Hello!
I am having the hardest time choosing to have my ceremony inside or outside. My wedding is taking place in Downtown San Antonio, Texas at the Southwest School of Art on July 29th. When I initially booked the venue, it was with the idea that the ceremony and cocktail hour would take place outside and reception inside. The outdoor space is large and spacious and we loved that the gazebo is against the iconic Riverwalk-although, the indoor space is what we fell in love with and knew reception would take place inside. As planning has gone on, this has now been up in the air. I saw some photos of ceremonies that took place inside and absolutely loved it as well - therefore I started considering this option - and now can't seem to make up my mind considering the pros and cons of both. Probably the largest con to the outdoor option would be the heat - summers in Texas are of course hot - this is known and we had the thought process that we don't intend for our ceremony to be long - 20 minutes top - and our cocktail hour will be outdoors as well so I didn't see it to be too problematic that there is an extra 20 minutes outdoors. This space has tons of trees - it is not completely shaded - and is in the middle of Downtown so not a more remote/barn location that I think can tend to be hotter. The indoor option has it's own cons in that we would need to hire someone to flip the room (we do not currently have a wedding planner and didn't intend to hire one but would need too for this) and will be a smaller space since part of the room will be blocked off where all tables/chairs/decor will be - so we will need to consider/make sure that once we finalize our guest count that this will work (with the understanding that we are inviting 180 and space fits 100) While I will probably remain conflicted lol - would love to hear any thoughts/opinions
