Blog
Category - COVID-19
Coronavirus
This is a list of all the posts that
deal with various impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on
weddings. It's a sh**storm. But we have to do the
best we can. I'm COVIDflexible!
Keep up to date with
current
restrictions for weddings and funerals via the
Australian Government Health Direct Website. You'll need
to click on your state for the details.
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/covid19-restriction-checker/weddings-funerals-religions-services
Other types of ceremonies and celebrations (for example
naming ceremonies) are classified as gatherings.
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/covid19-restriction-checker/gatherings-and-work
Plan X - The 2021 Wedding Must Have
Categories: |
Wedding Ceremony |
Wedding Planning |
(05/01/2021)
Plan X is the plan you have ready to guide you when your
wedding, as planned, can't go ahead on the day because
of restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19
outbreaks ...
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Breakfast Weddings - A Beautiful Budget-Friendly
Option
Categories: |
Wedding Budget | Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding Planning |
(11/08/2020)
Even on a weekend, having a breakfast wedding gives you
more options and more chance of booking your chosen
suppliers. And it both a very budget-friendly option and
one that it makes it easier to comply with COVID-19
restrictions ....
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Masked-Up and Married - How to Rock a Mask on your
Wedding Day
Categories: |
Wedding Ceremony |
Wedding
Dresses |
(31/07/2020)
With COVID-19 compulsory mask-wearing anytime you leave
your own home very definitely on
the agenda, it is time to do some forward planning and
prepare to rock a mask on your wedding day if you are
required to wear one ...
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Redesigning Wedding Ceremonies for 2020
Categories: |
Wedding Ceremony |
Wedding Rituals |
(19/07/2020)
While developing my own COVIDSafe plan for the
ceremonies I officiate it became clear that many parts
of the ceremony now need a different approach in order
to keep everyone safe. The challenge is how to adapt the
ceremony to make it safer without compromising the
emotion of the occasion ...
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Wedding Cake Unity Ritual
Categories: |
Wedding Ceremony |
Wedding Rituals |
Wedding Traditions |
(15/07/2020)
A wedding cake unity ritual, where you cut and share
your wedding cake during your ceremony, works well, both
symbolically and practically, and is a great way to deal
with the new COVID-19 restrictions on sharing the cake
with guests ...
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In 2020 Children Need to be Invited to Your Wedding
Categories: |
Inclusive Weddings |
Wedding Ceremony |
Wedding Planning |
(12/07/2020)
There are good reasons why it is particularly important
in 2020, a year where their lives have been
disrupted, for children to experience wedding
ceremonies ...
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Down the Aisle, Social Distancing Style
Categories: |
Wedding Ceremony
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(26/06/2020)
With restrictions on numbers at weddings being relaxed,
the aisle is coming back. But how do you set up your
ceremony space and walk down the aisle with style when
social distancing is still required? ...
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Blowing Bubbles, Covid-19 Safe or Covid-19 Risky?
Categories: |
Naming Ceremonies |
Wedding Ceremony
|
(23/06/2020)
Is it safe to blow bubbles in your ceremony, or is there
a risk of spreading COVID-19? ...
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When Coronavirus Forces You to Un-Invite People to
Your Wedding
Categories: |
Wedding
Planning |
(18/05/2020)
Social Distancing restrictions, together with the
flow-own effect of rescheduled weddings competing with
previously booked weddings for limited venue and vendor
availability, is forcing couples to change plans, and
this may require cutting guest numbers ...
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Contact Tracing and Your Wedding
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding Legals
|
(09/05/2020 - Updated 17/05/2020)
As we progressively relax restrictions on weddings and
gatherings there is a new rule - contact records
must be kept for all attendees ...
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ISO (Coronavirus) Weddings Can Be Oh So Romantic
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
(23/04/2020)
Rule of Five weddings under the current Coronavirus
restrictions, are limited to the minimum number of
people needed to be present for a legal marriage, but
this should not mean that your wedding is a second-best
alternative ...
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Isolation (Coronavirus) Weddings FAQ
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding Legals
|
(18/04/2020)
Current social isolation/social distancing restrictions
on weddings are complicated because, while the Federal
Government set the broad restrictions, the fine detail
is controlled on a state by state basis.....
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18 Romantic Things to do while in Lockdown
(08/04/2020)
Coronavirus self-isolating rules need not put a dampener
on romance. Here are 18 ways to up the romance while in
lockdown with your partner...
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12 Things Coronavirus Won't Stop You Having in Your
"Rule of Five" Wedding
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
(04/04/2020)
Under current coronavirus restrictions you are only
permitted to have a total of five people present at your
wedding - the same five people that is the minimum
number for the marriage to be legal. But the ceremony is
not limited to the legal requirements only. You are free
to make it as fun and fabulous as you wish ...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Your Rings
Categories: |
Wedding Ceremony
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(30/03/2020)
The most common question about weddings under the new
restrictions is about whether rings are
allowed. ...
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Getting Married via Skype - Possible or Not?
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding Legals
|
Wedding
Planning |
(24/03/2020)
Is it legal to get married over Skype, FaceTime, Google
Hangouts, or other videoconferencing technology?
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So Coronavirus Cancelled Your Wedding ... What Now?
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding
Planning |
(23/03/2020)
You've been thrown a curve ball that means your wedding
can't go ahead on the day you've planned for, or, can't
go ahead the way you've planned it. Closure of venues,
restrictions on the number of people who can be in both
indoor and outdoor spaces, travel restrictions, social
distancing, and a lot of uncertainty because we have no
idea how long this will last ...
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What Should We Tell Our Guests About Our Wedding in
the Time of the Coronavirus?
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding
Planning |
(19/03/2020)
With Government restrictions ramping up on a daily
basis, concerns about flattening the curve, and worrying
media reports about the effects of the Coronavirus
(COVID-19) on weddings, you wouldn't be human if you
weren't stressing about your wedding, or worrying about
what you should tell your guests ...
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Coronavirus and Your Wedding - Some Suggestions
Categories: |
Wedding
Ceremony |
Wedding Legals
|
Wedding
Planning |
(11/03/2020)
How novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) might impact your
planned wedding is a hot topic at the moment. So, should
you be concerned? Or, in the words of that wonderful
World War II advice, Alert but not Alarmed? ...
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