Winter Wedding Tips 

Dealing With Heavy Rain

Even if doesn’t snow much where you live, you may need to deal with a torrential or constant rain on your wedding day. While rain isn’t as dire a situation as a snowstorm, it can still put a big damper on your big day. Rain can cause travel cancellations and delays. If you had planned on an outdoor ceremony it will need to be moved indoors, pictures will need to be moved indoors, and any kind of open air transportation like a carriage or convertible will need to be changed. Rain doesn’t have to ruin the wedding though.

Use some of the tips for dealing with snowstorms to deal with rain, such as having a valet so that guests don’t need to be out in the rain. Have some extra umbrellas around so that guests can borrow an umbrella if they need one. Have a roaring fire if possible so that guests can dry out shoes and coats, and a hot beverage bar will be a great way to chase away those cold rain blues and get everyone into a jolly mood. If it’s dreary and raining on your wedding day, try to create a cozy, warm, and friendly atmosphere for guests. Add more candles to the tables and turn the heat up in the room. Make sure there is a soup course on the menu or a few soups to choose from on the buffet so that guests can warm up.

As was mentioned earlier, wedding insurance is a very practical thing to have when you’re planning a winter wedding. While it is sometimes possible to save a wedding despite an unexpected storm or cold snap, sometimes it isn’t and the wedding has to be cancelled. If that happens, not only will you lose the thousands of dollars you have spent on deposits, catering, reception hall, church, transportation, and honeymoon plans but you could have to wait months before you can have the wedding.

Wedding insurance might not cover 100% of the money you have spent, but it can cover a large chunk of it. Wedding insurance isn’t expensive and some policies even cover the cost of expenses if the wedding is cancelled due to a non weather emergency, such as one partner calling off the wedding. Wedding insurance can also cover the honeymoon, so that if your wedding is called off because of weather you will get back the money you spent on airfare and hotel accommodations for your honeymoon. If you are on your honeymoon and something happens, like a hurricane if you chose somewhere tropical for a honeymoon, then wedding insurance will usually cover the entire cost of the honeymoon.

If you are using a wedding planner to help plan your wedding, ask your wedding planner for referrals of insurance agents who specialize in wedding insurance. If you are not using a wedding planner, consult other brides or look on wedding planning websites or in wedding guide books for recommendations of insurance agents who deal in wedding insurance. If you are spending thousands of dollars on your wedding, it’s well worth taking the time and spending some money on wedding insurance to protect your financial investment in your wedding.