28/08/2020
A Message to all future Bride & Grooms
For most of you 2020 was going to be the most exciting year of your lives. It was due to be the year of planning, organising, stress, meeting family and friends and, most importantly, marrying your loved one. It was due to be the year of booking your priest/celebrant, ceremony music, bridal party, stag & hen party, table planning, menu tasting, booking bands, DJs etc , organising accommodation, dress fitting, hair/make-up trials, flowers, wedding cake, invitations, photographer, honeymoon, Jewellery, wedding transport, wedding accessories and, of course, the post wedding party .
To put everything into perspective, it is a mammoth task for any bride & groom to organise all of the above, especially now when you have had to undo all this hard work and re-book everything running the risk of being unable to re-schedule your preferred suppliers and will have to compromise.
For many of our bride & grooms this year you had to do all of this with little or no notice and no clear guidelines of when you can have the wedding you dreamed of .
Weddings as a rule are stressful but this is a whole different kind of stress that you are dealing with at the moment .
Maybe weddings will revert back to the traditional wedding breakfast like our parents and grandparents in years gone by . Whatever the outcome will be , rest assured that you can still have your special day . It may not be the day you had planned but we are here to make your day as magical as possible .
Each of our wedding couples receive a complimentary Walter Raleigh Hotel wedding journal to document your special journey as you plan your wedding day . Now more than ever, you will see exactly how much will have changed in so little time. The contrast between your first entry in your journal compared to your last entry will be amazing, but the bottom line is that you will still get married, you will still have your day and we will still be at hand to ensure you (eventually!) get the day you deserve .
In years to come we will remember COVID-19 weddings .
I will as always be at hand to take your calls, answer any questions you may have and to discuss all options with you.
Always at your Service.
Michael Brett
General Manager
