Planning an outdoor wedding can be completely worthwhile you’re planning to put in the valued time and effort. Imagine being able to enjoy your ceremony in the sunshine or your first dance under a gorgeous tree? Well you can! Here some quick tips to fool proof your outdoor wedding!
Wedding Laws
As your marriage is a legal ceremony, bare in mind that you still will have to deal with some technicalities. That means there can be strict rules and regulations as to here you can get married.In England and Wales you cannot be legally married outside. The marriage has to take place indoors within a church, register office or in a venue for marriage and be conducted by a registrar or a member of the clergy. So you could also get married in a Register Office and have the cerempony after.
Weather Permitting
So there are a lot of practicalities to consider if you want to have an outdoor wedding reception. First one is cover – unless you’re in Cornwall having an amazing heatwave you need to consider the possibility of wind/rain. You also need to consider the possibility of heating for your guests.
If you’re worried that you’re guests won’t be able to handle the severe weather conditions of a light breeze, why not comprise? Think about all the days you went camping out the back garden. They were still just as fun but you always had the security net of being near your house.
Dinning
Pre dinner drinks and food doesn’t have to be expensive. The great thing about having an outdoor wedding nowadays is there are so many options for different types of wedding suppliers. Thanks to the huge trend of vendors, couples no longer have to dish out vast amounts of money to caterers to take care of the whole night for them.
Plus if you’re brave enough to have an outdoor wedding, you might as well go all out and have something unique as a food choice too. BBQs are a great way to do this, think fun festival food, drinking from plastic cups and great campfire music to bring a whole theme together.
Here are some quick checklist tips for fool proofing your outdoor wedding:
- Make sure the land/property has insurance to cover an event like your wedding
- Put your guests comfort first – heating, cover from rain and sanitation (very important!)
- Always have a rainy day back-up plan, even if it’s your own home or a rented building nearby.
