2021 Bride/Groom

cazzer22

Hi everyone,

Getting married in April 2021.
Have the venue, photographer, band, church and a few other bits booked.
How is everyone else getting on?
Have done one day dress shopping and found it a little stressful, but hoping the next one will be nicer.

yourdeadwright

cazzer22 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Getting married in April 2021.
Have the venue, photographer, band, church and a few other bits booked.
How is everyone else getting on?
Have done one day dress shopping and found it a little stressful, but hoping the next one will be nicer.

Getting married September 2021
Ceremony , Photograper booked ,Venue will to be booked in the next month then that will kick everything else into gear ,

cazzer22

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Getting married September 2021
Ceremony , Photograper booked ,Venue will to be booked in the next month then that will kick everything else into gear ,

Definitely. Venue gives you lots of food for thought for other areas. It also helped us to do a list of guests, which helps to rule out smaller venues that can't cater for that number. When did you get engaged? So exciting.

salad_man

Getting Married March'21

Have Venue and Celebrant booked only but in hot pursuit of Photographer and Band

Any photographer recommendations appreciated

yourdeadwright

cazzer22 wrote: »

Definitely. Venue gives you lots of food for thought for other areas. It also helped us to do a list of guests, which helps to rule out smaller venues that can't cater for that number. When did you get engaged? So exciting.

Got in engaged last September , So we will be two years engaged when we are married,

We thought about this summer but we just had another baby last month so we thought it might be a bit stressful this summer , So we decided to wait till next year,

baby and crumble

salad_man wrote: »

Any photographer recommendations appreciated

I always recommend our photographer, Elisha Clarke. Herself and her husband work together and nicer people you won't meet. Her style is super low-key, but she gets amazing photos.

BCG89

Getting married March 2021. Have venue, celebrant and photographer booked but finding it difficult to decide on band. Anyone have any recommendations on a good band??

cazzer22

BCG89 wrote: »

Getting married March 2021. Have venue, celebrant and photographer booked but finding it difficult to decide on band. Anyone have any recommendations on a good band??

Hey. I'm April 2021. We found it really useful going to other people's weddings to see bands and that's how we made our decision. We also found talking to other people really good for recommendations. We are going with a band called Brass and Co, who are based in Waterford. We saw them at another wedding and thought they were brilliant, really looking forward to having them. Highly recommend looking into them.

Michellenman

BCG89 wrote: »

Getting married March 2021. Have venue, celebrant and photographer booked but finding it difficult to decide on band. Anyone have any recommendations on a good band??

We’ve booked The Mixtape.

JudyN

Getting married in March '21 also! I haven't booked anything yet but hoping to book the venue early next week. In terms of music, does anyone know of any tips in trying to find band? Any wedding showcase evenings or gig nights in and around Dublin that might be worth going to?

Naid23

Getting married october next year- venue booked and would like to get the band booked soon enough. Would anyone have any feedback on “The Beat Boutique”. Videos look good online, just wondering if they worth going to check out live

Lollipops23

Newly engaged here!! He popped the question 10 days ago and we're hoping for April 2021.

My head is already spinning tbh- we're hoping to view my dream venue later this month with both sets of parents.

His mother already wants to invite her entire road....and various distant relatives.

It's gonna be a fun 13 months

dzilla

Hello All, does anybody have concerns re spring 2021 weddings with the current covid19 situation?

yourdeadwright

dzilla wrote: »

Hello All, does anybody have concerns re spring 2021 weddings with the current covid19 situation?

We have our ceremony booked for September next year but should be far enough away for everything to be ok ,
We had decided on a venue two weeks go and where to pay the deposit last week but decided against it,
To be fair they where very understanding and held the date until everything gets back to normal

Lollipops23

dzilla wrote: »

Hello All, does anybody have concerns re spring 2021 weddings with the current covid19 situation?

We're hoping for April next year....I think it's likely far enough away to be no issues but still nervous cos wedding insurance won't cover the virus.

cazzer22

Lollipops23 wrote: »

We're hoping for April next year....I think it's likely far enough away to be no issues but still nervous cos wedding insurance won't cover the virus.

We are also April next year and I think it will be behind us at that stage. Fingers crossed. My heart goes out to 2020 bride & grooms.

PhilTorres

We've booked for May 2021 ourselves, Boyne Hill House in Meath. Also have the band booked and looking at photographers and videographers now but finding it difficult to know who are the premium one's and whoa aren't. What sort of budget would people be thinking we should put aside for both/any suggestion on good people you've seen?

Thanks.

Lollipops23

cazzer22 wrote: »

We are also April next year and I think it will be behind us at that stage. Fingers crossed. My heart goes out to 2020 bride & grooms.

We booked our venue! Coolbawn Quay next April! Very excited and relieved to have it over with!

cazzer22

Lollipops23 wrote: »

We booked our venue! Coolbawn Quay next April! Very excited and relieved to have it over with!

Well done, this is very exciting :-) so happy for you. Are you thrilled with it? Does anyone know at what stage it's a good idea to sit down with the venue and go through exactly what package you're choosing and financials?

cazzer22

Had booked another dress fitting for this weekend, but dress shops are closed for the next while, more than likely for April & May. Won't leave too much time for dress shopping, but hopefully when they do it will be a easy process to find the dress. Anyone else have their dress? :-)

Goose76

Hi all - we were doing wedding venue research and considering possible dates for 2021 just a couple of weeks before the first restrictions were announced! Now unsure what to do about booking the wedding. I know no one knows what's going to happen with the virus but I'm curious to see if anyone else is in the same boat here.

On one hand I don't want to postpone the wedding planning too long but on the other hand I don't want to book for next year just yet at a time when there is so much uncertainty about health, social gatherings and economically also. Terrified of putting down a deposit and making arrangements and then suffering a pay cut/job loss etc.

Curious to see what others are thinking at the moment?

yourdeadwright

Goose76 wrote: »

Hi all - we were doing wedding venue research and considering possible dates for 2021 just a couple of weeks before the first restrictions were announced! Now unsure what to do about booking the wedding. I know no one knows what's going to happen with the virus but I'm curious to see if anyone else is in the same boat here.

On one hand I don't want to postpone the wedding planning too long but on the other hand I don't want to book for next year just yet at a time when there is so much uncertainty about health, social gatherings and economically also. Terrified of putting down a deposit and making arrangements and then suffering a pay cut/job loss etc.

Curious to see what others are thinking at the moment?

Hey we where in the same boat we actually have the ceremony booked for next year but haven't booked the venue yet,

We where very close literally had it down to 3 venues and where about 2 days from making the choice , I just called all 3 venues and told them I didn't feel comfortable putting a deposit down In the current climate and they where all really nice and understanding and said they would hold the dates and would be in touch when this all clears,

Now this week I got a mail form one of them I won't say who and it was a difference person than I had been dealing with ,
They basically said another couple had decided on the date I was looking at and they wanted to see if I wanted to pay the deposit and confirm the date (as I was first) or lose the date to this other couple,
At the time the girl had told me no other people had asked about this date and we spoke to her literally 2 days before all the restrictions ,

So I felt this didn't seem right , I replied and said i'd hate to stand in someone else's way if we are not certain and if they where willing to book a venue in this climate it must be there dream place so to go ahead and give them the date and I guess it just wasn't ment to be for us and that venue although we did like it,

Two days later I get a reply " oh they decided on a different date so this date is still open to us " Iv a feeling there was no other couple, So just be careful of place trying to push you into bookings,

Batgurl

To be fair, you’ve got every couple who was supposed to be getting married in March, April, May and most of June (as well as many in July-Dec) looking to reschedule their wedding. There’s going to be a serious lack of availability of venues and suppliers in 2021.

I don’t think venues are “lying” to people, I reckon they are genuinely inundated with frantic couples looking at all their options for rescheduling. Venues (and suppliers) are doing a stellar job of juggling dates, potential dates, holding dates etc for everyone. A friend who was due to get married in March has been told her venue has no weekend dates available for 12 months and they predict it’s only going to get worse.

If I was a 2021 bride/groom to be, I would be looking at booking venue/suppliers who can only do 1 wedding a day ASAP. Dresses/suits etc should be fine. My dress took 3 months to be made (contrary to what many shops will tell you).

BonsaiKitten

Batgurl is right. My partner is in a hugely popular wedding band and what with all the rescheduling going on, any free slots they have being snapped up right now. The midweek dates are filling up and brides are getting aggro when no weekend days are available.

lozenges

I was thinking about this also. Had planned originally to get married next May/June - had only viewed one venue before lockdown kicked in, and it wasn't one of the 2 that we really liked.
Now I'm seriously considering delaying everything for a year, for a few reasons
1. I have the wedding itself nearly planned already with the amount of free time I have 😅
2. Everything I've read says that a vaccine won't be widely available for 12-18months - so there's a chance that some form of restrictions on gatherings could be in place next year
3. Because so many weddings this year are cancelled a lot of couples that originally planned to get married this year are now going for 2021 instead - meaning it might be hard to get dates that suit us and key suppliers.

What do you think guys? Is this crazy or just sensible? Anyone else thinking of doing the same?

ShortAPennt

lozenges wrote: »

I was thinking about this also. Had planned originally to get married next May/June - had only viewed one venue before lockdown kicked in, and it wasn't one of the 2 that we really liked.
Now I'm seriously considering delaying everything for a year, for a few reasons
1. I have the wedding itself nearly planned already with the amount of free time I have ��
2. Everything I've read says that a vaccine won't be widely available for 12-18months - so there's a chance that some form of restrictions on gatherings could be in place next year
3. Because so many weddings this year are cancelled a lot of couples that originally planned to get married this year are now going for 2021 instead - meaning it might be hard to get dates that suit us and key suppliers.

What do you think guys? Is this crazy or just sensible? Anyone else thinking of doing the same?

Hi,

We are in the same boat as you... We have booked our venu for June 2021. However, we are thinking of moving it out to 2022.

Even from a guest's point of view i think with this May/June having restirictions many of our guest list will want to travel abroad this time next year and have multiple more wedding to attend....

Finally is the finacnes, my partner and i had our wadges reduced so this will impact our savings for the wedding.... we might be better giving it another year and then we woudn't have any of the above to worry about.

Maybe i am over thinking things here, i'd love to hear everyone elses thoughts?

Batgurl

I think if you have the time to spare then go for it.

A lot of people don’t have the luxury of pushing back (due to age/health of parents/guests they want to include).

Make a list of the pro’s of having it next year vs the con’s and see which side is bigger.

Teach30

Batgurl wrote: »

I think if you have the time to spare then go for it.

A lot of people don’t have the luxury of pushing back (due to age/health of parents/guests they want to include).

Make a list of the pro’s of having it next year vs the con’s and see which side is bigger.

I second this we can’t wait two years and realistically I think 2021 will be as strict as this year but we’ve to suck it up and get on with it. We postponed and nothing we originally had was available and anything decent is gone. So as the saying goes, there’s always someone else worse off than you.

At this stage I don’t care how it turns out we just want it over with.

ShellBell89

My friend living in OZ is getting married June 2021 home in Ireland is finding it very hard to source a band as the bands are rescheduling and prioritising weddings that's were due to take place this year that have been postponed- which is completely understandable. Does anyone have any suggestions of good bands that would be free on the 19th June 2021?

yourdeadwright

Anyone have nay idea what place like City hall are going to do,

They where completely booked up for weddings this year on Fridays and Saturdays and only had a couple of days left for 2021,

So how do they accommodate the weddings that can't happen this year ?

I'm not one of these people but just wondering what they would do ,

Batgurl

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Anyone have nay idea what place like City hall are going to do,

They where completely booked up for weddings this year on Fridays and Saturdays and only had a couple of days left for 2021,

So how do they accommodate the weddings that can't happen this year ?

I'm not one of these people but just wondering what they would do ,

I imagine all that can do is offer couples whatever dates they have available, be they weekday or later than next year.

There is going to have to be a lot of compromises by people who have been impacted by this. I’m not saying it’s fair and it’s certainly unfortunate but it’s fact.

Teach30

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Anyone have nay idea what place like City hall are going to do,

They where completely booked up for weddings this year on Fridays and Saturdays and only had a couple of days left for 2021,

So how do they accommodate the weddings that can't happen this year ?

I'm not one of these people but just wondering what they would do ,

Our hotel showed us the dates they had left for next year and none are suitable. We have to look elsewhere. We don’t know yet if they’ll give us the deposit back or not.

yourdeadwright

Batgurl wrote: »

I imagine all that can do is offer couples whatever dates they have available, be they weekday or later than next year.

There is going to have to be a lot of compromises by people who have been impacted by this. I’m not saying it’s fair and it’s certainly unfortunate but it’s fact.

Id imagine next year we will see a huge increase in midweek weddings on days that would normally be quite ,

Michellenman

Is anyone else due to be married in early 2021? We are April. Thankfully we had everything booked last year so we are not struggling to get suppliers. I’m hopeful of it going ahead but I suppose it will really depend on if/when a second wave of Covid hits. I haven’t looked for dresses yet and I’m starting to get a bit nervous that I’ll be cutting it tight for time. I’ve been told to give myself 6 weeks for alterations and minimum of 6 months for order to come in so working backwards I need to have a dress ordered by September at the absolute latest?

Batgurl

Michellenman wrote: »

Is anyone else due to be married in early 2021? We are April. Thankfully we had everything booked last year so we are not struggling to get suppliers. I’m hopeful of it going ahead but I suppose it will really depend on if/when a second wave of Covid hits. I haven’t looked for dresses yet and I’m starting to get a bit nervous that I’ll be cutting it tight for time. I’ve been told to give myself 6 weeks for alterations and minimum of 6 months for order to come in so working backwards I need to have a dress ordered by September at the absolute latest?

I ordered my dress in February and it arrived in May. Had 2 alterations 2 weeks apart and my dress was ready for the day. Designed and made in the UK so perhaps that made a difference.

From my experience of shopping for wedding dresses, the whole 6-month thing is just something shops say to pressure you into buying. In fact, 1 shop I went to told me, very matter of factly, that there would be a 6-month lead time on all dresses.

When I then told them that I better leave it so as my wedding is less than 6 months away, they changed their tune and suddenly the 6-months was a recommendation and worst case scenario they could “order it priority”.

Michellenman

Michellenman wrote: »

Is anyone else due to be married in early 2021? We are April. Thankfully we had everything booked last year so we are not struggling to get suppliers. I’m hopeful of it going ahead but I suppose it will really depend on if/when a second wave of Covid hits. I haven’t looked for dresses yet and I’m starting to get a bit nervous that I’ll be cutting it tight for time. I’ve been told to give myself 6 weeks for alterations and minimum of 6 months for order to come in so working backwards I need to have a dress ordered by September at the absolute latest?

Hello! I'm a Spring 2021 bride as well and also booked everything last year. I found my dress in February. I'm immuno compromised and am cocooning, I go to hospital regularly for treatment so I'm really glad I went shopping when I did.

Whereabouts will you be shopping? as previously said, some shops will say 6 months, but it depends on the designer, and you also have sample sales, or off the rack, or you can even have your dress made locally if you are so inclined

I was nervous going in to try on dresses, but it was a really lovely, exciting time. I know it's hard at the moment to be excited about anything, and hopefully soon we'll have some normality return, and can get you into a dress shop

XxMCRxBabyxX

I actually ended up buying my dress online! I wanted tea length so it was probably easier to find online but I had been planning on going to boutiques until this dress kept screaming at me in Wolf and Badger ads! I haven't had a chance to start on alterations but I'm hoping that I can once restrictions start lifting.

Might be another option depending on what you're looking for? Wolf and Badger were great for me and offee free returns which is obviously important!

cazzer22

Michellenman wrote: »

Is anyone else due to be married in early 2021? We are April. Thankfully we had everything booked last year so we are not struggling to get suppliers. I’m hopeful of it going ahead but I suppose it will really depend on if/when a second wave of Covid hits. I haven’t looked for dresses yet and I’m starting to get a bit nervous that I’ll be cutting it tight for time. I’ve been told to give myself 6 weeks for alterations and minimum of 6 months for order to come in so working backwards I need to have a dress ordered by September at the absolute latest?

Hey, I'm April 2021. I have two dress appointment bookings for the middle of June and really want a dress sorted asap. If I don't find anything after these two fittings I am strongly considering looking online. If anyone has any recommendations I would really appreciate it :-)
I know what you're saying about being hopeful it will go ahead, I feel the same. It's very uncertain at the moment and my hearts goes out to 2020 brides.

Michellenman

Thanks all! Really wished I started looking earlier now but at the time we had a few weddings soon for people in our bridal party and I didn’t want to step on toes\steal the thunder in the run up to their big day.

I have made appointments for July and August so fingers crossed I find something then. Good to know that the 6 month thing is flexible! That’s really put my mind at ease

I’ve been browsing online but I’m very short so while I have found dresses I like the look of I don’t know what they’ll be like on me, I’m not anything like the models! There’s one dress in a boutique in Belfast that I’m drawn to repeatedly. They offer a ‘try at home service’ for £120 where they will post you three gowns along with some accessories and clips to adjust the sizing but it’s also £120 for postage. I just don’t know if it’s worth that much expense.

@eskie I’ve appointments made with Alice May bridal, memories bridal, The White and Gold and The White Room.

If anyone has other boutique recommendations I’d love to hear them!!

Faith

Michellenman wrote: »

I’ve been browsing online but I’m very short so while I have found dresses I like the look of I don’t know what they’ll be like on me, I’m not anything like the models! There’s one dress in a boutique in Belfast that I’m drawn to repeatedly. They offer a ‘try at home service’ for £120 where they will post you three gowns along with some accessories and clips to adjust the sizing but it’s also £120 for postage. I just don’t know if it’s worth that much expense.

Can you ask if they'd take that £120 off the price if you decide to buy one of the dresses?

I wouldn't worry about being short! Alterations will take that into account in many cases, like taking dresses up at the waist rather than the hem, I'd reckon. The only thing I'd worry about trying on at home is do you have a big enough mirror with enough light and space? It depends on the style you're interested in, but my dress was huge in the skirt and I'd probably struggle to get an accurate representation in my mind without that little podium thing they stand you on in a big bright room with lots of mirrors.

Michellenman

Faith wrote: »

Can you ask if they'd take that £120 off the price if you decide to buy one of the dresses?

I wouldn't worry about being short! Alterations will take that into account in many cases, like taking dresses up at the waist rather than the hem, I'd reckon. The only thing I'd worry about trying on at home is do you have a big enough mirror with enough light and space? It depends on the style you're interested in, but my dress was huge in the skirt and I'd probably struggle to get an accurate representation in my mind without that little podium thing they stand you on in a big bright room with lots of mirrors.

Yeah if I buy the dress they take £120 off the price but if I don’t like it then I’m down £240 so just seems like a bit too much money when I don’t even know what style suits me. Maybe I’ll hang on until I’ve actually tried a few on. Good point about the mirror too! I wouldn’t have thought your dress was HUGE but I suppose a bog standard full length home mirror wouldn’t have cut the mustard to get the full idea of how it looked!

Faith

Michellenman wrote: »

Yeah if I buy the dress they take £120 off the price but if I don’t like it then I’m down £240 so just seems like a bit too much money when I don’t even know what style suits me. Maybe I’ll hang on until I’ve actually tried a few on. Good point about the mirror too! I wouldn’t have thought your dress was HUGE but I suppose a bog standard full length home mirror wouldn’t have cut the mustard to get the full idea of how it looked!

It wasn't quite My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding . But ballgown styles are pretty heavy and do take up a lot of space! If you're thinking of sleeker styles, then that wouldn't be an issue, of course.

The more I think about it, the less keen I'd be to try on at home. The fastenings can be quite tricky too, and bridal shops are well used to doing them up in no time.

Lollipops23

I'm an April 2021 bride too- we've luckily booked almost everything now, we had to pounce asap once we got engaged and *everything* hit a few weeks later.

I've 2 bridal dress appointments for Sept, I'm hopeful I'll find THE dress in one of those places. I have a few back up stores I'll go to if not!

XxMCRxBabyxX

Has anyone looked into notification of intent yet? Obviously it's not looking possible in the near future but I had a quick look at the booking website for Dublin and can't seem to find any appointments all the way up to January. I'm not sure if they've just blocked the system for now but it's making me panicky.

Our wedding isn't until June but I'm born abroad from a more "unusual" country so I want to make sure we have everything done in plenty of time in case it causes issues. I know about the authentication so I'm getting a consulate I know on that soon. Is there anything else I need? I am an Irish citizen.

Michellenman

I think they’ve blocked off appointments for the rest of the year. We are April so I’ll probably email them in October/November to get the ball rolling if appointments are not back open by then. I’d say it will be very busy though due to so many 2020 weddings being rearranged.

allym

We’re January and I emailed the Dublin office about two weeks ago. They phoned and booked us in for October. So probably no harm in getting on to them anyway.

Michellenman

allym wrote: »

We’re January and I emailed the Dublin office about two weeks ago. They phoned and booked us in for October. So probably no harm in getting on to them anyway.

I though it had to be within 6 months of your wedding date though? That was the only reason I was holding out! I’ll email them today so, one more thing off my list

Teach30

Anyone one else hesitant about paying a deposit to hotel and then hotel going out of business? We’ve had to postpone wedding and change hotels as they couldn’t accommodate for a good date next year.

Would Wedding insurance cover something like this?

Michellenman

You’d be best to ask the insurer directly. It will depend on the details of the policy you took out, not all wedding insurance will cover the same details.

allym

Michellenman wrote: »

I though it had to be within 6 months of your wedding date though? That was the only reason I was holding out! I’ll email them today so, one more thing off my list

No as far as I know it’s a minimum of 3 months before but you can do it any time before that. They might give you an appointment for nearer the time so they’ve more availability for everyone who had to reschedule!

Faith

Michellenman wrote: »

I though it had to be within 6 months of your wedding date though? That was the only reason I was holding out! I’ll email them today so, one more thing off my list

The date that your wedding occurs has to be within 6 months of the date that you set at that appointment (so if your planned date is 1.4.2021, it has to actually take place before 2.10.2021, or else you'll need a new appointment).

The appointment itself has to take place at least 3 months before your planned date, so if the appointment was on 1.10.20, you could, theoretically, bring your wedding date forward to 2.1.2021 or any time after, until 6 months post the original planned date.

But you can have the appointment at any time once you have a date in mind. We had ours in June 2014 and got married in August 2015