CoVid wedding guide
Planning a wedding can be stressful. (I was a bride once, I completely relate)
But CoVid is a completely different ballpark. You may not know where to begin, + have questions about where you go from here. I just want you to know that no matter how you say I do, remember what matters the most: that you and the love of your life are there together, pledging your life to one another.
Your wedding options:
A Mini Wedding- A mini wedding would be 50 people or less. You would still have the ceremony and reception at the venue, with dancing being limited to just you and your boo and the parent dances.
A Microwedding- Smaller than your typical “small wedding” this includes 20 guests or fewer. Vendors are involved such as florist, caterer, live band or DJ, except the guest count is smaller. The Microwedding gives you the wedding experience you had in mind, but with a small guest count, leaving you with a smaller price tag.
An Elopement- During this pandemic, I’ve had couples ditch their typical wedding, and proceed with an elopement. When you think of an elopement you probably think of running away to Italy, just the two of you and a photographer. In the time that the world is currently in, elopements are becoming extremely commonplace. They are involving more than just the couple- no more than 10 people tops, and usually just includes immediate family. I just shot an elopement in Austin, with just the couple and a friend (who officiated) in attendance. It was simple, beautiful, and super magical to witness!
A few recommendations or ideas:
Live stream your wedding ceremony
The beauty of today’s day in age is how far we’ve come with technology. Zoom, + Facetime are ways to still incorporate guests during your special day, but from afar.
Plan a reception and party for later
Planning your reception for later (ie when corona virus is over….) is a great way to go ahead and proceed with a small, intimate wedding, and then party like you planned next year! My cousin was supposed to get married in May, and they proceeded but with immediate family (10 ppl) and are planning the reception next summer for everyone to attend (100 ppl)
Have guests celebrate with a parade!
Get married at a courthouse and have wedding guests wait in their cars in the parking lot. As soon as you walk out the doors (newly married) your guests will be there to celebrate with honking car horns and cheers! I’ve also seen numerous caravan’s celebrating children’s birthdays on our street throughout this quarantine. In order to see your people from a safe distance, you could get married in your back yard, and have a caravan reception after!
Plan an intimate elopement ceremony
In the “Wedding Options” I listed above, your planned larger wedding turns into something small and intimate.
Get married at an AirBNB
Click here to see how A+A used an AirBNB as their reception site with closest family and friends. After getting married at St Edwards University, the small family gathering met up at a sweet AirBNB where they sat on the deck, enjoyed the pool, and ate bbq. Classic Texas!
Here are some things to keep guests + vendors safe:
Ask guests to get tested before they attend your wedding.
Serve a plated dinner or have servers serving the buffet to the guests. Guests still go through the line, but do not serve themselves
“Zoom” your wedding! One of my CoVid weddings live streamed their wedding for those guests out of state that couldn’t attend. It was really sweet, and they all cheered and celebrated from afar!
Have hand sanitizer stations around the venue and on every table/ in the bathroom/ at the front of the buffet line, etc.
Remember to listen to state regulations. The numbers keep changing day by day, so make sure thy are adhering to group size regulations!