Silver Linings- Planning a wedding during Covid.

Hi Liberty!

I am a wedding/event planner and I just had a successful event this weekend on Saturday. Of course we have to get creative but there are a lot of positives in coordinating a wedding through this uncertainty and ways that we can achieve this. If you need help and a wedding planner, I'd be happy to help engage in getting you set up once I know more about what you are looking for,

Sarah

View quoted message Yess so truee! I love that about covid weddings!

I think it forces you to strip away all of the extra stuff and realize the day is just about the two of you and nothing else really matters.

I think the silver lining is really knowing what is important for your day. You don't feel guilty about people not being there that you didn't really want....

My fiancé and I are also planning an inexpensive wedding. We were having such a tough time with two possible venues (backyard and farmland) that we did not have to pay for. But then other complications came in with adding a tent as per my dad and possibility of rain. THEN... I kept searching and found a beautiful location to have both ceremony and reception for the amount of people I have for less than renting a tent and all the shenanigans that came with it! Everyone in the family loves it. The only thing is that our date we planned to have the wedding is booked up until November 19th. So, as much as it’s a bit sad, we will just decide to have it that day. At least we found a place and it’s still inexpensive. Since I did not even buy my dress and my aunt that gave it to me got it for cheap. 😁😁

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Definitely go when you get the chance! You always hear the saying "the happiest place on earth" and it really is the happiest place on earth! The inner child in you instantly comes out when you get there!

View quoted message That will be amazing!! Ive never been to Disneyland but would love to go one day!!

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We have! We're going to DISNEYLAND!!! And all of the other amusement parks down in Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Diego. The honeymoon won't be until our 1 year anniversary since we're already planning a "destination" wedding out of province. We're both super excited!! We both have been there 3 times with our families but never with each other!

View quoted message That will be amazing!! Have you picked a honeymoon location yet?

My fiance and I are able to save more for our honeymoon! We've been saving our AIRMILES for about 10 years now and pretty much our entire honeymoon will be payed for by the time we are able to go!

Time on planning and savings are great during this time. The backdrop is the postposement making the countdown feel longer.
Elopement is sometimes an alternative for the feeling to be happy to be one on the date chosen and putting the planning for the latter celebrations.
The planning for an anniversary party would feel the same as reception.

A silly little silver lining for us is that when we postponed our reception I had more time to grow my hair out.

We also got to have an intimate ceremony on our original date and I think that really helped with nerves. It was casual, we got ready together until I got my dress on and just enjoyed the day with our closest friends and our parents.

View quoted message Savings are a definite benefit. Its also nice that covid has allowed us to realize what truly is important in a wedding!

View quoted message You could go on amazing honeymoon with the savings! That's what I would do!

View quoted message I'm glad you enjoyed your day and wouldn't change a thing! Saving 20k is massive!! There's so much you can do with that much money!

View quoted message Makes sense! We actually spent more on vendors (added a videographer to livestream) and more on decor - like a love marquee and the original cake we then had to pay extra for - sooo worth it 😍 - we kept being justifying it with how much we were not spending haha. We also had half of our florals twice because we had to postpone 10 days out, deciding to still get married on our original date. We used the florals that couldn't be cancelled for our small 10 person ceremony 🥰. I was having a very hard time accepting that we were going to spend DOUBLE what we did, more than what our downpayment on our house was! Now we have the savings for an even bigger honeymoon when we finally get to go 😅 and/or the next house 🤷🏻‍♀️.

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THIS.

And it's not just savings from a lower guest count. We saved a ton of money by cutting certain vendors that we can't use. Not to mention decor and items that the wedding industry hocks on us. It really allowed us to open our eyes and go "we really didn't need that" to have a good and memorable time.

Our silver lining was saving over 20k 😆, as much as we would have loved having EVERYONE there. This also meant we got to spend so much quality time with the our family and friends that WERE there. We wouldn't change a thing 💜