18/03/2020
On point. If you're worried about your wedding, please read this. The wedding pros in our community really want to help.
We are already working with a few postponed weddings and we are glad to shift the dates as needed.
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Are your wedding plans looking like they're going to be altered by Covid-19? We know it's not a fun thing to think about now. Take a day, take a breather, and just know that the vast majority of your wedding vendors also want to do our part to stop the spread and flatten the curve, so we're ready to help.
We personally are allowing our spring 2020 clients to reschedule to any available date through April of 2021 (and some Fridays and Sundays beyond that). We'll find you a new date if needed, don't you worry.
If you want to support your vendors at this time of a lot of economic insecurity for them (especially the small business vendors, like photographers, DJs, florists, and officiants) here are three things you can do.
1) Postpone, don't cancel. Every vendor we know is being really flexible with our rescheduling policies. It might sound overwhelming, but we promise you, we are ready to help make it as easy as possible. Also, what a story to get to tell the grandkids one day!
2) If you reschedule, pay your balance on its original due date. Every wedding vendor we know schedules their year so they can have consistent income coming in, and well, this looks likely to disrupt that, a lot. If you were planning a May wedding that has now become an October wedding, consider paying your balance when it was originally due for the May date. Your vendors will be happy to write up a contract addendum for you stating that you're paid in full for the rescheduled date.
3) If you're a former client of a wedding vendor you loved, give them some love. Share about how amazing your experience was with them online. Tag them in some photos. Buy prints or an album from your wedding photographer. Send them a picture of that kitten that says "hang in there".
Everyone is facing a lot of uncertainty right now. Wedding vendors are not special in that regard, but still, if you're wondering how to support the small businesses who are also trying to support you as your wedding day plans may have to change, these are some things you can do.
Thanks. We're in this together
Photo credit: Edward Maurer