The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many couples to pull the plug on their 2020 wedding plans, and it’s taking a toll on multiple businesses in the industry.
Currently, the province has restricted public gatherings to no more than 25 people for indoor gatherings and no more than 50 people for outdoor gatherings.
While that could change when the province unveils Phase 3 of its reopening plan at the end of June, it makes if difficult for couples to plan and many are just opting to postpone. “I had 22 weddings in the calendar this year, and due to COVID we have moved 80 per cent of those weddings to 2021,” Allison Polinsky, owner of Alli Mae Events, told Global News. “And the weddings that remain, we are creating plans b, c, and d and we’re