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expert advice
and if they can’t, then
they are looking for quick
and easy weddings and a
larger party later or they
have simply adjusted their
date.”
Sandra Dominey, event
sales manager of The
Ridge Golf Course and
Events Center, is responding
to couples in a timely
manner to assist with their
concerns and working
with them to reschedule
their dates and transferring
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date to include the other
guests who were not able
to be at the smaller affair.”
Celebrations now offers
date nights delivered
to people’s doors, which
includes a small twoperson
sweetheart table.
“We can deliver a small
amount of the good old
days to people, even if it
is only for a few hours one
evening.”
At Sacramento Event
Co., Owner Jennifer Corrigan
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date. “Most venues will
reschedule your date to a
is looking ahead
to weddings later this
year and in 2021. “We
future date, if it’s available,” she says.
Silt Wine Company Director of Events Robyn
Lazzerini says newly engaged couples should still plan
their 2021 weddings right now. “Most weddings are
planned at least nine months in advance. Don’t let this
deter you from planning your wedding next year,” she
says. “We’d love to talk to couples about their special
day.” Lazzerini is meeting with couples over Zoom and
offering virtual tours and slideshows of the space.
all know these clouds will clear. And once they do, all
event companies will be extremely busy. We, along
with a lot of other local wedding vendors, are currently
updating our inventory and prepping our offices and
warehouses, so we can once again provide top service
to all those who are planning events,” she says. In the
meantime, she’s doing everything virtually at the moment
with her clients, including digital renderings to
visualizing their weddings.
At Rough and Ready Vineyards, Assistant Manager
Amanda Rodgers says they are booking weddings and
continue to give tours by appointment with masks and
social distancing guidelines in mind. They are happy to
do video planning meetings, share videos of the location,
and offer digital contracts.
“When booking your vendors and venue, be sure
that there will be no additional charges for rescheduling
your date due to COVID-19,” she says. “If there is a
resurgence and the governor shuts everything down
again, you want to be sure that you can reschedule
without penalty.”
HAIR AND MAKEUP
All Dolled Up Beauty + Bridal is adjusting its business
model to offer more virtual services to temporarily
replace in-person trial runs, says Owner Melissa Oretta.
She’s also adding a postponement policy that offers a
24-month window in which clients can postpone their
date once without fees, rate increases or penalties.
Oretta has extended the company’s operating hours, in
order to maintain communication with her clients.
Haley Purser, owner of Thee Makeup Girl, has been
checking with her couples to make sure she’s available
for any date changes.
RENTALS
Brad Isbell, general manager at Celebrations! Party
Rentals and Tents, is feeling the impact of the pandemic.
“There is no easy way to go from a routine and
successful sales forecast down to nearly zero in revenue
almost overnight,” he says. Isbell wants to make
the weddings special for
the couples keeping their
dates. “We want customers
to feel like they are being
treated fairly and that
we are providing rentals
that have followed strict
cleanliness expectations
set by our ownership,” he
says. “A lot of people have
grand ideas for their big
day but in the world of
COVID-19, a 50-person (or
fewer) wedding can still
Owner of Personify Bridal, Arrvada Isom, suggests
that brides should ask what sanitation procedures their
glam team uses and what precautions they may be
implementing. Isom is changing her cancellation policy
by not enforcing the cancellation fee for events canceled
due to the pandemic. “We are personally changing
a few things,” Isom
says. “We are limiting the
size of the team we take
to people to accommodate
their parties, we are
implementing the use
of masks for our client’s
protection and adding a
few new sanitation procedures.
We are already
hyper-sanitary, but we are
making a few changes to
further enforce our sanitation
procedures.”
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