Everybody don your suit jackets and wide lapelled shirts and sing with me now: celebrants, good times, come on!
Sure, they may not have been Kool and The Gang’s exact words, but I like to think they’d have approved of the message.
But what are wedding celebrants? Why is a celebrant-led wedding ceremony different? Why might it be something for you? And what are the alternatives? These are all exceptional questions, and ones I shall answer right about now.
We’re very happy to report that nowadays it’s easier than ever to have an eco-friendly wedding that can still be the wedding that you’ve dreamed of. Not only does it help our wonderful Mother Earth, but it also often means a simpler budget and less planning panic in the run up – and all without compromising any aesthetic or fun on the day. (Of course!)
We’re biased, but we do think a wedding website is a pretty brilliant way of keeping your wedding eco-friendly (in fact, it’s a totally waste-free way of sending out details and recording responses). Here’s a few other sustainable wedding ideas…
Postponing your wedding sucks.
Having to wait even longer for a day you’ve been nervously and excitedly anticipating for ages is no fun. But that doesn’t mean your wedding date needs to suck too.
There are a few different things you can do to mark the original date, so you can still enjoy the day and keep it special. Here are our favourite wedding postponement plans…
The full article is on the Wed in Central Park blog (and it’s rather good, if I do say so myself) (which I do) (it’s brilliant, really), but here’s a sneak peek to tide you over:
I don’t need to tell you that planning a destination wedding takes a lot of organisation, co-ordination, and forethought – but I will.
Planning a destination wedding takes a lot of organisation, co-ordination, and forethought.
You don’t just have a wedding to organise – vetting vendors and venues and v- uh, dinner options – you’ve got a fifteen-person family vacation to sort, too.
You’re planning hen dos, stag dos, group photos, kid-friendly events, kid-unfriendly events…
It’s difficult to co-ordinate that with a big group – or, really, any size of group.
It’s Claire’s job to make sure everything goes to plan for her clients’ weddings – and get them back on track sharpish if they don’t! Here’s Claire on the unexpected problems you might run into when you’re planning a destination wedding – and what you can do to make sure they don’t ruin your big day.