Things You Should Know While Postponing your Wedding Amid Covid 19 Scare

Indian weddings usually last upto 5 days. Venues are booked, vendors are taken onboard, outfits are carefully chosen, elaborate delectable meals and platters are arranged, guests from all over the world are invited  to take part in the affair, jewellery and gifts are dedicatedly chosen to define and express warmth, love and respect for guests. In any given circumstances, Cancelling or postponing your  wedding date means putting all your emotional and financial investment at stake.

Covid 19 has cast a gloom on excitement of  thousands of couples across India. This is the occasion where parents generally crack open their life savings for their children’s wedding. And now this scenario has put it in jeopardy. On one end its the families, on the other end its the business. Weddings are major income generators for many from venues and catering to decor to photography and makeup. In order to deal with nightmare where weddings are bearing the logistical casualty of the disease, the right approach would be to postpone wedding date rather than cancelling it.

In such time of intense jitters, wedding planning has become more jittery thanks to a frightening virus that spreads quickly and forces people to stay in their homes.

Here are the things to keep in mind while you postpone wedding date-

Talk to your venue owner with all the transparency

If you decide not to go ahead with the wedding as per schedule, have an open and honest conversation with your vendors. Try rescheduling your wedding instead of cancelling so you don’t lose your deposits. This way you wouldnt have to worry about this since you wont have to go through the entire process making fresh bookings and explaining your requirements to them.

 Postpone wedding date  with positive messages in cards to guests

Its always great to inform your guests about your plans of postponement. Though the message is already clear, since all are home bound but It is always great to send out the message in happy tone so that they look forward to attend your ceremonies when everything gets back to normal.

 

Discuss with your vendors

While booking any vendor, it is necessary to keep that scope of flexibility and understanding that if any emergency comes up and if there’s a need to cancel/prepone/postpone the event, they are always willing to co-operate and make required changes in plans. You discuss your postponement plan and give them some tentative idea of date of your wedding. This would make it easy for the them to keep your requirement in their plan of action.

 

Reschedule your wedding date

Dont cancel, but reschedule your wedding date in case you think, things will get back to normal in two to three months from now.It is would be great to look out for the appropriate Mahurat and block your venue well in advance. This is important so that when you book in coming months time, you don’t have to struggle through the peak rush date issues with venues. If your have already booked your venue, it is advisable to reschedule. It is likely that it would be do free of cost so save on you money. Cancelling should be the last resort since it would lead to alot of losses.

 

Send Date change cards

In case you have decided upon the next appropriate  date in line, Send out some interesting change the date cards to your guests. You can find exhaustive options of such innovative cards and designs at BookEventz. You can also attach some message along so that your near and dear ones remain motivated through this tough time.

Remain calm and positive

It is not us but the entire world that is facing the trauma of tough time. But we all in this battle together . While you postpone wedding date, do not overthink and remain calm and positive. Enjoy time with your parents,time some me time, invest in your hobbies, take some time off the news channels, meditate and workout so that your remain hail and hearty throughout the time.

Remember that this is a testing time for your patience. So keep calm and wait for the right time when you can celebrate your union with your friends with all the ceremonies and glare. But before that the most important thing is how you as a couple go through this tough time together.. Wedding is meant to celebrate your relationship. It is the right time to understand each other.

Couple who are about to get married must take this in a positive light. Though you can’t date each other in restaurants but you got more virtual dating time. It is a great thing, since you more time to know each other before you actually move in together after marriage.