Saturday, June 12, 2010

Outdoor Ceremonies and PLAN B

I've written about this several times, but it bears a second say: Ensure that your Plan B is equally appropriate and valuable to your ceremony setting. If your venue shift to indoors is sketchy, if there is a compromise on guest comfort, sound or visual accommodation, do not book that venue. From April through November, on the East Coast, outdoors is a 50/50 gamble, particularly in the summer months. Garden weddings are lovely ideas, but the indoor wedding ceremony has creature comforts that trump the wonderful gifts of nature: bugs, wind, rain, scalding hot sun, stultifying humidity, dangerous lightning.

I'm not sour on outdoor ceremonies. When the stars align, they provide an extraordinary atmosphere. My own wedding, over thirty years ago, was outdoors in June. We got all the way to ...by the authority I hold from the State of New York...and the sky opened up. We were truly lucky. Last June I officiated a wedding where we completed the vows, but not the ring exchange, when serious lightning and thunderstorms rolled in from nowhere, and we had to run 500 feet to the reception "barn" to complete the ceremony.

It's a very hard call when the weather looks like it could go either way, but bottom line: love your plan B to make the decision easier on you on a day already filled with extraordinary tension and anticipation.

3 comments:

  1. Hi, nice post. Well what can I say is that these is an interesting and very informative topic. Thanks for sharing your ideas, its not just entertaining but also gives your reader knowledge. Good blogs style too, Cheers!

    - The outdoor weddings springfield

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    1. Your space looks fabulous and inviting. And you can provide glorious flexibility. I assume your business is rocking and if not, it should be.

      This summer is one where my colleagues in the Northeast are SO grateful for indoor weddings (mostly these are sunny parks where Plan B is a major move).

      Good luck with your lovely business.

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  2. Yeah dear, Plan B is always important when you are planning a wedding as you can face any unexpected problem during planning phase. I also had faced a issue when I got married at Wedding venues in Philadelphia, and I was not prepared for that but with help of venue senior manager no one came to know about that and they resolved it at their end only. I loved their services.

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