Wedding success during pandemic times

Following this thread!
Our date is 10.17.20 and we’re also looking into similar items—masks, hand sanitizer. We also considerably downsized.

We are having a considerably smaller guest list (although we postponed our large reception, so the whole guest list is still invited to something). We'll be outside, we have small tables so people can be seated by household, for food, I made masks for everyone and bought mini hand sanitizers for each person (bath and body works has 5 for $8). For catering, we're having heavy appetizers in attractive individual containers for dinner and an ice cream truck is coming for dessert, so no one has to touch anyone else's food.

My daughter got married last week and had 85 guests at her outdoor ceremony/venue. She had masks and individual hand sanitizers for her guests. The staff served the buffet and we had disposable tongs for food items at dessert table. Everyone except wedding party wore masks during ceremony and in buffet/drink lines with social distancing. She had several empty tables staged for people not comfortable with seating chart and decided against bouquet/garter toss and guest book so people would not congregate. Nonetheless, everyone had fun and it was a beautiful day.

View Quoted Comment Thanks so much for your feedback! I’m glad the wedding went well and was fun!!


I hadn’t thought about skipping the guest book or having extra tables but it’s something worth considering. I had thought about doing individual hand sanitizers with custom labels and custom masks for guests (as long as it’s within budget 😅). Thanks again!!

View Quoted Comment Thank you for sharing! I’m looking into the hand sanitizer idea and masks, too. I like that you’re having an ice cream truck (neat!).

Hi Stephanie! Here are a few other discussions where I've seen helpful tips: Guest Book Alternatives, Covid brides, did you..., Covid-19 Precautions, and Social Distancing Reception.