Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel Ok gotcha. I didnt realize your wedding at home was the real deal. I just thought it was something to make some people happy before you left. Geez, I dunno then. We had only 20 people at the wedding (incuding us!) and I'm glad they flattered me all night with compliments- LOL. But if your guests have already seen it, I dunno then- especially with no photog to capture some great images of you in your dress on the beach! hahaha, well, it is just as you described, it's just "a little something" to make people happy before we leave, but it turned in to a full fledged 200 guest affair. we started our guest list and "just family" quickly turned into over 70 people. when we looked at venues, it was either under 50, or big enough for 200, and since we had over 50, we decided to go for broke since we were paying for a larger venue anyways oh well
we really wanted a true DW only, but there are just too many people in our families and friends who we really wanted to celebrate it with who couldn't do a DW for various reasons, so we're doing both! we thought if we're gonna do a huge AHR, we might as well do a wedding for everyone too, while they're gathered