wedding breakfast in same place as reception?

Of course - it's what people do when they have church weddings and registry office weddings.

By walking distance, what do you mean - I'd not want to walk far at all in heels and would prefer to drive to the ceremony venue then drive to the reception venue and leave the car there if it's more than a few minutes walk.

ETA: sorry I completely misread your post. I thought you'd be moving on after the ceremony.

I still wouldn't mind but it would obviously mean I couldn't drive as I'd have had a drink with dinner. If it's a fair walk it might be a nice idea to provide a flip flop basket for your guests with heels?

But wouldnt it be strange for people to sit down, have their food and then be moved on to a diffefent venue for the 'party'?

Both venues would be in city centre of a small city, so like a 5-10 min walk max.

apologies for my dire punctuatuon and spelling, touch typing is a nightmaew and i cant be bothered correcting everything!

Well I can only speak for myself in saying I wouldn't mind but generally everyone has to vacate the room anyway while they turn it around for the evening do (if both wedding breakfast and evening reception are in the same room).

It would be the walk between the two that would be the only thing that might cause issues - I'd worry about people getting lost etc? How feasible would it be to have a coach between the two?

You have also got the issue of where people's cars are going to be and where they can park them overnight if needs be.

I wouldn't mind at all - it'd make it more interesting!?

It is not a bad idea if you really love the other venue, but if you look at it from the second venue's POV, the place where they will make their money is on the meal, and any charges around your ceremony if in the same place. If you effectively knock a Saturday out of their calendar but only book the later evening with them, then how will they make any money? They won;t make so much on just the drinks. It might make better business sense for them to book a bride who wants to be with them all day.

I know you have said that it cannot work for you but this is why people often have evening guests, they invite the closest people for the day then all the extras in the evening. Is that even something you might be able to consider? Then you could have your favourite all day!

If the second venue will go for it (I am really not sure they will but I wish you luck with it) then I wouldn't have an issue walking between the two. Infact, my friend got married a couple of years ago but the ceremony room of her dream venue had the ceiling fall in after heavy rain! They had the ceremony in a new place and still partied in the other venue. It was about a 10 minute walk. Not a problem.

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It wouldn't bother me, i would take a spare pair of shoes. Have you found 2 close venues? I think this might be the challenge. And dont forgrt about older guests who might not find walking as easy