It's been a long time...could use some help

Re: It's been a long time...could use some help

• manateehugger member

  

  July 2014

  Congrats on 10 years!
  
  So for venue recommendations, I'd hit up your local wedding board (drop down menu on the right where it says "Choose another board."
  
  I think a restaurant works really well for that size of party; there may also be small B&B's or museums or libraries or other "unique" venues that may have small meeting rooms you could use.
  
  As for vow renewals, this site gets recommended a lot for solid vow renewal advice: http://www.idotaketwo.com/blog/home/
  

  

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• holyguacamole79 member

  

  July 2014

  Congrats on your anniversary!!
  
  My parents had a 25th anniversary vow renewal a few years ago.  We held it in the chapel of our church (we're Catholic) and we had ~30 people in attendance.  Afterwards, we served desserts at my parents' house.  It was great!
  
  Who will be officiating / facilitating your vow renewal?  Maybe he/she has some ideas?
  

  
  
  
  
  

  

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• CMGragain member

  

  July 2014 edited July 2014

  Here is my favorite site for vow renewal planning.  Congratulations!
  
  http://www.idotaketwo.com/blog/vow-renewal-etiquette/?q=vow_renewal_etiquette.html
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

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• princessleia22 member

  

  July 2014

  I don't know about vow renewals in particular, but we recently had a small wedding with only 25 guests. We actually decided to get married on a cruise ship. But, prior to that, we did look around at venues around home. True, several of the typical "wedding venues" are set up for larger crowds. But, some wedding venues do have smaller rooms or outdoor spaces that work for small groups. Hotels often have meeting or conference rooms that can work for smaller groups. Some restaurants actually have banquet rooms or larger private rooms that you may be able to use. Many club halls (Knights of Columbus, etc) or community centers have spaces that are small enough to work for group your size. If we had done wedding at home, our first choice for venue was a local garden. They wouldn't allow food though, so we would have had ceremony at garden, then had reception next door at a cultural center that offers venue. Just look around in your area, maybe think of unconventional places, and make some phone calls... and don't necessarily rule out larger venues, because you may be able to make them work. And a space that can hold larger groups doesn't necessarily mean it won't work for you either. Our reception was in the cruise ship's night club, so it was a fairly large space for our small group. But, it didn't feel too large or overwhelming while we were there, even though we may not have utilized the whole space.

   

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