Reception in a different town than Ceremony

gower2be

Ok so we have the Church set and this has a lot of meaning to my FI so there is no way we could choose another site. Now the place I want for the Reception is 2 towns over, sounds scary but all the towns are super small and it only takes 20 min. from the church to the B&B and most will be carpooling also only 3 guest (Who will be arriving together) are out of town. Does anyone think the idea of the sites being in different towns is outrageous, I personally dont see a problem but I was just thinking about it for some reason.

Lasairiona

A 20 min drive is fine. People drive further than that to work everyday. Some people (at least here on The Knot) will complain that you are being unreasonable but your guests will have no problem with it. Those who want to be there will do whatever it takes.

gower2be

Thanks I would host the reception near the ceremony but there is litterally nowhere to do so his family is in the town with the ceremony and mine is where the reception is so everyone has to travel a little, its not like its a destination wedding. Thanks for your input before any wolves got to me

dsouldiva

20 minute drive is OK, just make sure you provide really good directions!

lyndausvi

That is fine.

TheBeckmeister

My ceremony and reception sites are in the same city and it's a 20 minute drive.  You're fine!

danieliza1127

A 20 minute drive is fine.

trix1223

Not a problem at all.  With good directions and/or a GPS no one should have any trouble. 

Pirata13

20 minute drive is fine, ours will be 15-20 minutes tops. 

aerinpegadrak

I think 20 minutes is about the threshhold of what most people are willing to drive.  Just double-check that your directions are accurate, and try to find out if there might be anything happening on your wedding day (construction, parade, street fair, etc.) that might cause your guests to have to detour and get lost.

mbcdefg

20 minutes is perfectly reasonable.

gower2be

Thanks guys I was going to email everyone who doesnt know how to get to the locations already the directions with alternate routes, just in case, the Ceremony site is a bit iffy to find but thank goodness the reception site will be on the main st.