The Importance Of Planning For Bad Weather

More and more couples are choosing to marry outdoors in Australia. Our weather is generally pretty amazing, and depending on the time of year and geographic location, temperatures can range from very mild to very hot.

Australia, Austria (prHWY.com) December 29, 2012 - More and more couples are choosing to marry outdoors in Australia. Our weather is generally pretty amazing, and depending on the time of year and geographic location, temperatures can range from very mild to very hot.

While outdoor weddings can be extremely beautiful, couples need to consider their needs and the needs of their guests when planning to marry in locations that may afford little cover in the event of bad weather.

While many elements at weddings can be controlled by the relevant service providers, the one thing that no one can control is the weather. No celebrant, wedding venue host or other wedding provider can guarantee perfect weather for a couple's special day.However, some careful planning well ahead of the day can ensure that if bad weather or an extreme weather event occurs on the day, couples have options to move their wedding to a more preferable and safer location.

When discussing wedding locations with their clients, celebrants will usually advise couples to ensure they consider and arrange a 'back-up venue' in case of bad weather on the wedding day. In many cases, the back-up venue (sometimes also known as the 'Plan B' venue) is often undercover or indoors at the reception venue.Whatever the location of your Plan B venue, it is important to ensure that this location can adequately shelter the wedding party, all the guests, and any onsite wedding providers such as musical groups.

If the reception venue is the Plan B venue, couples need to ensure the venue is aware of and approves of this action, as venue staff may have to rearrange part of the reception room to accommodate the ceremony. This should be discussed with the venue's wedding planner well in advance of the wedding, with an agreement for the couple to notify the venue within a specific timeframe prior to the wedding so that the venue is ready if needed on the day.

Ideally, couples should add the location of their Plan B venue to their wedding invitations, or attach a separate note notifying the guests of the alternative location. This can be a very simple statement such as:

'In the event of bad weather on our special day, the ceremony will take place at XXX location'.
Couples may also like toinclude space for guests to nominate their mobile numbers on any RSVP cards issued with the invitations.

To make their back-up venue planning complete, couples should nominate a friend or relative to act as the Emergency Usher in the event of bad weather. The Emergency Usher should be given a mobile phone and a complete guest list with mobile phone numbers for each guest or family group attending. Alternatively, couples could save their guest phone numbers in this phone for the Usher. It is unreasonable to expect an Emergency Usher (or the officiating celebrant) to use their own phone to make what could amount to potentially more than 100 phone calls to alert guests to the change in venue.

Through careful pre-wedding planning, couples can ensure that if they have to change venues on the day due to bad weather, their guests will be in the right location at the right time.

Couples can also reduce their own personal anxiety levels by understanding and accepting that they may have to marry in another location due to circumstances beyond their control.

By

Michell é brant (Michelle Anderson)

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