Hello! Long time lurker - this board has been a huge help in past during my many stints as a bridesmaid. I'm looking for honest advise regarding my own wedding plans. My family and friends are kind to say "it's your wedding, do whatever you want!" But I'm wondering if I am getting too attached to an idea that will be mostly inconvenient for our guests.
My FI and I are not really big party-dance people, but are very much morning and weekend brunch people, so we've really come around to the idea of having a Saturday morning brunch wedding in the town where we live. Ceremony 11 or 11:30am, no gap, and straight on to host a brunch for a couple hours. We would really like to make our wedding as low key and convenient as possible to our people.
But - as much as we both love this idea, the vast majority of our guests live out of town. Ranging from the closest, a 2.5 hour drive, to cross country flights. A lot of our friends have young children, under 5, and babies.
The more I think about this, I'm wondering if our plan of a brunch wedding is just going to be a logistical hassle for everyone. While the families and friends are supportive and are quick to say that it's our day and to do what we want, I really want to be mindful of them. Am I getting too caught up in a vision of something that would be good for only us? Should we scrap the idea and instead have a traditional evening ceremony and dinner with no dancing? Or evening ceremony, dinner, and dj- dancing so the kids can run around?
Thank you!