COVID - 19 Brides
Hello brides!
COVID-19 has taken a large toll on the wedding industry. As a COVID-19 bride myself I am here to help you get through this tough time. I’m here for you, as a friend, mentor, and wedding planner.
Here is my story, I got engaged in August of 2018, and with the hopes and plans to have the wedding of my dreams in June of 2020. When March of 2020 came around I was in the home stretch of wedding planning. I had all the major items checked off my list, it was just finalizing the guest list, decorations, timeline, etc.. We all learned about COVID-19 and how it was going to start effecting everything. I was still finishing up school and I knew it was getting bad when we went to online classes and stopped meeting in person. At the end of March my fiancé and I made the tough decision of postponing the wedding and celebration. It wasn’t easy because we have both put so much time and effort into make this perfect. I wasn’t sure if we should still get married and then still have the big wedding later or just wait and get married a year later. We decided that since we were building a house and starting our lives together it only made sense to go ahead and get married. So we did! We still got married on the date that we choose and we only had our parents, siblings, and maid of honor and best man with us. It was small, romantic, and intimate. I took this as an opportunity to have two weddings!
If you are going through this I know it’s hard, confusing, and wondering if you are doing the right thing. Family is so important to my husband and I. We knew that we wanted to make sure that we were able to celebrate with them. We still plan to go through with our plans this year and now that we have been learning more about COVID-19 for the past year we are able to take the right precautions to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Are you questioning whether you should postpone or not? Here are a list of things you need to do before you make the call.
Talk to your vendors. All of them! Share your concerns with them and see if they are open to move your event to a different date. Vendors are very understanding, you just need to talk to them
If you are just now starting to plan your wedding, before you book a vendor ask them about their COVID-19 precautions.
Are we able to move our date if we feel uncomfortable with the number of positive cases without penalty?
What dates do you have available?
Do we need to pay another deposit or is everything going to move over to the new date?
How long do we have to decided whether we want to postpone or not? (I was able to keep my name on both dates until a certain timeframe with all of my vendors.)
Talk to you closest friends and family. It’s okay to talk to them to get a second opinion. They may be okay with still coming to your wedding if the right precautions are being practiced.
We are in this together and I am here to help! Just call me or shoot me an email!