Keeping the Planning Momentum!

We have been busy over the past month rescheduling and canceling weddings and social events. It is truly a challenging time. I have noticed however, in meetings (virtual) with my couples, many are feeling unsure about how to continue planning their wedding. Especially the fall weddings, many questions still remain unanswered. "Are we going to have to reschedule?", "Will the venues be open?, other businesses?" or "Will we be limited by our guest count?"

I really do not have the answers to any of these questions. No one does....unfortunately. But I would like to encourage couples to keep planning in anticipation.

One of my current couples actually expressed to me that they had a hard time keeping the planning momentum (wedding in October). I really tried to encourage them to ensure we at least locked down their vendors and we would get any new vendors to add a COVID-19 clause to the contract so we could feel confident with our plans moving forward.

Soo....to help encourage my couple I scheduled a virtual meeting with our potential cake vendor. I picked up the cake samples and a special cake request from HoneyBee Pasteries. Jenya was kind enough to put them in the back of my SUV (no-contact delivery). I drove to a mutual parking lot location to meet my couple, where once again, a "no contact delivery". We then followed up with a Zoom consultation.

We also continued our meeting after the Zoom vendor meeting, with me in my car and them in their car, keeping within the social distancing guidelines.

As you can see in the photo, they enjoyed the cake from their car. And needless to see, we are back in the groove of planning their wedding.

#COVID19Wedding

#WeddingPlanning

#VirtualMeetings

#VirtualWeddingVendors

Surviving COVID-19!!!

It has been a few years since I have blogged, and  I am using this time of COVID-19 to update some of my business practices and to catch up on social media.  One being is to resurrect my blog, Celebration Notes!

As you all know,  this is a trying time for the Event Industry....actually for everyone.  But we will survive this.  We will learn a lot about ourselves and each other.

Celebrations Made Simple is adjusting just like everyone else....we have had to reschedule weddings and cancel Corporate events.  We are glad that events are being rescheduled, and it looks like the Fall will be busy and promising.  The biggest challenge is to keep our clients focused on not to "shelter in place" on the planning process.

#STAYHOME #SAVE A LIFE

Celebrations Made Simple Recieves Bride's Choice Award

Purcellville, Virginia – January 26, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Celebrations Made Simple has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Coordinators and Planners.

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.



Celebrations Made Simple stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.



“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Celebrations Made Simple for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”



We are happy to announce that Celebrations Made Simple is among the very best Wedding Planning Category within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.



For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/celebrations-made-simple-purcellville/ce8e2d7e4bde4544.html



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