Given the Prime Minister’s announcement last night, restrictions on the number of guests at a wedding have been eased – although it seems smaller, more intimate weddings could stay here.
Boris Johnson has postponed the reopening date on June 21 for another four weeks, meaning the final easing of restrictions will not come later this month as expected. But the wedding planners and the industry were happy when the upper limit was relaxed to 30 wedding guests.
It may seem like Covid-19 has put the world on a hiatus, but even in the toughest of times, people manage to fall in love – and even get married.
According to a survey by wedding planning website The Knot last May in eight countries, 66 percent of people decided to postpone their weddings to a later date. That means nearly 30 percent kept their vows despite the hurdles posed by the pandemic.
That’s where we bring up the micro-wedding. The coronavirus has forced couples to rethink not only how they want to party, but also how many people they can party with. Smaller weddings are safer, easier, cheaper and – despite the loosening of the restrictions – are simply canceled less often due to the constantly changing rules.
Beautiful venues across the UK can accommodate smaller, more subtle affairs, with packages specially designed for intimate occasions even before Covid. Here we take a look at some of the UK’s best venues for small but perfectly crafted weddings (Covid and Lockdown, of course).