Maxiumim Distance between Ceremony and Reception?

cmjenne

My fiance and I have been searching for months for the perfect reception venue. We finally found it, but it's an hour away from our church. Having the ceremony at that church is very important to me, but the reception venue is too perfect to pass on.

How far would you be willing to drive at someone's wedding? Most of our guests are in town, and the drive is all highway and scenic county roads with very little traffic (a total of 50 miles).

Also, some of our guests live closer to the reception venue, so they are going to have a long drive to the ceremony if they choose to attend both. Should I change our plans so the ceremony and reception are closer, or just come to terms with the fact that people may choose to attend just one?

Thanks for your help!

Lasairiona

While those who want to be there will do whatever it takes, most people prefer to keep the drive no longer than 30 mins at most. People drive 30 mins to weddings all the time. If you can't be bothered to drive from the ceremony to the reception, don't attend either event.

aerinpegadrak

With a one hour drive, I would probably choose to attend either the ceremony or reception, whichever was closer to me, unless I were super close to the couple.  If you're locked into both venues, then you'll just have to accept that a potentially large proportion of your guests will be at only one of the two.

duckie1905

Anything more than 15 minutes annoys me (between ceremony and reception) and at about 30 minutes you lose me.

The closer they are together the better, IMO.  While I don't like to if the events were really far apart from each other I'd pick the ceremony or reception (whichever was closer) and travel to that one and skip the other.

As a OOT guest, I'd be really peeved because then I probably have to rent a car or beg a family member or friend to drive me around.