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SAFE OUTDOOR WEDDINGS

date posted: March 26, 2021

The Hudson Valley’s scenic locations and the restrictions of 2021 wedding planning fit together like you and your intended: just another chapter of the love story.

Outdoor venues make a bigger party safer and every party freer and more laid-back. Here are some of the ways you can add elegance, creature comforts, and an extra layer of safety to the mix:

BASICS FIRST: Port-a-potties are an obvious must-have at an outdoor event, but you’re not stuck with the kind you remember from the county fair. Today’s options include roomy, well-ventilated porta-johns with sanitizer stations (check out John To Go) and luxury portable restroom trailers available in various sizes, like those available from VIP To Go.

SEVERAL SMALLER TENTS may work better for distanced seating than one large one. A good PA system will make sure everyone feels included in your ceremony and festivities.

A COMFY TENT with sides can be set up as a changing room for the bride and groom. If you plan to share it with wedding attendants, keep it simple for easy wipe-downs and choose a well-ventilated model. If you’re doing a buffet meal, either have servers (the fewer people touching spoons and things, the better) or have INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS PRE-PLATED. Drinks, too, are safer in individual bottles and cans.

FOOD TRUCKS work well with outdoor weddings. Proprietors are well-schooled in safety tactics by now.

PRETTY SIGNAGE will remind people to stay distanced, as will properly spaced tables and chairs. Communicate with your guests ahead of time about their level of risk tolerance; arrange extra distance for medically vulnerable guests.

MOUNTAIN MEADOWS AND GARDENS offer the natural decorating grace of Nature herself; if the season is right, you may have all the blooms you need right there. To add fancy touches, use trellises and tents.

ELEGANT MONOGRAMMED MASKS laid out at tables are a lovely touch.

ERUSTIC OUTDOOR DECOR is incredibly flexible. Wooden barrels, hay bales, even pickup truck beds can be transformed into whimsical, beautiful accents and photo ops. Hay bales set seven or eight feet apart and “upholstered” with colorful quilts around a firepit? Solar strings of fairy lights outlining the tree trunks? Get wild with it.

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