Wedding planning on upswing as pandemic restrictions fall
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Tiffany Reider and Lucas Baird count themselves lucky: they don’t expect to have to postpone their wedding because of COVID-19.
After two years of countless cancellations because of the pandemic, wedding planning is back in full swing, now that all restrictions have been lifted in Manitoba.
Engaged couples, such as Reider and Baird, are cautiously optimistic.
“We were pretty hopeful when we set the date that COVID would be on the downfall or ending,” Reider said this week.
The Winnipeg pair plans to get married in October at the Manitoba Club, but nailing down the details wasn’t easy before restrictions were removed. The toughest decision was whether to book a band or DJ.
“Why would we spend money on a band or DJ if you can’t even dance? For a while there you couldn’t dance at weddings (with the pandemic public health) restrictions,” Reider said. “We’re being optimistic now that in October, we’ll still be able to do that.”
Reider added, however, she’s worried about one specific pandemic restriction potentially returning: “Our concern is… if we have to change the size of the wedding. Like if we’re only allowed to have 50 people, that’ll definitely be upsetting.”
Should that happen, perhaps amid a surge in cases or a new variant wave, Reider says the wedding will likely still go ahead. “We’re excited to get married. What we would do is have a big celebration once we’re able to.”
Meghan Chorney and Stephen Friesen, who are getting married in June, are just as positive.
“I’m feeling optimistic because our ceremony’s outside,” Chorney said Monday.
“We’re planning in case we have to downsize the amount of people for dinner, but we’re hoping things stay the same. We’re trying to be optimistic.”
Sherri Rheubottom, show manager at Showtime Productions Inc., says the recent trend has been towards outdoor wedding plans, allowing couples to feel more certain about potential public health roadblocks.
Rheubottom added cautions are still there, and the pandemic is not forgotten.
“(However, couples) are more optimistic than ever before,” she said.
Many couples have postponed their weddings, some even three times, because of the pandemic, Rheubottom said. “I just think that the couples are just really happy to finally be planning weddings again.”
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