**Aerin**

AdeleDazeem

I promise to not be stalking you

I read in another post on another board (that's the not stalking part) where you said you'd be webcasting your wedding.  I'm curious how you told people about this.

Did you invite everyone to your Vegas wedding and let them know that if they couldn't make it, then it would be webcast?  Or did you always plan to have the small Vegas wedding and anyone invited to the reception could watch the webcast...? 

Just curious on the details!

aerinpegadrak

I'm always surprised to get paged.  It's like, "Oh, that's my name!"

We're doing a destination wedding with at-home reception.  Vegas is strictly WP, spouses, and immediate family (plus FI's mom's siblings, since his uncle is performing the ceremony).  We really wanted something formal and intimate, and there's no way our budget would have allowed for something formal for that many people.

The AHR invitations (which are currently in progress and will be FREAKING SWEET) will include a bit that currently says: "Aerin and FI will be married in a private ceremony in Las Vegas, NV.  The ceremony may be viewed at URL live at 7:30pm PDT on April 23, 2010 or at your later convenience."  (Not entirely set on that wording.)  I'll also be posting the link to my Facebook before we leave in case people have misplaced the invitation.

I had been hoping to webcast from the time we moved it to Vegas, but was really inspired by this post: http://offbeatbride.com/2009/11/broadcast-wedding-internet I'm actually going to be testing this out with my videographer tomorrow, so fingers crossed that it works like I'm hoping!

AdeleDazeem

Interesting!  I'm having a very similar wedding (immediate family only in Bermuda, 13 people) and I know people will be upset when they finally realize they aren't on the guest list.  It hadn't occurred to me to webcast the wedding.

I guess I'm concerned that people will read my at home reception invitation, see the link about watching the ceremony that they weren't invited to, and then be a little offended.  Or maybe I'm just over thinking this...?

Do people know about it yet?  I'd be very curious to hear their responses and, after your wedding, to hear if it all worked out!

aerinpegadrak

We're specifying on the invitation that it's a private ceremony.  I may actually change that wording to family-only, because I'm very careful to mention that's the case when I tell people about it.  I'm really taking refuge in that distinction, so that people know it's nothing personal, we didn't invite ANY of our friends. 

I think that people will probably be disappointed either way, but I'm feeling like the webcast is a good compromise; they still get to see us get married, even if we couldn't accommodate them in person.  So far we've gotten a really good response to the idea, we'll see how many hits we actually get.  My videographer has also promised that my video will be done in time to have looped at the AHR, and she'll be doing some shooting there as well.

AdeleDazeem

That's really nice to hear.  I hope things go very well for you! 

I had a meltdown today over an at home reception - I'm so worried that people will look at it as "we weren't good enough for the wedding - why are we good enough to bring you a gift at the reception?"  The idea of webcasting the ceremony is lovely to me, but I'm scared for the same reaction.

Let me know how it goes!  I wish you all the best! :-)

mags0607

I was nosey, so I came in here. My FSIL and her husband did this when they got married in Vegas last year. It was only them and his parents, as they decided to get married while they were visiting. So, it was nice that her family got to all watch the ceremony even though we weren't there.

I really like the idea, and theirs turned out well, and they have the video to show everyone that wanted to see.