Hello world of TheKnot.com, I have run into a minor issue regarding my reception.
My fiance is from NC and I am from PA, so our families are seperated by a couple hundred miles. My fiance and I have found a beautiful venue in NC and a affordable venue at that. So without any second thoughts our wedding is going to be in NC with A reception following. We ran into the problem that 90% of my family will not be able to attend either the wedding or reception because of cost of travel. My grandmother made the suggestion of having two receptions, one in NC and one in PA, but my fiance and I are argueing with that idea that the point of this wedding is not just the union of us but it's also the union of our families. Also I don't want one reception to be more fantastic then the other. I want to have one reception but if we have it in NC then it would be all of his family, my grandparents, and maybe a few of my friends. Any suggestions on how I can make these two receptions work or a suggestion of something else I could do to resolve this?