Dream Wedding Venue?

[Damniel]

If you ever plan on getting married, where would you like to have the wedding? Do you prefer smaller venues like a family home, grand scale places, or historical venues like castles and such?

If you are already married, where’d you have the wedding (if you had a ceremony)?

curious on what people have to say!

 

[Midoriya]

On Mars.

Nah, just joking. I’m honestly not sure yet. Don’t need anything grandiose as long as it’s a nice setting I guess.

 

[moo_nieu]

idk i guess i would want it to be personal with whoever im getting married to, like a location important to us or one that we both thought is beautiful. definitely a smaller occasion with just close loved ones. if theres a good bit of money saved for the wedding then id like to have it in a scenic spot probably overseas. idk where, bc it would also depend on the other persons preferences. i probably will never have a destination wedding though bc i dont have much money and dont really want to spend thousands of dollars for a single day... i think a wedding can be very personal and magical for the people involved even if the bank wasnt broken for the occasion so thats sort of what i would expect for my own wedding. i wouldnt want to start a marriage in deep wedding debt so whatever is affordable and we both like really haha

 

[daringred_]

i don't plan on getting married. i've never understood the appeal. it just seems like a waste of money, and i don't need a little certificate to prove i love someone. if i was required to be married to my girlfriend for some reason, we'd probably just stop at the local registry and sign our names or whatever it is you do. kudos to people who are into it though; it's just not even remotely for me.

if this was another life where i did want to get married, i'd probably pick one of those outdoor themed ones in the middle of summer (and hope the weather doesn't go to crap in the good old U of K) because that's my favorite season, and i can't withstand any kind of cold lmao. a lot of white and some pastel-y flowers, set in a nice field where daisies grow all over the place and there's a forest nearby. kind of fairytale, i suppose.

 

[Violet Witch]

If my celebrity crush suddenly becomes available the only kind of wedding I want is a low-key backyard style Halloween wedding where I can wear a black gown.

 

[Chris]

Kölner Dom. Or, more realistically, the Excelsior Hotel Ernst in Köln.

My partner is insisting she wear a black wedding dress, so a gothic cathedral would be so fitting.

 

[ChocoPie22]

Maybe a clearing in a forest and have flowers throughout my dress.

 

[sleepydreepy]

somewhere tropical by the ocean. doesn't matter if its on the beach or just overlooking the ocean but I want to be able to see the water

 

[duckykate]

i would love to get married in a beautiful garden with fairytale vibes. maybe with a castle in the background too

 

[g u a v a]

i think it'd be sweet to get married in my own home. I believe in living with your s.o. before marrying so it'd be nice to get married in the space we made together

 

[Croconaw]

I don’t plan on getting married. That just couldn’t happen with my current lifestyle, unless I meet someone with a very similar lifestyle. If there’s ever a glitch in the matrix resulting in me getting married someday, I’ve always wanted to have a wedding at a hockey arena and wearing hockey jerseys. I used to joke with my former best friend about that. We somehow got into the topic of weddings and I brought up how I wouldn’t have it anywhere except a hockey arena with a hockey proposal. She 100% agreed. I’d be content with pretty much anywhere hot, though — meaning no white stuff.

 

[.: Meri :.]

Realistically, I don't think I'd really need a formal wedding ceremony—it all seems like too much in the way of stress and expenses to me. I'd make an exception if it was important to any future partners, though.
If I were to have a wedding... honestly, there's a ton of themes I think I'd really love. I don't think I'd be comfortable in a church venue and I wouldn't want anything hyper modern, but otherwise I think I'd be happy with anything from a cute tiny garden venue to a grand fairytale castle. (Although I'd still want it to be small-scale in terms of guests, because I get overstimulated in big crowds very easily ;; ). Definitely lots of flowers, in any case. I think my main dilemma would be if I'd want to wear a dress or a white suit—maybe one for the wedding, and then change for the reception.

 

[LadyDestani]

I am already married and we had a fantasy/LOTR themed wedding. My ideal location would have been a castle but since there are none anywhere close to where I live and I wanted to keep the budget down, we rented a Victorian house instead. We had the wedding outdoors in the summer and I specifically had the photographer take photos of us near the stone-walled graveyard on the property.

The wedding colors were red, black, and silver. I wore a Celtic style white dress with sheer flowing bell sleeves and red and black trim. My bouquet was a single red rose. My husband wore a tunic of Gondor (black velvet with silver embroidered tree of Gondor and trim) over a white peasant shirt and simple black pants. The bridesmaids carried Moroccan style lanterns instead of bouquets. The flower girls were dressed as fairies.

Our wedding rings are official replicas of the One Ring used in the movies ordered from the same company in New Zealand that made the ring for the films. The music we played was all from the LOTR soundtrack except that I walked down the aisle to All I Ask of You from the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack.

It was a small wedding, less than 50 people, and we only spent about $3000 which is pretty low by today's standards. I spent a third of the budget on a photographer that I really liked because I hate having my picture taken, but I really wanted photos that I would love to look back on later and she really delivered. She loved our theme and had a lot of fun playing with different filters and textures on the final copies to make everything look even more beautiful.

 

[Halloqueen]

I don't expect to get married. I'm somewhere asexual-adjacent, perhaps grayasexual, and I'm also pretty reserved in real life, so I don't expect to end up in a relationship in general. Wouldn't mind being in one since I'd like the companionship, but I'm also quite content if it never happens. If by some chance it happened, I don't have anywhere in particular in mind, so it would probably be up to the partner. Hearing how expensive weddings can be, I'd personally just be inclined to go to city hall or whatever, but if this hypothetical partner had some place or theme in mind I'd be fine with that too.

 

[Damniel]

It was a small wedding, less than 50 people, and we only spent about $3000 which is pretty low by today's standards. I spent a third of the budget on a photographer that I really liked because I hate having my picture taken, but I really wanted photos that I would love to look back on later and she really delivered. She loved our theme and had a lot of fun playing with different filters and textures on the final copies to make everything look even more beautiful.

this sounds so nice! $3,000 is very surprising for what you described! i would’ve guessed $7-10,000

 

[Mr_Keroppi]

Realistically, I don't think I'd really need a formal wedding ceremony—it all seems like too much in the way of stress and expenses to me. I'd make an exception if it was important to any future partners, though.
If I were to have a wedding... honestly, there's a ton of themes I think I'd really love. I don't think I'd be comfortable in a church venue and I wouldn't want anything hyper modern, but otherwise I think I'd be happy with anything from a cute tiny garden venue to a grand fairytale castle. (Although I'd still want it to be small-scale in terms of guests, because I get overstimulated in big crowds very easily ;; ). Definitely lots of flowers, in any case. I think my main dilemma would be if I'd want to wear a dress or a white suit—maybe one for the wedding, and then change for the reception.

That sounds beautiful!! I LOVE those pretty gardens that people visit!!

 

[LadyDestani]

this sounds so nice! $3,000 is very surprising for what you described! i would’ve guessed $7-10,000

Thanks! I live in a rural area so prices around here are generally lower than what you would find in a city. Plus, I got married 15 years ago so adjust for inflation. But we also saved money by having friends and family help. My mother-in-law made a lot of the clothing herself and we found my dress on discount and she helped me fix it up the way I wanted. My brother-in-law acted as DJ. My husband's friend got ordained online and acted as our officiant, reading the ceremony that I wrote myself. One of my uncle's family members made the cake. I even crafted some things like the flower girl baskets and centerpieces. And since we had such a beautiful outdoor location with actual gardens, I only spent like $25 at the florist.

We also saved money by only renting the venue for a few hours during an off-time and because it wasn't a typical meal time we got away with just serving finger foods.

 

[iiyyja]

i don't plan on getting married. i've never understood the appeal. it just seems like a waste of money, and i don't need a little certificate to prove i love someone. if i was required to be married to my girlfriend for some reason, we'd probably just stop at the local registry and sign our names or whatever it is you do. kudos to people who are into it though; it's just not even remotely for me.

if this was another life where i did want to get married, i'd probably pick one of those outdoor themed ones in the middle of summer (and hope the weather doesn't go to crap in the good old U of K) because that's my favorite season, and i can't withstand any kind of cold lmao. a lot of white and some pastel-y flowers, set in a nice field where daisies grow all over the place and there's a forest nearby. kind of fairytale, i suppose.

It doesn't have to cost a lot of money. You don't have to bother with catering, a photographer, etc. It could just be a small party with your partner and each others' loved ones

 

[daringred_]

It doesn't have to cost a lot of money. You don't have to bother with catering, a photographer, etc. It could just be a small party with your partner and each others' loved ones

right, but you could do that at any time without getting married, so it still seems pointless to me. obviously i have no issue with people who do get married and find meaning in it etc. but it just doesn't serve any kind of purpose for me.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

My husband and I got married in a hotel room (a historical hotel, so it was kind of a fancy room). Very very small casual wedding, I didn't want to stress over tons of unnecessary stuff.
Only downsides were: my wedding dress turned out to not fit and the photos were not great (don't hire family to take photos!!!!) Pretty sad that the dress didn't fit but that's what i get for buying it like a year prior and then gaining weight lmao

If we ever do it all over again, I'd like to get married in our own place I think!