What happens to weddings during this period?

Today it is difficult for the events industry to impact the entire context, which two months ago would have seemed just a bizarre story. Weddings are no exception. It’s hard emotionally, hard financially, hard to simplify. And it gets even more complicated as the days pass and the uncertainty grows. You probably didn’t land on this page by chance, you’re interested in what’s happening to your weddings or even yours. So it’s worth reading, among many opinions, mine too, at least because I already organize weddings. That’s right, no active pandemics, so far!

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We are lucky

I say this for two reasons and none are linked to the dispensation that allows baptisms and weddings to be officiated with a maximum of 8 participants. The first reason is that there are no weddings in Romania at this time of year. Secondly, we are lucky that in other countries there are weddings and that the pandemic wave arrived later. These two pieces of news, added together, help us see things with a little more clarity.

In the USA, for example, where weddings are celebrated all year round, regardless of the season, private events are canceled even a few days before the scheduled date. There are people who dreamed of spending a whole year on this event, they spent considerable sums and now, without having too many choices, they are forced to postpone or cancel the wedding. The fact that there is the same health crisis all over the world can help us to be prepared and cautious with all wedding plans this year.

It’s a game of patience

One of the biggest dangers to your marriage right now is panic. A panicked couple will make quick decisions and it is very likely that they will not be the smartest ones. Because panic blocks our critical thinking and essentially makes us animals with survival instincts. Despite a situation where it appears that the first mover has the most to win, I will urge caution and patience. As long as you are stressed about your health and that of your loved ones, I don’t see why you would want to add now and you don’t know exactly whether you made the right decision or not regarding your wedding.

Future brides who have already panicked may not be able to make a decision, suffer from it Analysis paralysis. If this year you have started making statistical graphs and mathematical predictions about the chances of your marriage, I announce that you should take a break, go out on the balcony for a bit and get some fresh air!

It is possible to get quite quickly to the situation where brides will fight on Friday, as all European citizens fought over flour and toilet paper. Those who quickly decide to postpone their wedding will have them once, but will find that the photographer they signed the contract with is not available or that the date is so popular that they will have many unexpected shortcomings. In short, don’t be a hamster!

What can you do for your marriage?

First of all, if you don’t already have wedding planning help, there was no better time to look for it. Whether you choose to ask for a Wedding Planner consultation session, or with a free support group on Facebook (there are some very good ones), things will be much easier if you have someone who exactly understands the emotional roller coaster and, above all, who supports your good disposition and calmness.

Furthermore, things are quite varied. If you have a wedding scheduled for May, it is more urgent to postpone the event than if you have a wedding in September. Likewise, if you have more than 200 guests, you are more likely to need to recalculate the final guest count. If you don’t live in Romania, the chances that you won’t be able to travel in the next three months are quite high, so it’s clear that you need to seriously think about what to do.

Evaluate your chances of your wedding taking place this year, taking into account the data we have today (whatever today means to you). By the way, this article was published on March 31st and things in a matter of a week can be completely different!

Whatever reference system is used, it is important to consider legal restrictions, health factor and financial implications. If you come to the conclusion that you will have to postpone, build a postponement plan and set a reasonable deadline for making the final decision. The closer your wedding is, according to the calendar, to the beginning of summer, the less flexible the limit will be. Basically, you’ll do a solid plan B which you can activate by pressing a button (finally, I know we don’t launch rockets, we send some emails 😛).

How to postpone a wedding?

Postponing a wedding is not as complicated as it seems. Things can be resolved in a few days or less.

1. Start by removing a calendar (you can make an Excel or work in a planner) with this year’s summer and next year. Contact, in order, the top four major suppliers With which you signed the marriage contracts, starting from the restaurant, and looking for the available data alternatives, by the end of the year or directly next year. If you do not have very serious restrictions, try not to be sad with the data presented, neither for this year nor for the future. It is what it is!

Bracket. In the wedding sector there is currently all the controversy about when to postpone the wedding, which seems like an endless story to me. The degree of uncertainty at this moment for what will happen in a few months is quite high, on the other hand, if we don’t know what will happen in a few months, how can we know what it will be at this moment, this year? Even though I have my opinions, at the moment they are really opinions.

2. Return. It is not mandatory to check availability with all suppliers, because some may serve multiple events at a time, but ideally you should have as many aligned for the new date. The most important thing is to have the support of the restaurant and then verify the potential data with the wedding band or DJ, photographer and video team! If you have a wedding planner, it is clear that you will talk to them first or have already done so. The wedding planner will save you from all the emails or phones back and forth with everyone involved.

3. Then you will do a Data intersection available and you’ll see where all the important suppliers fit For you or, at least where the majority intersects. It is possible to lose a team member and here you can decide in which service you plan to find a replacement of the same caliber available.

4. Check the date with Essential guests (gods, parents) And, from the moment you get a green signal from them, you will be able to confirm to the whole team that, if necessary, the new date will be X. Don’t forget the established deadline and that you will soon take the final decision. At that point you can announce your invitations for the new date, but not before thinking about whether you still want to have a party with two hundred people.

5. Finally, don’t forget to check travel plans honeymoon -If you haven’t already deleted them, it’s important to review them as soon as possible. Here, however, things are a little clearer, because not only the wedding sector is involved, but the entire tourism sector, so there is already clear (and updated) information on travel bans, but also a series of levers to recover payments made.

Will the pandemic have an economic impact on marriage?

Unfortunately yes. Whether you are already postponing your wedding, or have decided to wait, your wedding costs will most likely increase from one or more sources. First, most of your contracts are priced in euros, which is why you will feel the fluctuations of the weak leu (generally, more so in current conditions). It’s a difficult time for everyone, including your guests: some will no longer come out of fear or caution, others for strictly economic reasons. So, think about it seriously if not directly, your income is not affected during this period. Yes, you can find yourself in the happy situation of working from home without problems and also save money, especially since the shopping centers are closed. But you better be in the situation where the news about technical unemployment starts to make more and more personal sense. Last but not least, if it is not possible to move all the contracts to the new date, it will be necessary to see if and under what conditions it will be possible to recover the advance sums. In general, plan changes have some cost associated with them, regardless of whether they result in higher prices or new expenses.

Some concrete data?

⇒ From what we can know so far, if your wedding will take place In the next three monthsyou need to have at least a backup plan. Although it would be even more cautious to discuss the postponement.

⇒ If the wedding will take place the last two seasons and/or if you don’t mind move it One day of the weekif necessary, it is not urgent to make a decision in the next few days/weeks.

⇒ precipitating factors: You live outside the country or have invited from all over the world.

⇒ Mitigating factors: You have a wedding of up to 80 people, from which you don’t worry if half of them arrive, and the guests all come from the same location where the wedding takes place.

Finally, the best advice I can give you these days is to stay home and love yourself as if!