Will you change your wedding plans after covid19?

Will you change your wedding?

I have been giving some thought as to how weddings will be affected after we are out of the Corona Virus lockdown.

Will this be the pandemic that will completely change the wedding industry?  Should we reassess what is important to us and go forward with a completely new outlook on life?

There is a good possibility that weddings will be forced to minimise the number of guests being invited.

While this might be true, does this mean that you should postpone your wedding or go ahead.  You have your vision but are not allowed to bring it to creation.  On the other hand, should you rather taper your wedding to make sure its legal.

In fact just before lockdown, I was already starting to see a shift in the way couples were preparing for their weddings.

As a result of the economic situation in South Africa, young couples were rethinking their wedding plans.  Many were selecting to do “elopement-style” weddings.  Not quite elopements but definitely very much scaled down.  Having a wedding but only being surrounded with their very near and dear family members.

Change your wedding to an Intimate wedding?

Scaling down your wedding does not mean that it doesn’t have to be pretty.  In fact, I have seen that this gives brides the opportunity to spend a little more on their details.  Flowers can be very costly when setting up a venue for 200 people but if you are only setting one table for 20-25 people, you are able to choose your dream buds.  If you are only feeding 20-25 people, you are also able to serve a gourmet styled menu.  It gives you the opportunity to splash out and buy that wedding dress that you might have had to think twice about if you had entertained a large crowd.

If you are only inviting a small amount of people, this means that your venue need only be small and intimate.  A smaller venue once again means that less decor is required.  It doesn’t mean that your wedding has to be “cheap”, it means that you can have a stunning wedding within your budget.

How to get your friends to be involved in the celebrations

Does that mean its sad that your friends are not at your wedding, of course it does.  Does it mean that they can’t celebrate with you – no it does not!  But there are many ways to skin a cat. You could live stream your wedding ceremony.  I have already seen this been done at one of my earlier weddings this year.  It might be impossible for awhile for guests to travel from overseas with borders being closed, not to mention expensive.  Live streaming allows them to feel as if they been a part of your special day.

Equally important are your friends and family who are local but have had to be cut off the guest list in order to ensure your wedding remains legal, those special people would also love to see you both take your vows.  Yes, its sad that they can’t be there, but they will definitely understand that this is beyond your control.  Rather promise them that once we go back to our new normal, you will throw a house party for all your friends or find another way to celebrate your union.

Will this be our new normal?

The real reason to go ahead and get married!

But never forget that the most important reason about getting married, is not to have all your friends and family surrounding you but to take those vows to promise to love and cherish each other no matter what.

Here are some inspirations for a  small intimate wedding!

An Intimate wedding can be found here!