Hi everyone,
Details below, but long story short, FH, myself & our venue are located in region 1 of Michigan. I booked my venue over 1 year ago, obviously pre-pandemic, & another couple was booked after March 1st, DURING the pandemic for the day before. I am concerned about my guests' health due to them being booked less than 24 hours apart. The closest info I could find on this, was from the Michigan.gov/coronavirus then clicking on the "MI Safe Start" & scrolling & clicking "For Employers", & clicking on the link under "Events". It says "Ensure
enough time between performances or events to allow for proper cleaning and
disinfection of the venue". My bridal party & I are planning on arriving to the venue around 10am to use their bridal suite to get ready. That's less than 10 hours after their wedding ends. I'm hoping someone on here may have insight or info on this.
We booked our venue over a year ago. We met with the new event coordinator on 3/1/20. We & our venue are in Region 1 of Michigan. On 3/1, our coordinator told us that there was no wedding the day before ours & therefore, we had from 11am to 5pm the day before for rehearsal and set up. I called the venue 1 week ago to go over what the regulations were for their weddings since they are a greenhouse. The owner told me that because it is more "pavilion" style, we are okay to have the 100 or less people, per Whitmer's order. He also informs me that they now have a wedding at 4pm the day before ours, so we won't be able to set up/rehearse that day. I inform him that his coordinator had told me I would be able to set up from the 11am - 5pm time. The owner tells me that does not handle the weddings himself, so he doesn't know how to answer all of my questions. He then checks their planner & tells me that it is only a 50 person wedding, so they won't be using the same reception room I will be, so I can have SOME of the previous time to still set up, but the coordinator will have to contact me to schedule my rehearsal time. Also, this means more than likely this wedding will take place where our food & bar will be set up. One of our coordinators helpers emailed me "I received a message regarding scheduling some time for your rehearsal. Friday October 9th we do have a wedding scheduled at our venue so your rehearsal would need to be scheduled for the morning or up until 1pm. Typically we allow the day before set up, however, since we have a wedding the night before we wouldn't be able to do a set up any earlier than the 10th in the morning."
So I emailed her back telling her the original set up/rehearsal time along with what the owner had told me.
I promise, I am not trying to be a bridezilla. I am genuinely concerned for the wellbeing of my guests. My wedding has been booked there for over a year, while this other couple had booked the day before during a severe global pandemic. I'm just extremely concerned that the venue doesn't find this to be a health concern at all. The venue gives you your start time through midnight, plus 30 minutes clean up. So on 10/9 the other couple will have their event 4pm - 12:30am. Then my girls & I will be there early to get ready, then FH & I will do our first look & then our event is 5pm - 12:30am. I just don't see how they can have the venue clean & sanitized in that matter of time. Especially since our event coordinator is not a DOC & informed us that they do not stay through the event. They also recently put in a bridal suite, which is where my bridesmaids & I will be getting ready. So, how do I know that FH, myself & our wedding party are not at risk being there only 10 or less hours after the previous wedding party?
I feel like my venue only cares about money & not peoples' health. Another reason is that when we met with our original coordinator over a year ago, I asked why 6pm was the earliest ceremony time available in October & she told me that because they are a greenhouse, they make most of their money from selling flower/floral arrangements & landscaping, so weddings are not their first priority. She then told me if I wanted a 5pm ceremony, it would be an extra $1000. Later, a woman above her told me that because it gets dark earlier in the fall, I could have a 5pm ceremony at no extra charge.
Since the venue hasn't responded to my Covid health concerns yet, I was hoping that maybe if I reached out on here someone might have some info on this type of situation. 
