Indoor or outdoor ceremony?

Question

I need some advice. My fiancee and I are picking our wedding location. We have found a beautiful reception hall that would also provide a room for our ceremony @ $1.50 a person, so that would be about $200 for the ceremony room. We also were considering having the ceremony at another location, which is about 10 minutes away. It is a beautiful garden location but that would cost $900, plus if it rains we would have to have the ceremony in a semi-ugly "log cabin" type thing. I REALLY want to have the ceremony in the garden but I'm concerned that the risk of the rain and the higher cost is a pretty big deal. What does every think?

Answer 1

I would vote indoors, rather than take even the slightest chance that you would be in a log cabin.

After all, how long does a ceremony take? 1/2 hour? Go get pictures at the garden site, or some other flowery site, but book the hall. You won't be in the garden long.

I always try to think about the guests, how will they be? If it is a hot day, not well. If it is rainy, not well. If there are insects, the sun beating down, not well. And a rock or a pebble walkway can ruin expensive shoes. If they have allergies,or medical issues,  not well.

and there is a bonus of $700 remaining in your back pocket to make the indoor ceremony even more special, or have a spectacular recepion that will make you forget that you are not getting married in a garden.

Answer 2

Reception hall.

There will be unexpected costs that come up during the planning of your wedding and if you've already stretched your budget, that's going to hurt. Also, outdoor weddings almost always end up costing more. There are so many things that creep up that you'll have to take care of for an outdoor wedding that you don't have to think about for one indoors.

Save the cash, save the headaches... go indoors.

Best wishes!

Answer 3

Choose the beautiful reception hall. Think of all the money that you are saving.

Answer 4

Better safe than sorry. Can you imagine having your wedding and it starts pouring down raining and having to move it indoors? What about bee's and flies? What if it is very hot and humid? You want your wedding to be memorable because it was nice, not because it was disastrous. When it all boils down to it, it is your wedding and you should do what you want. You get only one crack at it with this person.

Answer 5

I'd go for the reception hall (that you've described as beautiful!) rather that than a semi-ugly "log cabin" plus a saving of $700 to spend on something else!

Answer 6

Go with the beautiful hall that's cheaper and inside and beautiful.  Really, you end up being there not all that long.  You'll be happy spending the money saved on something you'll see/use longer.  I was supposed to get married at a gorgeous gazebo in a garden, but 3 hours before it still looked like rain, so we had to go with our alternate location.  Honestly, our ceremony was short and we weren't there all that long, so I'm glad I didn't stress over the ceremony location.

Congrats & good luck!  :)

Answer 7

What I would do is check the season for rain in your area and if it is pretty rainy then, do it indoors.  Otherwise, go outdoors, man!!  This is your one and onlely wedding day....maake the best of it!  Florida bride going for the BEACH WEDDING....even though it rains a lot in Florida!!