families and friends come to a small party with finger foods cake and punch to celebrate and share our happiness with them. I know that it may seem rude to some people to do this, however, both sides of our families are understanding, and we think that they would understand the reason behind our decision (low budget, student loans, etc) and we feel that those who truly just want to share in our happiness will not have a problem with it. The dilemma here has nothing to do with the later party, but more with ceremony. We are wanting to have the location of the ceremony beautifully decorated and were considering the use of a company who will set it up for us but are not looking to spend a ton of money, or use their photographer, as we have one of our own which is our splurge. I need advice on which companies to use and what the best value is around the Daytona beach area!
Thanks!