Do you have a bad weather plan? Photo by Allison Williams Photography.
This is a story I heard from a friend who lives nowhere near Chicago. It’s about a wedding that took place on a November day in a northern climate, and it is one more reason to consider hiring a professional planner or coordinator if you are planning your wedding.
As my friend tells the story, the bride and groom chartered a bus to bring all their guests to their home in a rural area for the wedding. While the wedding party prepared in the house, the guests were left outdoors in the scenic and windy location where the ceremony was to take place. After the guests sat freezing in their dress clothes for about an hour, the ceremony finally took place.
Then there was a cocktail hour, also outdoors. Finally, the guests were permitted into the heated tent for dinner. By this time, everyone was cold and grumpy. And many of those who would have liked to leave early couldn’t go because the bus wasn’t scheduled to return until after dinner.
If this couple had hired me as their planner, I would have recommended strongly that they have a plan for bad weather. This was November, after all. They could have had the ceremony in the tent, cocktail hour in the house, and dinner in the tent. Or they could have rented a second heated tent, one for ceremony and one for cocktails and reception. Whatever their choice, their guests’ comfort should have been higher on their priority list.
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