Getting Married During the Pandemic – Why Now is an Excellent Time

After reaching stage 3 of reopening our city, people are replanning their weddings for next year. It’s a lot of work and a lot of planning. Getting married during a pandemic might sound a little crazy, but it might just be perfect. 

Toronto Wedding Venues       

Toronto wedding venues can be costly, and typically you might have to book a few years out to get one of the nicer ones. Such as Graydon Hall Manor. While typically you might not be able to afford it, there have been a ton of cancellations and rescheduling for them to 2021. Venues are trying to recoup money by having smaller events. Greydon Hall has its version called a “lovely little wedding” where you get the full Graydon Hall experience with limited guests to keep in social distancing guidelines.  These weddings are a lot more affordable. 

Your Guest List

Big weddings are fun and generous but also very expensive. Right now, the pandemic and social distancing guidelines are a great excuse not to invite someone to your wedding. This is the perfect excuse to start chopping down your invite list.  Having a good reason not to invite some people you don’t really know, but your family pressures you to ask. Getting bullied by their families happens a lot more than a lot of couples like to admit. Keep in mind that there are some invited guests who might not feel comfortable and might not come. That is a very real possibility. 

If you still want to include your extended guests, Consider live streaming or a Zoom wedding. These are an excellent way to offer to stay included with the wedding while also not having them there.  This way, no one has to be officially disinvited. Toronto Flower wall rentals are good for guests as well. It allows you to set up a space where you don’t have to share your house with strangers on a zoom call.  

Toronto Wedding Decor

While some places are still closed for the pandemic, and we don’t know if/when they are going to open. A Toronto flower wall for rent is a great way to make sure that your photos are perfect. Renting a flower wall in Toronto creates a fantastic backdrop for your special day. Toronto Flower wall rentals not only block out unwanted backgrounds but ensure that no matter the weather, you have lovely wedding photos.  Flower wall rentals can help create some privacy if you are doing your wedding in your backyard. Toronto flower wall rentals are a great way to dress up the backyard.

The Cost

The amount of money saved by having a little wedding and cutting down your guests list is absurd.  Many vendors will be offering discounted services such as food so they can try and recoup the lost costs of the missed weddings. 

Having your wedding now over later guarantees your wedding will happen. This Pandemic hit Toronto hard, and we don’t know the full outcome of everything yet. Make sure you use your deposit or down payment by having your Toronto wedding. 

Most of us have already put a downpayment of a deposit on most of our wedding. Having a wedding now saves you the struggle to compete next year for wedding dates and spots once everything opens again. Trying to line up your vendors and wedding venue when everyone else is trying to do the same will be difficult.  No one wants to lose their deposit, but it’s hard to plan weddings when you don’t know when it will be available.    

Moving your wedding can cause a lot of friction between you and your wedding vendors. It might not be possible to move it because they have someone else booked for the day you need it. You should review your wedding contacts to see if you lose your deposit or not. Many wedding contacts have something called force majeure, which is a clause for unforeseeable cancellations and their consequences like do you have to forfeit the deposit? 

Toronto Weddings in 2021 

2021 is going to be the busiest year for weddings yet. We predict that even the off-peak seasons will be busy as there will be all the postponed weddings and those who were planning their weddings for 2021 anyway. Remember, your wedding vendor has a lot of clients to reschedule. It’s going to be a fierce competition to make sure you can line up your vendors and dates. 

Having your Toronto wedding now is a good idea as long as you are following the CDC guidelines. Make sure you are safe first.