Wedding networking is back this winter!

Wedding Networking - Coffee & Chat Event

On Tuesday 8th November, The Barn at Pengelly will host our wedding networking, coffee and chat event from 10am - 1pm.

Generate more enquiries for your wedding business this winter. Make sure you are at the next Cornwall Wedding Networking Event! Meet other wedding venues, caterers, event companies, industry experts and a wealth of other wedding suppliers.

Activities on the day include:

Arrival - Tea, Coffee, Cake & Networking

(Catering by Debbie Thorpe)

Talk - Using Tik Tok for your wedding business - Hanna & Tabitha, Unscripted Marketing.

Talk - Digital wedding marketing trends - Mark, Director, MIHI Digital

Open Q & A throughout the event - Weddings where next? - Hazel Parsons, Director, Out of The Ordinary Events

Welcome Talk & Showround - from the Team at The Barn at Pengelly

Finish

Tickets are £35.

***Spaces at this event are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.***

Tickets include tea/ coffee and cake.

Please note - this event is open to ALL wedding businesses

Weddings Trends set to continue after lockdown

Post-lockdown wedding trends

We are set for a surge in weddings after many couples had to postpone their celebrations during the coronavirus pandemic. This is welcome news for wedding businesses after a very challenging year. From the rise of wedding tech to elopements, we discuss some trends that wedding businesses can tap into.

Mid-week and out of season weddings

More couples may be willing to consider midweek weddings, to ensure they can get married sooner rather than later. Couples may also be interested in booking weddings outside the traditional wedding season, again to avoid having to wait a long time to get married, especially if they were due to marry during lockdown and opted to postpone their big day.

Small – and large – weddings

Small and intimate weddings will continue to be popular. The pandemic has made small weddings much more socially acceptable, and couples may prefer to keep numbers down in order to allow them to spend more per head.

At the opposite end of the scale, some couples will opt for large parties and celebrations and couples who have waited for the restrictions to be lifted will be going all out. Expect to see free bars and couples spending extra on entertainment, styling, florals, décor and catering.

Elopements

We also expect elopements to be popular. Lockdown has kept us all in our local areas, and as international travel continues to be tricky, couples may choose to travel within the UK to get married. Scenic areas of the UK are ideally placed to benefit from this trend.

Hybrid weddings and wedding tech

Many couples getting married during lockdown relied on technology to help them celebrate with friends and family who could not be there in person. We expect hybrid weddings – with guests attending in-person and others joining virtually – to continue to be popular. Live streaming and entertainment that can help to connect virtual and in-person guests will become part of many weddings long after the Covid-19 pandemic. Wedding tech is definitely here to stay.

Covid-19 has changed our lives in so many ways and weddings are no exception. Wedding businesses that can tap into some of these new trends will reap the rewards.