Why spend just one day celebrating your love when you can celebrate for an entire weekend? This new bridal trend comes from abroad and already has a name: it is called a long wedding and in fact it is a wedding that lasts a weekend.
Long wedding: more time to celebrate together and more fun
One of the most common things couples say about their big day is that it goes too fast. The long wedding serves precisely to prolong the feeling of happiness of the wedding, savoring every moment better. In addition, a weekend wedding also allows you to spend more time with all your guests, which is not often the case. And after a few difficult years, spent postponing the big day waiting for the right moment, the desire to make it even more unique grows. In an exotic location, in an american village, in a farm… there are many locations and ideas to explore.
The long wedding is perfect for creating an engaging and fun experience for everyone, without the stress of concentrating everything in one day. You will then have the freedom to be more creative with the event program and to make it much more personalized. This will give friends and family an extra night to be together and to create new personal memories outside of the ceremony. And then, you can also show off more than a bride or groom look…
Expanding the party over several days then allows you to organize a variety of activities to tell you about yourself as a couple and to share your passions. For example, you could choose a farmhouse in the countryside where you can offer horseback riding tours or tastings of local products. Including the people you love will make the weekend more special.
The downside of a weekend wedding
If you are planning an entire weekend of events, be prepared to spend more than you would for a one-day party. In addition to accommodation, you will also need to include multiple meals (at least one dinner and one extra breakfast). In the event that the long wedding is an option that you really don’t want to give up, cut the guest list and choose only the really important people. Can’t shorten the list? Organize a wedding weekend closer to home and optimize expenses by reducing set-up costs and choosing an outlet dress.
Finally, we know that organizing just one day of the wedding can be stressful enough: having to plan additional events only adds to the long list of things to do. If you think that the logistics of the event can be an insurmountable obstacle, focus on the two of you and on what makes you really happy. Whatever you decide, remember that the wedding must be a hymn to your love, not a marathon to be won at all costs.
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