05/07/2020
A little something for all 2020/2021 or any future brides & grooms to read. Something to think about when postponing and or planning you wedding day as things may look very different now. I have always been a believer of small and intimate weddings my self. My own personal wedding only had 12 people and it was some of the greatest moments and memories of my life.
“Say goodbye to large weddings”
Large weddings, religious rites of passage and services, reunions and other big gatherings will likely be on hold until 2021, too, say health experts.
“If you want to have a wedding with 200 people, you are really risking things, prevaccine,” said Jha. “If you really, really wanted to have a wedding that size, you’d need fabulous amounts of testing and everyone would have to get the test the day you arrived at the wedding. Turnaround times would have to be that day and false negatives on tests would have to come way down.”
Event planners are already talking to couples and other party planners to invite small groups of people while webcasting the event to other guests, said Katrina Petersen, program director of National Association for Catering & Events Maine and an owner of a wedding venue. While this will undoubtedly hurt the event planning industry and disappoint couples who had hoped for dream weddings in 2020, small group events can become more luxurious and potentially help venues and vendors stay afloat, Petersen said.
“Maybe instead of 150 people, you have 50 or maybe you only have 20,” Petersen said. “Maybe the 20 who come get caviar and you livestream the wedding. Maybe each couple gets their own table and a really fantastic French wine. Are there ways to host those things on a much smaller scale while still being safe about it? People still want to get married.”
Getting back to normal societal rhythms will be a gradual process, and large gatherings may be one of the last things to return, say health experts and government officials.