“Elopement” decision

Sorry for the long post. I’m supposed to be getting married January 1. No venue in town is able to hold a reception for all our guests, and few places that could do a dinner for our parents and wedding party are absurdly expensive. As in, it will be around $2000 for about 30 people to have a meal. We sent out our invitations last week, and since then I’ve had a crazy amount of stress. My fiancé’s mother has been asking tons of questions and blaming me for “not planning things out better” when I actually had a great plan for months until the virus decided not to go away and everything is now being cancelled. She’s trying to change everything we still had control over that we had already talked about. I’ve had several friends question the fact that we can’t have a reception. Overall, I’m sick and tired of trying to plan everything around COVID-19 rules and the opinions of others. My family and several of our friends have said that we should simply hold a ceremony with our parents and forget trying to bend over backwards and spend money to have a fraction of what we really wanted. I just worry that our friends and extended family will be really upset, and I’ll look back and wish I had celebrated our day with those we care about. Is it worth considering?