Wedding rush after Covid-19 7
With the sudden increase in visitors, many wedding planning companies in the US are now only accepting bookings for 2022 and 2023. `This year, there are times when we don’t have any food trucks left. This has never happened before.
`Our phone keeps ringing. Customers want to hold a wedding that they postponed due to Covid-19,` he added.
When the vaccine became widespread and venues had quick Covid tests, the number of guests wanting to get married immediately increased.
Namisha Balagopal, 27, of Emeryville, California, is one of the `remarried` brides.
Namisha met Suhaas Prasad in 2014 and got engaged in May 2019.
This year, Namisha decided to make up for herself.
`Wedding is a special part of our culture. It is also very important to our parents,` Namisha expressed.
Namisha had a small wedding last year but still wants to do it again.
Maggie Lord, vice president of cheap wedding dress store chain David’s Bridal, said that this year’s wedding season will take place in an unprecedented way.
Lord added the pandemic has normalized non-traditional aspects of weddings.
Tirusha Dave is the owner and CEO of Bravura Brides, the company that provided Namisha’s wedding services.
The wedding dress and bridesmaid dress market is also vibrant again.
Justin Warshaw, CEO and creative director of Justin Alexander Group, specializing in wedding dress design and tailoring, said the number of orders in early 2021 increased nearly 600% compared to the same period last year.
In the main market, the US, Justin Warshaw also recorded a 40% increase in the number of customers ordering custom tailoring compared to before the pandemic.
Some wedding vendors `are making up for a year of no work` by raising prices, Lord noted.
