Following my latest Instagram TV clips I thought I'd write up my top pandemic planning tips here on my blog over the next few days.....
There maybe so many questions and worries you have for your wedding or event at the moment....will it cost me more money to move my wedding date, what happens if all my currently booked suppliers can't do the postponed date, will this pandemic all be over by Autumn 2020, can I still get wedding insurance?
My first piece of advice is to NOT PANIC, although this sounds odd but try to take comfort in the fact we are in this together, EVERYONE is going through the same thing, I agree in differing levels, depending on your own situations but we are all feeling and experiencing CHANGE.
The one thing you need to do is find a positive, something to focus on, something that brings you relief and a smile back to your face about your wedding or event. I suggest this positive is your new event date. you can't move forward until you set that date and start contacting all your suppliers involved.
I get that this action ( contacting your suppliers) will then bring on stress as you may find out some suppliers can't do your new date and maybe your venue is charging more for that date. As a planner I have now moved over 20 weddings to 2021, without stress or pain to my couples....They selected the date and I contacted all the suppliers to check their availability. If a supplier couldn't do this date, I didn't go back to my couples to tell them this UNTIL I had called round a few other suppliers ( in the same category) to check their availability so I could offer a SOLUTION to my couples potential worry.
Once you have your new date and suppliers on board, think about creating a NEW postponed wedding date PDF / Paperless post invite as this will be easy to send to your guests via email and fairly low cost or just send a great email with photos of you both, perhaps with a SAVE THE NEW DATE poster you have made whilst in isolation....just a bit of fun for your guests. Remember your guests will feel happy and relieved about hearing the new wedding / event date IF you both look / feel / show you are happy about it. I've seen the atmosphere at weddings change dramatically when the BRIDE & GROOM embrace a situation with positivity and fun.....for example when it rained at one of my couples July weddings last year, they both put on their wellies, grabbed an umbrella and started dancing in the rain.....the guests who were, up until that time, looking sad and upset for the couple that it was raining on their wedding day, started to join in with the dancing, which changed the whole feel and atmosphere of the wedding...it was incredible to see ad be a part of !!!
So first step......BE POSITIVE.....TAKE ACTION.......MOVE FORWARD.
Best Wishes
Lucy xx
Photo Credits: Dominic Wright Photography / Joe Dodsworth /
There maybe so many questions and worries you have for your wedding or event at the moment....will it cost me more money to move my wedding date, what happens if all my currently booked suppliers can't do the postponed date, will this pandemic all be over by Autumn 2020, can I still get wedding insurance?
My first piece of advice is to NOT PANIC, although this sounds odd but try to take comfort in the fact we are in this together, EVERYONE is going through the same thing, I agree in differing levels, depending on your own situations but we are all feeling and experiencing CHANGE.
The one thing you need to do is find a positive, something to focus on, something that brings you relief and a smile back to your face about your wedding or event. I suggest this positive is your new event date. you can't move forward until you set that date and start contacting all your suppliers involved.
I get that this action ( contacting your suppliers) will then bring on stress as you may find out some suppliers can't do your new date and maybe your venue is charging more for that date. As a planner I have now moved over 20 weddings to 2021, without stress or pain to my couples....They selected the date and I contacted all the suppliers to check their availability. If a supplier couldn't do this date, I didn't go back to my couples to tell them this UNTIL I had called round a few other suppliers ( in the same category) to check their availability so I could offer a SOLUTION to my couples potential worry.
Once you have your new date and suppliers on board, think about creating a NEW postponed wedding date PDF / Paperless post invite as this will be easy to send to your guests via email and fairly low cost or just send a great email with photos of you both, perhaps with a SAVE THE NEW DATE poster you have made whilst in isolation....just a bit of fun for your guests. Remember your guests will feel happy and relieved about hearing the new wedding / event date IF you both look / feel / show you are happy about it. I've seen the atmosphere at weddings change dramatically when the BRIDE & GROOM embrace a situation with positivity and fun.....for example when it rained at one of my couples July weddings last year, they both put on their wellies, grabbed an umbrella and started dancing in the rain.....the guests who were, up until that time, looking sad and upset for the couple that it was raining on their wedding day, started to join in with the dancing, which changed the whole feel and atmosphere of the wedding...it was incredible to see ad be a part of !!!
So first step......BE POSITIVE.....TAKE ACTION.......MOVE FORWARD.
Best Wishes
Lucy xx
Photo Credits: Dominic Wright Photography / Joe Dodsworth /